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Driving down the famous Overseas Highway has been on my bucket list for many years. I’ve lived in Florida for 2 years now (wow where does the time go), and finally decided to set everything aside and take a road trip down the the Keys with my family.
I love road trips. There’s just something magical about getting in my car and driving on the open highway with my windows rolled down, my favorite song playing on the radio, and breathing in the fresh air. For me it’s a feeling of freedom, being able to go anywhere my heart desires.
I’m going to share a little secret with you, I love to listen to 80’s hair band music when I’m on the road (think Motley Crue, Ratt, Poison…etc). Yes that’s me, the middle aged mom/rocker. Bet you didn’t picture that one!
Another thing I love about road trips is packing my own snacks. When you’re gluten free it’s hard to find good tasting snacks on the road that you can eat, unless you want to live on potato chips. Umm no thanks.
So when Hershey sent me these Brookside Fruit & Nut Bars to try, I was more than thrilled to take them on my road trip.
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Brookside Fruit & Nut Bars are gluten-free, non-GMO bars that contain no artificial flavors. Both the Dark Chocolate and Yogurt Flavored Fruit & Nut Bars are the perfect fit for all your snacking needs so you can indulge your taste buds while still feeling good about the ingredients. Snacks like this are a life saver to me when traveling.
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As a result of all that car snacking, I DO have a list of six must-try snacks from Hershey that we need to talk about.
- Dark Chocolate Blueberry with Acai Flavor > my fave
- Yogurt Flavored Mango Pineapple > my fave
- Dark Chocolate Cherry with Pomegranate Flavor > Cary’s fave
- Yogurt Flavored Vanilla Fig > Cary’s fave
- Dark Chocolate Cranberry with Blackberry Flavor > Gavin’s fave
- Yogurt Flavored Cranberry Blueberry with Citrus > Gavin’s fave
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In fact before there was ever a highway connecting all of the keys, a railroad was built back in 1912 by Henry Flagler. People could take the train from Miami down to Key West for a vacation getaway. But a hurricane in 1935 destroyed much of the railway and it was never repaired. It was then turned into a highway, but eventually shut down permanently to vehicles in 1982. You can still bike or walk across most of the old bridge. Or you can take a ferry over to Pigeon Key and learn about much of the history of the bridge and visit 11 old historical buildings there.
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After you cross the 7 mile bridge you’ll find Big Pine Key which is home to the protected Key Deer. There are Deer everywhere here, it’s fun to see them walking around the neighborhoods. But whatever you do, don’t feed them, or speed.
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Last stop… Key West of course! This is definitely the most lively key. There’s something for everyone here.
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Take a walk down famous Duval Street, taking in the best Key Lime Pies, visiting the many shops, or stopping in for a bite to eat or a cocktail at the many restaurants and bars such as Sloppy Joes. There’s live music everywhere here.
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On one end of Duval street is the Southern Most Point in the U.S. It’s only 90 miles to Cuba from this point. Plan to get here early if you can, to avoid the lines of people waiting to get their picture taken here.
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I advise touring the Hemingway House, this is a great tour for the whole family. Plus there’s the famous Hemingway cats that reside here.
As the sun goes down a visit to Mallory Square is a must. Every night they have the famous sunset celebration here. There’s street acts and vendors galore, and of course really good people watching.
The Florida Keys is such an amazing place. I will definitely be back!
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