Travels in a Tin Can

However, sometimes the decision to retreat from a chosen destination was
much more necessary.
We spent the last week and a half of our travels down in the Florida
Keys, with the intention of taking things a little easier and soaking up some
sun. We knew this part of the trip would be expensive - even if we spent the
days doing nothing - because the Keys are a very popular travel destination,
especially at the time of year that we were travelling, but they are not well
endowed when it comes to campsites - largely because there is little land on
which to have them. Therefore, we decided to book ahead once we were a
few days away from the Keys.
We quickly discovered that most of the campsites in the top parts of the
Keys - especially Key Largo - were already full. Following some frantic
flicking through Woodall's and a dozen or so phone calls, we did manage to
secure somewhere to stay for each night we would be spending in the Keys -
even though we had to change our itinerary. For several of the nights we only
managed to secure 'dry sites' - essentially parts of campsites where
enterprising owners had realised there was room to park an RV, even though
there were not any hookups. In other words, all you were getting was a
parking spot, albeit at a reduced rate and with access to the restrooms,
swimming pools and other facilities. Fortunately we were able to book sites
with hookups on either side of the nights on the 'dry' spots. This enabled us
to recharge our house batteries, refill our water holding tanks, etc. Being
hooked up also allowed us to run our air conditioning unit - increasingly
important in the 80º, high humidity Southern Florida environment.