I have been pretty busy over the last month so I am doing a 3 part post!!!!
So here goes Part 1:
My step-son Travis and my nephew Brandon came down to Miami for their Spring Break!! (oh yea, my husband came down too!) We had a great week and did a lot of activities around sunny Miami!
The pool was perfect and ready for the first pool party of spring after an unusually cold winter.
We of course headed to South Beach and on the way there the boys made a sign.....
(boys will be boys.....)
The Miami-Dade County Fair was in town so we went to check it out.
This "county" fair was almost bigger than the Virginia STATE Fair!!
The fair had a circus and I took this pic of a shadow on the tent wall of the tight rope walker....
I think fairs are are a great place for a date!
The Zoo is always a must and they had their giant insect exhibit going on. It was composed of robotic insects made to represent real insects magnified 1000's of times! Very cool.
There were some fun faceboards outside the exhibit,
so Brandon and I had some fun with them.....
A trip to the Zoo wouldn't be complete without a visit to the old silverback.
and today he was a little thirsty....
This is the coolest part of the Zoo.
Who knew kangaroos liked to roach too?
We rented a trike for the day and the boys enjoyed goofing off....
We enjoyed being driven around!
We got lucky and had two pro sports team playing during the week
so we took the boys to a couple games.
In downtown Miami we say the HEAT play and the boys that it was cool. They won with seconds to spare so it was a pretty exciting game!
We took in the Miami lights while we were there...
Next, we headed up north a little to Broward County to watch the Florida Panthers play!
We had awesome seats right down by the glass! Lots of action, fights and bloody ice!
The boys found ice hockey much more exciting than basketball!
Our trip ended with a relaxing trip through the Everglades. We headed in to the farthest, most southern ranger station and rented a couple canoes and kayaks.
We paddled up a river to a huge lake and then back to the Ranger Station.
Along the way we saw some pretty cool things......
Like Mangrove tree's...
.....and a MANATEE!!!
They are so big!
This one was having a nice lunch of moss and algae that was hanging off the mangrove trees.
Afterwards, he swam right under our canoes!
I still can't believe how close we were!
Watching the manatee eat made us hungry
so we stopped at this dock we saw and had lunch.
On the way back, we came across the reptiles we had been looking for!!
It was weird being in the SAME water with an alligator!
We were only like 20 feet away from this one and he was following us with his eyes!
We saw about 3 more but this one was the closest!!
It was a great week and it was sad to see the boys leave.
(I really need to invest in a wireless shutter release so I can get all of us in the shots!)
The Parting Shot:
I can't have a post without at least one greyhound shot!
Here is Luke relaxing on the couch...
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