Day 8 - Key West to Palm Bay

Not much to tell about today. Left Key West on time and went up US-1 to I-95 then stayed on 95 all the way to exit 173 for my stopover. I had originally planned on taking US-1 or 1A for a lot of the way but I didn't want to fight surface street traffic through Miami. I'm just not a crowd person.

Saw a lot of pelicans in the Keys. This shot was into the sun:
Also saw a lot of big black birds with white under their primary flight feathers. I think I have some pics of those that I didn't post. Don't know what they are. They kinda look like turkey vultures or chicken hawks but these guys are huge and they're everywhere. I even saw a great big flock of them up here near Palm Bay which is on the Atlantic coast.

Got checked in early since the freeway is much faster than the beach road, so I went for a ride over to the beach areas. US-1 and 1A look pretty decent so I'm seriously thinking of going that way in the morning. It will be my last chance to see the ocean so I guess I better jump at it.

Will be going through Daytona Beach in the morning. It's Bike Week there so I'm expecting heavy traffic and a lot of bikes. Like I said, I'm not a crowd person but I don't expect to ever be here again for Daytona Bike Week so I'm gonna cruise through and check it out. It's pretty chilly here today. Probably won't get a chance to see any scantily-clad fender fluffs. Oh well.

I'll get back on the freeway at Jacksonville.