is calder worth a visit?

[westcoastinvader]

Originally Posted by NoLuvForPletch

Going to Ft lauderdale with the family (wife and 2 daughters, 4 and 1). Is Calder worth a day for the family?

Your kids are a little young to enjoy the Florida Keys, but if you and your wife get the itch it's an EZ shot down the Turnpike "extension" right by Calder and down to the end in Homestead. Maybe 45 minutes of clear sailing, max. The drive a little further south and say you made it to Key Largo.

Few beaches in the Keys, and rare to have any that are not man made. But the seafood, drink and scenery is Grade A if you want to spend a night down there. Lots of Mom & Pop motels and eating spots and seafood shacks for reasonable, too.

I used to go evening reef fishing on a group boat out of Key Largo called "Miss Majestic." My old girlfriend saw it in my address book once and was convinced "Miss Majestic" was my code for a stripper or escort or something.