Safar Inn Hotel Palm Bay

... to see a lot of people, eat some good (bad) food, and shop. I was able to get to see a few folks. I had a good time seeing some friends. I had lunch with Dan at the ALE HOUSE, hung out with Pam at a coffee shop, P.F. Changs, and got to have a wonderful lunch with Andrea and Amigos. No, not all on the same day. I also got to drive down to West Palm and spent the night with some friends Ed and Nancy. I also got to have lunch with a long lost cousin of mine down ...

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Whew, we arrived at 10pm at Travis's House Josh's older brother. We will be staying here for 2 months instead of the originally planned 1 months. We need time to fix up the RV and make more necessary repairs before we head on westward. I need to do a transmission flush, and replace whatever seals thats leaky, and replace the axle ...

Cruise ship day! All six of us were up an hour earlier than planned today thanks to forgetting that it was daylight savings time. We had breakfast, checked out, and went for a walk with more than enough time to wait for the van to pick us up and take us to the port. The drive was a little over an hour long, but due to computer problems at the terminal it took nearly two hours to go through security and get onto the ship. So we're ...

The US are very proud of their space exploration. The Kennedy Space Centre is a fantastic example of this. We were given an extensive tour of the facilty and shown the journey of every shuttle before it takes off to space. The massive equipment that is needed to move the shuttles and rockets around the facility. We even got to listen to Jack Lousma, an astronaut who was in Skylab and the first shuttle missions.

Cassidy's recount
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... a Miami, pasamos por la famosa Miami Beach, que al igual que West Palm Beach, los apartamentos son de ensueño. Más de 10 Km de playas, muchas privadas, otras con gran acceso.

Visit to Cape Canaveral, or easier to NASA. We have had a rather hot day visiting the complex, ascend to the Shuttle launch area, assembly area and other parts of the area. Molt bonic ...

... notably the brand new Simpsons ride. When we looked back at the week we realised that it had flown by in no time and wished we could stayed longer. We really enjoyed being back in a normal home environment with good old home styled cooking and great company. Joe and Becky both took time off to spend with us and drove us up and down which we really appreciated, thanks guys we will look back at this part of the trip with fond memories. See you South Africa!!!

... to get in his car and drives me in a creepy district of Miami where is the car rental office. After few minutes of pure silent in the middle of “crack town”, a cold neon lights abovce the desk and just both of us sitting in here: times seems to stop. The guy prints it out the contract and asks me to sign it up. I read it and realize I get charged the 70 dollars without tax and without insurance so I say it to the guy nicely, they guy answer: “ ...

... replaced. We are separated from the "sea" by the main road that runs parallel to the coast. I say sea, they call it a river and a lagoon, it is actually the inter coastal waterway that lies between us and the long sand bar which further north is home to Cape Canaveral. The shore is littered with piers that stretch out like eager fingers into the shallow water, some have not stood up to the ...

... me!! Eventually Chris took the bull by the horns and asked an old couple for a lift... he came up with a fake story about us being stood up by some friends and obviously put on the worst fake British accent possible! It worked!! and the old couple in question buckled under Chris's hard sell and despite the fact that they clearly didn't want to give the lift, they were pleasant enough and returned our pathetic attempt at conversation. This blag got us ...

Arrived a Boot Camp exhausted and ready to fall into bed which I was able to do so fairly quickly. However, getting to bed was a bit of a thing. Night falls very rapidly in Florida so when we started trekking out to our camp site it was daylight but very soon it was pitch black and we were traipsing along with only the bobbing light of a flashlight to guide us. We were also walking through Florida ...