The Munchkin's Notebook

This morning started with heavy rain and thunderstorms.  So, we slept in till 7:00AM. (Yes, that is sleeping in for us.)  Then I had breakfast at the one of the hotel restaurants, I went for the buffet and Jim went for a breakfast sandwich.   Afterwards we did a grocery store run, to pick up some RedBull, water, and some additional snacks. I was glad Jim was doing the driving for the run because during the first 5 minutes of the drive it was like driving through a wall of water, which is why we went to the CVS first (it was closer than the Publix). But the CVS was having an internet issue and wouldn’t check us out, so we had to drive up to the Publix, thankfully the rain let up some so that part of the drive wasn’t bad.  Thankfully, we finished our shopping and checked out right as they were dropping off a bus tour the grocery store.  Afterwards we got back from our grocery run we sat on our balcony for a little bit and watched the rain.   During ...

This year we are only doing a short vacation down to Florida Key, because there is a lot of uncertainty in Washington.   Thus, we left DC at 6:00 AM on a flight to Miami via Atlanta.  After a slightly bumpy flights we arrived in Miami around 10:30AM and delt with the confusion of the Miami airport.  We had to then navigate a very unclear indirect route to the rental car location; the signage was horrible in the airport.   After picking up our Mustang Convertible (why wouldn’t you drive a convertible in the Keys) we were on our way. First stop was a grocery store and lunch.  We ate at Senor De La Taco.  They had very good tacos.  Then we stopped at Publix to grab some water and snacks. Since it was still relatively early and we couldn’t check into the resort before 4:00PM we headed to Everglades National Park. We drove out to Everglades National Park and stopped at the visitor center to get a few recommendations on short hikes and pick up ...