South of the city itself stretches a chain of islands, the so-called "keys". The closest one to Miami is called Key Biscayne, and it is connected to downtown by a bridge. Actually, there are two bridges: one is new, built recently, which leads to the island, and the other one gradually separates from the main one and descends toward the coast. It's a very calm and beautiful place; people come with their whole families to swim, fish, have picnics, and go windsurfing. The island is home to the Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park. Entry is paid, but the nature there is stunning! There is all sorts of wildlife: squirrels, rabbits, storks, opossums, parakeets... and iguanas! There are so many lizards and iguanas! They aren't afraid of people and just crawl under your feet. And there are no snakes, at least we didn't see any while we were there.

We arrived! The last bus stop is right before the park entrance. From there, you have to walk to the cafe where Nadya works and where we agreed to meet Reyna. At the park entrance, we are greeted by a strange sign: "Park closes at 8:16". I'm puzzled—why such precision? Why not 8:00? Or, in the worst case, if they really wanted to, 8:15? But why 8:16? Strange things are happening. A couple of days later, it gets even more interesting: the park starts closing at 8:14, then the sign changes again: 8:13... and then it hit us! The park closes at sunset! We are such geniuses =).. blondes)) 2 b continued