Hilton Gi Palm Beach Gardens

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We stopped at the Winn Dixie on the way there to get some lunch which was 2 lbs of steamed shrimp in old bay seasoning for about $16 total where we took it back to the condo and ate while watching the ocean come to the beach from the condo. Of course, being a scuba diver I had to go into the water and found some amazing fish near some dead coral [rocks now] that included ...

Yep. That pretty much explains it all. Mostly hung out and cooked some good food. Well, Josh did dinner for two of the three nights we were there. Stir fry the first night and then we had this awesome chicken dish that is made with sour cream and Italian dressing. It was delicious. Definitely went to the beach a ...

Last minute shopping day, and success, I found some shoes that fitted, not only did they fit I liked them. l also found some pants that were OK too. I took a little too long finding my shoes and not keeping an eye on the Co-Pilot so do I have to mention that she also found a pair she liked!! Prior to that we went to Americas favourite superstore Wal Mart for another bag for our luggage which is building by the minute!!

I managed to pick up a 16 Gig ...

With only a few days to go we are preparing to leave the USA. Bought a new big bag and Lona is sorting what we need to keep with us what to send home. We have packed up the helmets, bike boots and jackets, plus other stuff we don't need to carry around the world. Having done all we could to get a private sale our reliable Goldwing it is going on consignment. So today was a major ...

Interstate 75 runs east/west from Fort Lauderdale to Naples on the west coast of Florida and transverses the Everglades, it is known as and direction signed as Alligator Alley. Saw not a one!! In spite of going more than half way across it today out to the Seminole Indian Reservation and Museum.

Although there were indigenous Indian tribes in Florida going way back most of the Seminoles are ...

... Merc's and BMW's, we had parked Gary's Ford truck across the road!!

From there we tried shopping at Macy's for some wedding gear but they only cater for the trim taut and terrific, none of which it seems I am these days.

Got home late afternoon and decided 10 Pin Bowling might be an iinteresting evening. Gary having an Aussie passport teamed ...

So, we stayed a week in Floria. There was myself and Matt, and our other friends Sam and Nat. Although we never really left the condo it was a super good time and was so nice just to relax after camp.

England won the Ashes which cheared Matt up no end, so in turn made the holiday even more special.

We spent an evening staying with our ...

So, during this time we had such a fabulous time with Jeanne, Erik, Kensington, Kristopher & Kenan! We got to go in an minister to Erik's youth group...and Erik basically let us do whatever we want! That's always fabulous! IT was just such a good time with them, we may have eaten everything in their house though. My favorite ...

... because there were too many engineers at the table, the dinner was pretty boring. The mother and daughter would probably agree - we really had nothing in common with them. Six more nights of this ... it would have been nice to sit at a larger table with more people (preferably with lots of single chiquitas!!!), simply to have some different people to talk to. Dinner was mediocre - I started with a fruit dish and cured salmon. The lamb chops weren't too ...

... have though! Tomorrow i think we are going to finish off all the cleaning and other small jobs. Friday we will be heading to Miami to pick up the life raft which im looking forward to alot. I had my first American racoon sighting yesterday which was cool, it looked like a seriously overweight possum. A sumo-wrestling possum perhaps. anyways ill write again now probably on the weekend.