Traffic in Miami

Hey blog readers....we left Daytona Beach in glorious weather and headed south toward Miami via Hwy 95 as we were getting worried that we won't be able to do the Keys and New Orleans and get back home in time to meet our babysitting obligations. The traffic got very heavy by the time we reached West Palm Beach (and where is Cathy Morrissey when you need her??) and stayed really heavy for the next 100 km until Interstate 95 ended in Miami.  At that point we got onto Hwy 1 but things got really bad at that point.  It was 92F, Dave had his jacket on and was hot, Bev had her jacket off and was hot, it was stop-and-go for another hour!! Now, let me say that with the heat of the asphalt added to the heat of the bikes (which was burning Bev's right thigh), and the heat of the air we was loosing fluid fast.  We pulled off to re-group and consulted the GPS.  It immediately re-routed us over to the Florida turnpike = a toll road will less traffic. We then learned about the class system on Florida roads, excellent toll roads with not much traffic vs clogged regular highways and interstates.  We ended the day south of Miami in Florida City and will get to Key West tomorrow.  Here is Bev just before our first pool swim.........yeah for hot weather and palm trees.