Driving to the Keys? Wake Up Call; So Far, So almost Good, Just Wait Until Full Opening of Cuba!

APtravelnews-Key West, -FL .-3/20/15-“Bob and Barb On The Road Again”-After having lived in the Florida Keys for more than 30-years and remembering the times when getting on the one-lane section of the US-1 Overseas Hwy was “a breeze in the Keys”, we are now wondering if getting on the highway will still remain a “breeze”, or turn into a hurricane now that Cuba is opening up to tourism. This post is not a rant about Cuba, (actually, we can’t wait to take the ferry, we love great Cuban food, true Cuban locals to talk to, and sport fishing-no politics!) just about plain common sense re-evaluating how in the world a one lane road to Key West from the southern most part of Key Largo, 190-miles on a single lane each way, is still going to work now?

If the Federal Government expects everyone from now on, that hopes to get to Key West for business or pleasure, driving 50-miles per hour over 43-bridges (yeah, I counted them for my book “43-Bridges to The Florida Keys”} will not be doing 20-miles per hour! What I see and I am the first to write about this, the Overseas Highway will need to be widened to two lanes running both ways into and out of the Keys. I’ll leave this to my readers about costs, safety as in how to get out of Keys in a hurricane or other natural and unnatural disaster. All the way around, the costs are humongous, to say the least! No problem, the way this gov is spending, they’ll print some more! Regardless, once work begins on the highway, you might as well stay home. As it is the Keys is getting over done in so many ways. Used to be able to buy a home there, now better be a millionaire, never got really ripped at motels and marinas for anything, fishing captain, hotel, motel, (restaurants are still somewhat reasonable and great for seafoods) the diving is still good, but no need to go past Key Largo, the best buys for tourists in the keys is Key Largo only an hour from Miami!

Worked my butt off on this book! A difficult one to write as all I could do was scratch the surface on the topic! But, it was fun to-learned much during research learning!

Los Cayos=(Those Bones) as the Spansih called the Keys Hundreds of years ago! — Los Cayos=(Those Bones) as the Spanish called the Keys Hundreds of years ago!

Images of The Week! Photos Taken as We “Stop To Smell the Roses.”

A man and his dog sharing an upland game bird hunt!

APtravelnews-Friday 13th, –Port St Lucie, FL-Each week on Friday we like to share a few images we make as we continually “Stop to Smell the Roses.” We hope you enjoy them and look forward to you commenting below!

IMAG0001 — Bobs image for Tournament Digest Magazine won the ASA Award for best conservation image of the year!

Dad and daughter enjoying time together at the Archery Trade Show in Indianapolis.

Keeping the Fishing and Hunting Heritage Alive, Bass Pro Shops and NWTF

**Oceola Turkeys Sppoked in Florida, take flight and I was holding my camera as they came across the river at 35-miles per hour!**

APtravelnews-February 28th, Port St Lucie, FL- Whats this About Bass Pro Shops®?
Bass Pro Shops®, which specializes in outdoor fun, operates 90 stores and Tracker Marine Centers across America and Canada that are visited by more than 120 million people every year. Bass Pro Shops stores, many of which feature restaurants, offer hunting, fishing,camping and other outdoor gear while their catalogs and website serve shoppers throughout the world. The company’s Tracker Marine Group® (http://www.trackermarine.com), a leading brand of fishing boats for more than 36 years, manufactures and sells a variety of boats for fishing and cruising. Family fun is on tap at Bass Pro Shops resort Big Cedar Lodge® (http://www.bigcedar.com), voted number six by Travel + Leisure Magazine as World’s Best Hotels for Families. For more information, visit http://www.basspro.com. ; To request a free catalog, call 1-800-BASS PRO. Follow us on Facebook athttp://www.facebook.com/bassproshops.

About the National Wild Turkey Federation
The NWTF, established in 1973, is a nonprofit conservation organization that works daily to further its mission of conserving the wild turkey and preserving our hunting heritage. Through dynamic partnerships with state and federal wildlife agencies, the NWTF and its members have helped restore wild turkey populations across the country, improving more than 17 million acres of wildlife habitat and introducing 100,000 people to the outdoors each year. To learn more, visit www.nwtf.org or call (800) THE-NWTF.

Images of the Week!

APtravelnews-February 27th, Port St Lucie, FL–Please enjoy a few of our thousands of our traveler images. As we are always on the Road Again, we do get lucky and experience some fun opportunities!!