Florida Keys...Where should I stay?

[JohnS]

I agree with you guys on the Hawks Cay and I live down here, sheeesh! Good for the wife and kids too! Islamorada is much better than Marathon for a vacation an to get some fishing in. You must go to the Tiki Bar and have a Rum Runner while you are down here. If you don't, you are missing out on an experience!
When in April will you be going down there because, and you need to know this, there is a MS Bike Ride that is going to be going from southern Miami down to the Keys and back on the weekend of April 26th and 27th. The hotels and motels will be packed that weekend. I know because my girlfriend rides in it. Plan early if that is the time you will be down there. Oh, and if it happens to be that time, let me know because I will be down there that weekend as well...

John