The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-28
OFF TO MIAMI!


last week, we were to make
weekend trip to Miami, and we
did. Ten minutes after six
o'clock Saturday afternoon all
members of the party were ready
and we started on the trail to the
Magic City.
This was my first trip off Key
West. Pm "a years old, so you
can see what a novelty it must
have been to me.
We must say that the road on
this side of the Overseas Highway
District can stand j lot of i'm
provements. Although it is re-
Iiably reported that some time
in the future this stretch OF the
highway will not be used and that
the road will continue over the
railroad treStleS to Roosevelt
Boulevard, we believe that tenn
porarily, at least, the stretch now
in use should be repaired for the
sake of tourists making the trip
here, if not for Monroe and Dade
county residents.
Magnificent Spans
After getting into the District
the journey is pleasant one ex-
cept for a few sections of the
roadway. Travellers must remem-
Der, however, that for convent
ence the District was thrown
open for traffic before it was
completed, and if there are a
number of bumps, one should re-
member the ferry trip.
What is there for us to say
about the Bahia Honda and sew
en-mile bridges after SO many tai
ented writer's have told in con-
vincing and the most descriptive
words of the beauty, engineering
perfection and wonderful riding
over the former FEC railroad
viaducts. 1t is a pleasant inter-
lude~ after traversing the road
leading up to these glass-hke
spans across the water. We be-
lieve it would be hard to find
another bridge that would afford
a better view of the surroundings
for miles around than does the
Bahia Honda bridge.
On and on we go, passing Key
after Key. Grass fires are every
where. Interesting sights, to the
writer, Zoom into view as we sit
in the rumble seat of our friend
car. Slowly darkness and spat-
terings of rain begin to appear.
We stop and the two riders in the
front change with two in the
rumble. One remains there. All,
the tragedy of tit is the writ
er. Then we start again. Comes
Homestead and the concrete
stretch into South Miami. We be-
gin to take it slower now, unde-
cided just which way to 60. We
find out the right road and so we
reach Miami proper. The trip
has consumed exactly four hours,
! One member of the party is left
behind greeting his family, who
had made the trip up that morn
ing. Then off to families of two
other members of the party
where we bunk later. Two hours
are consumed in visiting relatives
and shortly after midnight we
take in a show at the Olympia
After something TO eat, we travel
back TO the place where we first
visited and snatch some sleep,
which lasted two hours.
Quiet Miami
Despite what has been said and
written about the noise in Miami.
we found peace and quiet when
we awoke six thirty Sunday
morning. Birds were chipping
and fluttering everywhere. This
is something pleasant FIAT is lack
Ing in Key West leA
Breakfast with our Hosts,
which was expertly prepared and
immensely enjoyed. we were off
for Miami Beach after two men,
hers decided to remain longer
with their families. II took US
some time to reach the Beach.
and although we went the Vene-
tian Way and were touched up
for the toll. it was worth il. II
IS our belief that one would have
to travel far and wide TO find a
more beautiful place than the
Beach The ride through there is
breathtaking. No wonder il is
a rendezvous of millionaires.
Beautiful homes. Beautiful lawns.
Streets of the better grade. Every
thing Is kept in first-claSs cOndi-