- It is the next weekend, the following weekend.
And we're also camping local in the south Florida area,
but today, we're going south.
We've been there before.
And I thought the GPS was gonna take me
through the turnpike, and that's why I didn't put the camera
on the roof, but it actually took us
through Coral Gables.
It would have been a nice drive to show you,
but some other time.
(jazzy music)
♪ I'm riding, riding, riding ♪
♪ Riding in my RV, my RV ♪
♪ Wherever I want to be ♪
♪ Because am free, in my RV, yeah ♪
Can you see all the glow?
Can you see the glow on my head?
That's because there's no way to actually cover that.
In any case, we made it to Miami Everglades RV Resort,
which is neither in Miami nor the Everglades,
but it's an RV resort, it's nice.
It's huge.
And we were gonna go to Key Largo,
but there's like a 30 minute delay on US 1,
so it would be more than an hour drive,
and I figured, let's just have some champagne to celebrate
the second episode of the 2021 spring season.
Cheers.
Well yeah, this is it, here we are. Cheers.
That's Jax's table. That's Ily.
And yeah, here we are.
Very nice. Very nice.
We have full hookups of course.
In a place like this,
you would expect nothing less.
The sewer passes the thread test and nice water pressure.
Very nice. Very nice indeed.
And I already got recognized by one of my viewers here.
We're gonna chill out for a while and we may not film
anything more until tomorrow.
We'll see. We'll see.
Well, they sent me this camera.
It's called Akaso.
And if it looks familiar, that's because it might.
And what I'm gonna do,
I'm gonna go to the pool and test it out.
And well, you're gonna see how it looks right now.
Look at that.
The video quality and stabilization
are actually pretty good, but the audio is unusable.
(bright music)
Yeah. I have no idea what I'm saying.
Miami Everglades here has a pretty nice round pool,
deeper in the middle.
I just wish it was a little sunnier.
The water is warm. That's a good thing.
Sometimes you can make out the audio,
but you really have to crank up the gain.
And the sun came out. Much better now.
I guess I'm probably saying how nice the pool was.
There's people waiting at the dump station,
blocking the road, but we can go around.
Well, we're going to Homestead
and visit the town a little bit.
Check out the alligator!
You can tell we are in Florida.
We might go to that Exit One Taproom.
That was like our second choice originally
for the Miami meetup, the last meetup before the lock downs.
And maybe it will be the next meet up there. I don't know.
We'll figure it out.
(bright music)
We're approaching historic downtown Homestead.
Here we are, and it seems to be closed.
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And here we are, this is where we're going.
We made it to Florida City,
which is the Southern end of Homestead, Florida here,
the gateway to the Florida Keys.
We've been here before, but we never been here before.
And you know, all touristy cities have to have
one of these murals here.
Not the most attractive area here,
but here they have the Exit One Taproom,
Exit one, meaning exit one for the,
I suppose the Florida turnpike, which ends down here.
And it's not open yet, but it opens in one minute.
So we're gonna, we're gonna see,
we're gonna check it out.
Hmm. Farmhouse Barbecue.
I bet you that's pretty good.
Sunday, 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
♪ Wah, wah, wah ♪
It is closed, maybe because it is Easter.
Well, let's try someplace else.
Otherwise, you know, it is what it is, right?
This is one of those videos where besides the campgrounds,
we haven't been able to do much else,
but, we're still here for another couple of days.
I think our plan to execution ratio might improve.
Well, apparently they're not open today.
They posted it on their Instagram
that they were not gonna be open today.
So we had a couple of other places in mind,
but everything is so crowded.
It feels like the entire Miami-Dade County population
has come down to Homestead this weekend.
And they have all these places
with pony rides and all kinds of activities.
And we just want to have a quiet lunch somewhere.
Okay. Strike three.
We're going back to the campground.
(Robert laughs)
Everywhere is like way too, either closed or way too packed.
I don't know what's going on.
Maybe tomorrow we'll have better luck.
(bright music)
Well, we're going to dinner.
- [GPS] Take the next left then turn left.
- They have nice cabins here.
We're going to Black Point Marina at the invitation
of our friends, Amaranto and Natty.
(bright music)
We've never actually been here, believe it or not.
We made it here to the Black Point Marina.
We're gonna, there's the restaurant back there.
Everything is packed.
It seems to be the theme of this weekend
and our friends are parking.
And now we're gonna go eat.
Well, happy Easter.
It's Easter, by the way, everybody.
And here we are with Miranto and Natty
and we are gonna, they recommend this place.
- Black Point Ocean Grill.
Very good. - Yep!
- Let's give the, let's see the review of Robert.
