Another beautiful trip was driving the US 1 from Miami’s to Key West very beautiful and relaxing
I'll second that one - made that drive a couple times. My advise is avoid the Miami airport at all costs. Have flown in to Ft. Lauderdale for a couple decades but it was easy and simple. Miami beach is nice but brutal traffic. Key West oddly doesn't have any worthwhile swim beaches. Truth be told we had a much better time on the drive than at the destination. Sunset diners on the gulf side, random fun parties at hotels on the atlantic side, various places in the keys to wander around.
I agree we enjoyed the drive more than the destination on that trip. We got lucky in Key West though since they were running trials for a big boat race outside out hotel so we sat on the balcony and watched for a while. I also avoided Miami AP, I drove down from Lexington instead of flying on that trip. Really liked the upper and middle keys.
