We had a great Happy Hour bargain. Here's Marlon with his $19 drink. But it WAS BOGO. What a buy! NOT!
Then Doug's wallet was stolen.
For a few more pictures, click here .
To be continued...
June 5, 2011
Miami, Florida
Today we spent the afternoon in Miami's South Beach.
We had a great Happy Hour bargain. Here's Marlon with his $19 drink. But it WAS BOGO. What a buy! NOT!
Then Doug's wallet was stolen.
For a few more pictures, click here .
To be continued...
We had a great Happy Hour bargain. Here's Marlon with his $19 drink. But it WAS BOGO. What a buy! NOT!
Then Doug's wallet was stolen.
For a few more pictures, click here .
To be continued...
June 4, 2011
Fruit & Spice Park, Homestead, Florida
Today we headed to Homestead's 37-acre Fruit & Spice Park. This Miami-Dade County Park is a one-of-a-kind park featuring over 500 varieties of fruits, vegetables, spices, herbs and nuts.
Visitors will learn the most about the park and its plants by taking the 90-minute tram tour included in the $8 admission price.
Before beginning the tour, the guide will familiarize guests with a wide variety of the herbs and spices grown throughout the park.
The green stuff is lemongrass, popular in Thai and Vietnamese cooking. The flower held here is edible, but not tasty.
The jackfruit is the 2nd largest tree-born fruit and can weigh as much as 80 pounds.
Visitors to the park are invited to pick up and eat any fruit which has fallen to the ground. This fallen fruit has reached the peak of ripeness. One word of warning: do not pick the fruit from the trees and do not eat anything until you are positive what it is.
The park's rare tropical climate allows it to grow over 70 varieties of bananas.
That is one good banana.
That is one pretty blossom.
Several varieties of freshly cut fruit grown in the park are available to sample for free in the gift shop daily.
Today's samples included mango, custard apple and chocolate sapote, which tastes just like chocolate pudding - NOT!
After the tram tour, visitors can walk through the rest of the property's gardens seeking out whatever fruit or spice they are interested in.
Two tips for visiting the Fruit & Spice Park: 1) take bowl, knife, fork and wet naps 2) BOGO with online Entertainment coupon.
For more pictures, click here .
To be continued...
Visitors will learn the most about the park and its plants by taking the 90-minute tram tour included in the $8 admission price.
Before beginning the tour, the guide will familiarize guests with a wide variety of the herbs and spices grown throughout the park.
The green stuff is lemongrass, popular in Thai and Vietnamese cooking. The flower held here is edible, but not tasty.
The jackfruit is the 2nd largest tree-born fruit and can weigh as much as 80 pounds.
Visitors to the park are invited to pick up and eat any fruit which has fallen to the ground. This fallen fruit has reached the peak of ripeness. One word of warning: do not pick the fruit from the trees and do not eat anything until you are positive what it is.
The park's rare tropical climate allows it to grow over 70 varieties of bananas.
That is one good banana.
That is one pretty blossom.
Several varieties of freshly cut fruit grown in the park are available to sample for free in the gift shop daily.
Today's samples included mango, custard apple and chocolate sapote, which tastes just like chocolate pudding - NOT!
After the tram tour, visitors can walk through the rest of the property's gardens seeking out whatever fruit or spice they are interested in.
Two tips for visiting the Fruit & Spice Park: 1) take bowl, knife, fork and wet naps 2) BOGO with online Entertainment coupon.
For more pictures, click here .
To be continued...
June 2, 2011
A Full Day Around West Palm Beach, Florida
Today we had a full day in the West Palm Beach area.
First thing, we took another drive through Lion Country Safari and watched the Nilgai eat their breakfast.
The zookeepers let the herd of rhinoceros out right before we entered their territory, Hwange National Park.
Most of the giraffes, the tallest one about 19 feet tall, were hard at work on this tree limb. One of the smaller giraffes wanted back in the herd's pen.
Next we hopped onto the Peanut Island Water Taxi for a quick trip to Peanut Island which was formed from material dredged to create the Lake Worth Inlet.
Today Peanut Island is a Palm Beach County Park with camping, boating and a few other unique destinations.
One such destination is this old Coast Guard Station which can be toured as part of the Palm Beach Maritime Museum.
Included in the tour is a visit to the historic John F. Kennedy Bunker which was built at the height of the Cold War.
The bunker was a nuclear war contingency facility during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
This emergency fallout shelter came equipped with its own red telephone.
The paved path around the perimeter of Peanut Island measures about a mile and a half.
We spotted a blimp on the way to Jupiter, Florida.
In Jupiter, we found the Burt Reynolds and Friends Museum.
The museum includes hundreds of memorabilia items belonging to one of the most recognizable actors in recent history, Burt Reynolds.
Burt generously displays all his acting awards along with many movie props and gifts from his hundreds of friends in the entertainment, sports and political fields.
The Burt Reynolds Institute for Film and Theatre, housed in the same building, provides educational opportunities for actors and filmmakers. They also host acting workshops open to the public for those who have the thought in the back of their minds...what if?
On the way back to West Palm Beach, we visited John D. MacArthur Beach State Park for some sandcastle construction.
Marlon shows off his masterpiece.
We also played in the surf.
Then we waited for this bridge to go up and down.
Here is a short video of some of today's highlights.
For more pictures, click here .
To be continued...
First thing, we took another drive through Lion Country Safari and watched the Nilgai eat their breakfast.
The zookeepers let the herd of rhinoceros out right before we entered their territory, Hwange National Park.
Most of the giraffes, the tallest one about 19 feet tall, were hard at work on this tree limb. One of the smaller giraffes wanted back in the herd's pen.
Next we hopped onto the Peanut Island Water Taxi for a quick trip to Peanut Island which was formed from material dredged to create the Lake Worth Inlet.
Today Peanut Island is a Palm Beach County Park with camping, boating and a few other unique destinations.
One such destination is this old Coast Guard Station which can be toured as part of the Palm Beach Maritime Museum.
Included in the tour is a visit to the historic John F. Kennedy Bunker which was built at the height of the Cold War.
The bunker was a nuclear war contingency facility during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
This emergency fallout shelter came equipped with its own red telephone.
The paved path around the perimeter of Peanut Island measures about a mile and a half.
We spotted a blimp on the way to Jupiter, Florida.
In Jupiter, we found the Burt Reynolds and Friends Museum.
The museum includes hundreds of memorabilia items belonging to one of the most recognizable actors in recent history, Burt Reynolds.
Burt generously displays all his acting awards along with many movie props and gifts from his hundreds of friends in the entertainment, sports and political fields.
The Burt Reynolds Institute for Film and Theatre, housed in the same building, provides educational opportunities for actors and filmmakers. They also host acting workshops open to the public for those who have the thought in the back of their minds...what if?
On the way back to West Palm Beach, we visited John D. MacArthur Beach State Park for some sandcastle construction.
Marlon shows off his masterpiece.
We also played in the surf.
Then we waited for this bridge to go up and down.
Here is a short video of some of today's highlights.
For more pictures, click here .
To be continued...
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