The sky is mostly clear and it is going to be a beautiful day in Florida.
As is normal, Ed got up and went to breakfast and Barb got ready to go.
We then headed to the beach a little earlier today (11am) for a few hours in the sun as Barb almost burned her forehead yesterday.
After the beach, we headed south and stopped in the main restaurant area of Sunny Isle Beach to a restaurant we had eaten next to last year.
We ordered the Sesame Crusted Ahi Tuna and it was very good.
One of the unique places in lower Florida that Barb has never been to was to Key Biscayne so we headed there after lunch.
Key Biscayne is a wonderful island, just south of Miami and is a former coconut plantation.
Ed used to go there with his roommate in college to, believe it or not, pick coconuts and swim in the ocean!!
It’s one additional claim to fame is that former President Nixon had a summer White House on the island, since bulldozed down.
A lifetime ago, there were only coconut palms and a great beach on the island. Today there are no coconut palms and 12,000 people on the island which is only 5 miles long by 1.5 miles wide. There are lots and lots of condominium and a few houses.
After Key Biscayne, we hoped on the interstate for a 45-mile trip to Sunny Isle. Coming out of Miami, I-95 is 5 lanes wide plus two express lanes – what a drive at 7:00pm as there were still lots and lots of cars coming out of the city.
We returned to a wonderful locally owned Peruvian restaurant and had a wonderful .
The area we are staying in is one of the wealthiest areas in the Miami – Ft. Lauderdale area. The condominium across the street from the hotel is staid to have the highest square footage price of any condominium in the area.
This means that the cars are amazing. Mercedes and Ranger Rovers are the common place automobile. We have seen so many Rolls Royce, Bentleys, Maserati’s and cars like that it is truly amazing. In this one area tonight by dinner, which is in a strip mall, we saw them all plus most of these brands have SUV’s and there are here also. We saw two Alfa Romeos today. I don’t think I have ever seen one in Illinois!! It’s just hard to describe the luxury that surrounds this area.
Ed then wanted a pastry and Barb wanted some Kahlua so we bought them back and went back to the room – tired from all the fun we had.
Tomorrow is forecast to be warmer and clear so we will be back to the beach and then??
Night-night.
