The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is located North of the John F. Kennedy Space Center and is a large marsh area. I watched Manatees, got some photos on Scrub Trail as well on Palm Hammock Trail and got quite wet on Oak Hammock Trail. The hammock trails are quite interesting with a very distinct tropical vegetation. The Wildlife Drive is also very interesting, though in the afternoon there were not many birds to see. The bald eagle was nowhere to be seen, the osprey sat at the highway instead, but I saw some birds at least. I forgot the bird guide and have to look up at home what exactly I saw...
Playalinda Beach is nice, but only if you want to go swimming. Otherwise it isn't worth the $3 entrance fee, in my opinion.
It wasn't that hot, but quite humid with a soft breeze. I was sweating like hell, no way to put on sun screen without it getting washed off right again. Of course this lead to a heavy sunburn, curiously mainly on my left side even though I had the sun from right when I was outside. Apparently the windows of the car don't block UV like they should be. Also, I wasn't able to purchase insect repellant before driving to Homestead. The mosquitos weren't a concern, but I had to outrun those annoying small biting flies.
I took the US 1 down to Miami for the greatest part, but got annoyed by all the traffic lights. It's not a scenic route either, so I used the I 95 in the end, which indeed has some scenic stretches. Driving through Miami was interesting. At last some city, not just urban sprawl. It's certainly on my list of locations to check out next time.
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