Dawn and I made it back from our annual October trip. (This is her first break of fall.)
We flew out of Sacramento to Miami and headed to Key West to start our run at the Dry Tortugas National Park. Finding out on the way we were but 2 days ahead of hurricane Milton (Just on the heals of hurricane Helene). We caught a float plane out the Fort and enjoying the view of the dolphins, sea turtles and wrecks from the air. If you have the chance, highly suggest over the other option - the ferry, which takes about 2 hours to get to the same point we made in 30 min.
Fort Jefferson from the air.
Had to take the tourist shot of the southern most point.
After Key West, we started the rest of our journey which involved heading north along the east coast heading toward North Carolina and ending up in Birmingham, Alabama. We had to make a few detours along the way as the hurricane ended being right on our tail. Forcing some unplanned changes. Some National Parks closed. The path of Milton was headed to the same places we were headed and closed sometimes the same day we were to be there or the next day.
We were going to head to the Everglades, Biscayne Bay and Big Cypress. All closing the morning we ere headed to them. Re-route - Kennedy Space Center.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Launch of a Falcon 9 Rocket while we were there.
You could easily spend a full day here.