- Yeah. And we got perfect weather today.
It's a beautiful day. Look at, look at this place.
Take a look at this place.
(speaking in foreign language)
All we need is a pelican to fly right now
and it will be perfect.
- [Amaranto] Why'd you say a pelican?
- [Ily] I just wanna see a pelican.
- [Amaranto] Okay let me see the (mutters)
- All right let's do it.
There's over an hour wait time,
so we came by the boat ramp by the canal
to see the boats come in and out.
And the pelicans!
It is finally our turn. We are famished.
We're having some Cigar City JaiAlai from Tampa, Florida.
(women laughing) Sunset's upon us.
- Cheers! - Cheers.
Cheers.
That was a great afternoon
with great food and great company.
We must do it again.
Well, good morning.
It is now Monday morning and we've spent
most of the morning working.
It's like 10:00 a.m. now.
- So I'm gonna take a break
and let's see what the pool looks like today.
Probably quieter since it is a Monday, right?
Its a beautiful, perfect weather day here in south Florida.
Let's do it!
(upbeat music)
(kids yelping)
Just a little bit of vitamin D.
- Robert? - Yes.
- How are ya? - Hi!
- We're a fan. - Oh.
- [Fan] This is our first trip.
- [Robert] Oh, congratulations!
- [Fan] You responded to me on the Instagram.
So we've been following you for about a year now.
Learning and...
- Now that was cool.
(bright music)
I'll let you take a guess where we're going next.
We just stopped by the Last Chance Saloon there
to change the battery on the GoPro.
Because if you look forward, coming up ahead, looking south,
you'll see that turquoise divider in the middle of the road,
you know where we're going, right?
The Florida Keys!
Key Largo 20 miles.
And we're going to,
where we're going is just before Key Largo.
So yes, the GPS says 19 miles.
Going to Gilbert's Resort for early dinner.
They have live music.
We've been there before, but we can always go back.
It is a cool place to hang out.
It's a beautiful afternoon here in South Florida.
(bright music)
♪ Key West ♪
Yeah, we're just before Key Largo,
the first of the large Florida Keys.
Key West still an two and a half hour drive from here,
or more depending on traffic.
But if you want to get a taste of the Keys vibe,
this would be the closest place to the main land.
♪ Key West ♪
It's a Cigar City JaiAlai by the way.
Its always good.
Can't go wrong with fried fish right?
Mm.
(upbeat electric guitar music)
♪ Key West ♪
Fly pelican!
(child squeals)
Oh yeah, this is Gilbert's Resort here.
Very nice.
As the, as the musician was saying,
it's the first and your last stop in the Florida Keys.
That's true, actually.
So iconic: pelicans, wave runners,
parasailing, the concrete tower.
Oh, and dolphins.
Key Largo in a nutshell.
(bright music)
It is an idyllic place.
Back to the main land we go.
We're gonna stop by this place it's called Flamingo RV Park
or something like that.
We've been meaning to camp there for a long time.
And this is one of those places like South Bay,
we never went.
And now we tried South Bay
and it was like a pain to make a reservation
and this is one of those places that we're not gonna go to.
So one of these days we're gonna try this Flamingo RV Park
but we're just gonna drive by now.
(upbeat music)
It looks like they are building a brand new RV park here.
And these are all the same model, so rental units perhaps?
Like an RV motel.
Did I say Flamingo? I meant to say Pelican.
And, if Tony Montana confused a flamingo with a pelican
I can do it too, right?
By the way this place changed, it's like under renovations
and they have now something called Key Largo RV Rentals.
And it's like a motel made out of like RVs.
So more research shall go into this.
(upbeat music)
Well, it's a brand new day and today we're making burgers.
(food sizzling)
Let me just turn this real quick.
Before they cook too well.
Here we go.
Oh, look at that.
Mm, so good.
Those are half pounders.
Bon appetit.
Mm.
Well an RV, as you probably know,
it is like a rolling earthquake.
And sometimes you have to tighten things up.
Like you see this door?
(door squeaking)
Yeah.
So once in a while certain screws come loose.
So you just, you know,
you have to do a little bit of tightening, as I said.
And that's all we did today.
A new adventure begins.
Today we leave the urban sprawl of South Florida
going north towards Pelicamp, our North Florida retreat,
still under construction at this point,
taking the slightly longer route
with an overnight stop at Titusville, then off to Georgia.
But more about that on the next episode!
Until then, thank you so much for watching
and see you on the road.
(jazzy music)
♪ I'm riding, riding in my RV ♪
♪ Wherever I want to be ♪
♪ Because I'm free, in my RV, yeah ♪
♪ I'm riding, riding, ride ♪