Well we had a busy day after a usual start around 5'ish with a rooster wake up. The temps have warmed back up to the low 70's for an overnight low and of course the humidity is back. After a cup of green tea, a few quiet moments and a smoothie made from fresh strawberries, a banana and some almond milk I headed out to the rec on my bike for about an hour and half of workout on the pickle ball court. There were 3 courts in play with a really large turnout with some good play. I had a wet shirt by the time I left around 9:30.
We were trying to get away from the house by 11 as we needed to make a couple stops before heading south to Miami. Well its been many years since I've been this far south and the changes are just remarkable. It use to be all scrub pines, palmettos and palm trees once you left any metropolis areas but now the areas are booming with shopping malls out in the middle of no where and alligator alley is nothing like I once remembered it. Now Miami is another subject as its built all the way out to the ally. We no sooner got off the toll road when we saw huge cloverleafs of raise roadways and overpasses and then the traffic began. I'm a firm believer once again in the Garmin GPS and it took us right to our destination with ease. We never heard recalculating from the "girl in the box" all evening.
I headed to the pool and got in a good swim before any of the others arrived. Our rooms are really nice and I would compare it to a Hampton Inn as only the name is the difference in the amenities. The hotel staff while Cuban were extremely accommodating and very nice. They even brought out chocolate chip cookies for the kids as we left the hotel around 6:30 for where the reception will be held tomorrow but on this night there was a large family and friends get together.
Finally all of our parties arrived with Bob and Jill to be the last to arrive. We headed out to a home in a really nice area that was hosting the party tonight and again tomorrow after the ceremony, Yeow this house in on at least a couple acres or more, with tennis courts and we put about a dozen cars in the driveway. It was such a huge beautiful house which had 6-7 bathrooms, 2 storied and we learned it was for sale at 2.9 million as the family was splitting up. Wow what a house. All of Errol's family from Bulgaria was there as well as Nancy's brothers family which he has 11 kids. All but one were there and their wives and their kids. Ava and Sam played with all of their cousins and they had a separate room with all kinds of toys and gadgets.
There are huge tents set up for the reception held tomorrow after the ceremony with live music. There were all kinds of buffet style serve your self pasta, chicken wings, salads, bread etc plus a wet bar. It was a fun time had by all especially the kids as they interacted. We had never seen many of our nieces and nephews kids as this was the first time there had been a family reunion since '05. We mingled and ate mingled and ate some more then watched the Ray's almost lose a game to the Orioles after leading 12-4 . It was going on 11 by the time we left for the hotel.
This part of Miami I could live in as it wasn't hot and there was a breeze and it was just beautiful with all the unique vegetation. The homes were all gated on huge plots of land and very nice. Will post more Later
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