Originally Posted by
jfkeze
So since we are in South Florida, the beach and booze and great ways of spending the weekend, but why not try some other things… the links are just the first ones that showed up after a quick search...
Daytrip to Key West
Full Day activity and can be a long but nice drive or just take a bus and back...
http://www.halfpricetourtickets.com/...ey-west-tours/
Airboat rides in the Everglades…
90 minutes away from Miami, you can ride an airboat and see gators and other wildlife (not sure if we can bring some beverages hehe on board)
http://www.airboateverglades.com/
Everglades could be fun, and probably wouldn't take more than an hour to get somewhere to do an airboat ride. Weather should be somewhat reasonable (the Everglades can get very hot/muggy over the summer, and there are tons of mosquitoes... it is a swamp, after all).
Not sure that Key West is that practical. I actually just did the ride a few weeks ago, but for this sort of trip doing 4 hours each way on a bus seems like there will be a big opportunity cost when South Beach is a few minutes (or less) away. I would recommend people do the drive at some point though, because it's a beautiful drive and a leisurely way to spend a day or two.
A couple other things to consider:
Marlins game: the Dodgers will be in town all weekend and should be very easy to get tickets.
Beach and pools: they abound in South Beach, and that's how I like to spend my vacations.
There's lots of other "culture" to be had, depending on people's appetite to take it in. If there's a desire, I can throw out a few more options to take in based on my ~20 years of living there.