Miami - South Beach - October 24 to October 25, 2013

It is freezing cold and dark as we load up the car to head to Pearson Airport for our flight to Miami Beach.  I have my sandals on with socks.  Can't wait to take them off.  We arrive in Miami around 1 pm and grab a taxi to the hotel, Loews Miami Beach.  We check into the hotel which is absolutely beautiful.  The front lobby staff might be the most helpful and pleasant staff I have ever met.  Unfortunately our room isn't ready so we head down to the pool bar.  It is a little cloudy and spitting rain, but we find an umbrella and share a drink with Nadine and Moe.

After a couple of Sangria's I decide I need to see the water.  The beach is so white and goes on forever and ever.  Water is rough, but there are still people swimming.  Not surprising, the water in Muskoka even at it's hottest wasn't anywhere near the temperature of the Atlantic at Miami.

 I was so impressed with this gigantic sand hill thinking that all of this was here for the kids to play with.  Found out the next day that the big pails are for ice and beer for the sunbathers.  They also deliver lunch to your chair.  Yes I could live here O:)...

The view from our room.  Perfect for our morning coffee and predinner rum and coke.  Met up with Ed, Sharon, Nadine and Moe for dinner, just decided to walk along Ocean Blvd and find a little cafe for dinner.  So many to choose from.  Lots of action.  

Friday, October 26, 2013

We woke up to a very windy Friday, but hot and humid so we headed over to the golf course.  A quick stop at the Dolphin Mall, very disappointing, but did get a pair of golf sandals.  After going in circles for 30 minutes we finally found the Doral Golf and Country Club.  It is owned by Donald Trump and I think has 4 courses on it.  He is redoing the courses and the hotel for a cost of $250M.  It is going to be beautiful when it is all finished.  We played the "Great White", a really nice course with the best golf carts in the world.

There weren't any alligators on the course, but it is on the flight path for Miami International and planes were buzzing overhead constantly.  

Back to the hotel and off to a great little Cuban restaurant (I think called Yucca) on Lincoln Blvd with the Planet Crew.  Dinner was absolutely delish.