Mark Hansen wrote:


I realize there are some cases that you just can't account for, but
it seems like there should have been a route that would not have been
quite so perilous.

You can go through the Miami class B. Good luck getting cleared through there in
a VFR 150. You can go over the top of Miami class B (long way to climb in a 150,
but possible). You can go east of the class B over the ocean, or you can go west
of the class B over the swamp.