Aventura, Florida

On Thursday, May 27, 2011 we flew into Ft. Lauderdale Airport.  Karla and Rich, RVing friends from Alaska and the Canadian Maritimes, picked us up.

Since I over packed our big suitcase, we had to throw away an old pair of Wayne’s tennis shoes and needed to buy new ones.  Rich and Karla drove us to this huge mall where we found Wayne an new pair.  The park-like area across from valet parking had these cute alligators.

That’s Rich waiting for our car.  I will upload more pictures to my Picasa Web Album after we get back home.  Internet time is too dear on the ship.

Rich and Karla live in a high rise condo in Adventura.  They have a beautiful view of the bay and intercostals canal.

We spent the night with Karla and Rich and the next day Karla and I hit the outlet stores near her—Filene’s Basement, Nordstrom’s outlet, and Ross Dress for Less.  We had lots of fun.  The guys hung out at the condo and visited and watched TV.

That evening we drove to the South Beach area for dinner.  We at at Texas de Brazil which was wonderful.  Good food and great company.

Rich drove us around the South Beach avenue before taking us to our hotel.  The buildings are all lit up and there are lots of outside cafes and lots of people mingling.

At the Doubletree Hotel by Hilton we had a corner room on the 9th floor with windows on two sides.  They view was beautiful.