{"id":942,"date":"2020-09-10T22:15:21","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T02:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trailingbeauty.com\/?p=942"},"modified":"2020-09-12T09:09:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T13:09:16","slug":"key-largo-highs-lows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trailingbeauty.com\/key-largo-highs-lows\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Largo: Highs & Lows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So there\u2019s this conversation starter we learned from our community back in Atlanta – it\u2019s called \u201cHighs & Lows.\u201d It\u2019s nothing crazy unique, but it is a fun way to get things flowing, say, around a dinner table with friends or family. The concept is that everyone goes around and shares a \u201chigh\u201d – something really good or fun or funny – that happened that day (or that week or month) and a \u201clow\u201d – something hard or sad or frustrating. It can be deep and serious, or lighthearted and funny – no one gets to decide how you label a high or low besides you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a really great exercise because 1) you\u2019re forced to think back and reflect a little on the moment of life you\u2019ve just come from and 2) it challenges you to consider both the positives and the negatives, the whole spectrum of thoughts and feelings of your experience when many of us naturally lean more to one side or the other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, in the actual game, if a person just absolutely CANNOT think of a low, then everyone has to chant \u201cNO LOW, NO LOW, NO LOW, NO LOW, NO LOW\u201d while banging their fists on the table like some scene involving the lost boys from Neverland. I have to be honest though, whenever someone says they had \u201cno low\u201d I mostly just don\u2019t believe them, inwardly roll my eyes, and then hope the next person will be more forthcoming. Ha! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I tell you this because I plan to use this format to reflect on each location Nathan and I travel to over the course of this year! (And also maybe to inspire your next dinner time conservation.) I\u2019m a little later than I\u2019d like to be on writing this for our first stop – Key Largo – but ya know, I had to build a whole website first. I\u2019ll also be including more than one high and low as a way to fully capture our time there. A lot can happen in four weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So here goes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Largo Highs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Water<\/strong> – This is one of the biggest draws of the Florida Keys for good reason! The water on both the ocean and bay side is beautiful, clear, and bright. It\u2019s also filled with tons of fun sea life. We saw dolphins, turtles, a manatee, rays, tons of fish, and a few small nurse sharks (they’re not aggressive, don’t worry). When you\u2019re there, you just want to be in the water or on the water – this is also partly related to the low of how blazing hot it is, but that\u2019s for later. We stayed on the bay side (the west side of the Key Largo), which turned out to be a great choice because the water is so calm and inviting pretty much all the time. It also has a lot less of the bigger, more intimidating sea life that might make people nervous (think Jaws) the way the ocean side does. <\/p>\n\n\n\n