Florida 2012
Orlando, Miami, and Key West areas
Saturday December 1 through Monday December 10
Stu and I flew to Orlando FL on the 1st, then visited Kennedy Space Center on the 2nd, on the way to Fort Lauderdale. We visited Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (Coral Gables) on the 3rd. On the 4th, we drove to Key West, then took a catamaran to the Dry Tortugas National Park on the 5th. On the 6th, we returned (by car) to Orlando. We spent the next three days visiting, in order, Wekiwa State Park, Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, and Universal Studios. We then flew back to Oklahoma on the 10th.
Except as noted, the GPX files have been edited only to remove extraneous points and obvious errors.
Overview
- Overview map—This is a composite map of all the GPS tracks on a blank U.S. states map, with the states we visited highlighted in yellow. (Close-up of FL)
- All GPS tracks / view map—The whole trip.
Saturday, December 1
- December 1 (flights): GPX / view map—Oklahoma City OK to Orlando FL, via Houston.
- December 1: GPX / view map—Driving to Oklahoma City Will Rogers World Airport, and to/around Orlando International Airport and our hotel.
Sunday, December 2
- December 2: GPX / view map—Driving from our Orlando hotel to Kennedy Space Center, Juno Beach (dinner), and our hotel in Plantation/Fort Lauderdale FL.
- December 2 (tour bus/walking): GPX / view map—Our visit to Kennedy Space Center, via tour bus and walking.
Monday, December 3
- December 3: GPX / view map—Driving from our hotel in Plantation/Fort Lauderdale FL to/from Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables FL.
- December 3 (tram/walking): GPX / view map—Our visit to Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, via tram and walking.
Tuesday, December 4
- December 4: GPX / view map—Driving from our hotel in Plantation/Fort Lauderdale FL to, and around our hotel in Key West FL.
- December 4 (walking): GPX / view map—Our visit to Key West Garden Club and vicinity, and wandering in Key West.
Wednesday, December 5
- December 5: GPX / view map—Driving around Key West FL.
- December 5 (catamaran/walking): GPX / view map—Our tour from Key West to the Dry Tortugas National Park, including walking around Fort Jefferson (Dry Tortugas). These tracks do not include our snorkeling on the southwest side of the island (Dry Tortugas NP). They also obviously have breaks when we were on lower floors of the fort, and GPS signals were unavailable.
Thursday, December 6
- December 6: GPX / view map—Driving from Key West FL to the Mai Kai restaurant in Fort Lauderdale to our hotel in Apopka FL.
Friday, December 7
- December 7: GPX / view map—Driving around Apopka FL.
- December 7 (canoe/hiking): GPX / view map—We rented a canoe at Wekiwa Springs State Park and went downstream on the Wekiva River, then upstream on Rock Springs Run and back, taking about 4 hours. We also hiked on the boardwalk trail. (Yes, the spellings are all correct.)
Saturday, December 8
- December 8: GPX / view map—Driving to/from Disney World (from/to our hotel in Apopka FL).
- December 8 (various rides/walking): GPX / view map—Our visit to Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. There is no distinction between rides, transportation (train/monorail/etc.), and walking.
Sunday, December 9
- December 9: GPX / view map—Driving to/from Universal Studios (from/to our hotel in Apopka FL).
- December 9 (various rides/walking): GPX / view map—Our visit to Universal Studios. There is no distinction between rides and walking.
Monday, December 10
- December 10: GPX / view map—Driving to Orlando International Airport from our hotel in Apopka, and to a friend's house in Oklahoma City.
- December 10 (flights): GPX / view map—Orlando to Oklahoma City, via Houston.
