Mini-Break in the Keys

Aware of the fact I have been living in Florida for the past 4 years, I am a bit dissapointed in myself for not having visited the Florida Keys before. I made it all around Europe, however never managed to drive 4 hours south to experience the little beauty that Florida has to offer. (Speaking like a true new englander) Upon my arrival back at Rollins last week, my boyfriend David Dwyer and I drove my jeep down to Key West to bum around on the beach for a few days. Being spontaneous, we didn't make hotel reservations. Okay - no one told me that Key West is whicked small, and completely booked up for the next fucking three years. Craziness. People everywhere. On the side walks. In the streets. Fucking up your ass people. I just wanted an inn on the beach! One concierge employee told us that a room for the night would be $420. I think she was brain-damaged - who pays that for a night in Key West besides the shiek of India? Gawd. Fed up with hotels and looking at ugly Americans waddle about the streets, Dave and I retreated back to the town of Marathon to get drunk at a bar, watch the Pats, and then figure out what to do. I know it sounds like a stupid plan but I just really wanted a drink!
There was a girl at the bar from Rhode Island, camping with her dad at a local state park. After a few drinks with her, she gave me the code for the security system on the gate going into the park. (3250 for anyone wanting to bust into Bahia Honda State Park). So. At 2am Dave and I broke into this park, made a bed out of the back of my jeep, parked the car on the sand and slept in it - we woke up to a gorgeous white-sand, turquoise water beach! This is where we spent the rest of the weekend - drunk and hanging on the beach. Due to a bad sunburn, Dave paid for a hotel for the next two nights - which was good because I wanted to watch the Golden Globes.
Anyways, I had a blast in the Keys. I went there to get away from people, and stare at the ocean all day. Bahia Honda State Park was just the place to do it! Okay - so the park ranger busted Dave and I for using the shower facilities in the "campers only" bath house and made us pay cash for its use - (butch-ass woman) - but other than that our weekend on scheming went off without a hitch! It was great!