{"id":16312,"date":"2013-06-27T08:30:20","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T12:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synchrosecrets.com\/synchrosecrets\/?p=16312"},"modified":"2013-07-25T23:36:54","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T03:36:54","slug":"mile-markers-synchronicity-and-the-florida-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themysticalunderground.com\/?p=16312","title":{"rendered":"Mile Markers, Synchronicity, and the Florida Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themysticalunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/photo3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16318\" title=\"sugrloaf paradise\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themysticalunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/photo3.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themysticalunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/photo3.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themysticalunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/photo3.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>Sugarloaf paradise<\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Florida keys are a string of islands south of Miami that are connected by a network of bridges all the way to Key West. Once you get out of the Miami area, the drive is fantastic, mostly just a two-lane road, the Gulf of Mexico on one side, the Atlantic on the other.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Our destination was our agent\u2019s home on Sugarloaf Key, where we went last summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A hundred miles lie between Key Largo and Key West, and the easiest way to identify the various islands in between these two spots is by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridarambler.com\/florida-best-beaches\/florida-keys-roadtrip-mile-marker-guide\/\">mile markers.<\/a> They are posted every mile alongside the road. The largest islands between MM 100 and MM Zero (Key West) are Marathon at MM 54 and Big Pine Key at MM 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Marathon has all the usual grocery and drug stores so we either stock up on fresh produce there or at another grocery store on Big<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Pine. We bring the rest of our food because Sugarloaf is at MM 15 and there isn\u2019t any grocery store on the island, just a bait and tackle shop and a couple of family-run restaurants.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>If you have to run out for milk, the closest place is Murray\u2019s Market, MM 24, a small, crowded place with maybe four employees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Also, this house isn&#8217;t a place from which you need a break. It&#8217;s paradise, pure and simple &#8211; sun, water, tranquility &#8211; and kayaks!<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themysticalunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/photo4.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16321\" title=\"rob and megger\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themysticalunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/photo4.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themysticalunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/photo4.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themysticalunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/photo4.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">But one morning we found ourselves leaving paradise for a milk run. It was around noon, hot, maybe 94 degrees. We drove to Murray&#8217;s Market. All four of the employees were busy at the deli counter, making sandwiches for customers, so no one was at the only register. The line began to form. The woman in front of us just rolled her eyes and said, \u201cOh well, we\u2019re in the keys, right? Life is more laid back here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The man who was first in line then asked where everyone was from. It turned out that the woman who had spoken was from our town and lives just a mile or so up the road from us!<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">So at MM 24, we had a synchro &#8211; a little one.\u00a0 She didn&#8217;t identify herself as being from the <em>West Palm Beach area<\/em>, but from Wellington, which is way west of West Palm Beach, about as far west as you can go before you hit the Everglades. If we had extended the conversation, we undoubtedly would have found that we have friends in common.\u00a0 Six degrees of separation seems to have shrunk to about half that.<\/p>\n<p>I wish that we had<a href=\"https:\/\/www.67notout.com\/2013\/06\/the-photo-of-ghost-of-broomfield.html\"> orbs t<\/a>o share, as our blogging friend Mike Perry did during his recent trip to an old English village. But hey, we left Murray&#8217;s feeling that we were in the flow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sugarloaf paradise +++ The Florida keys are a string of islands south of Miami that are connected by a network of bridges all the way to Key West. 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