Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Sun and Fun

Day 37 - Delray Beach, FL - Sunny 85:

We awoke this morning just in time for breakfast and then made our way to Boynton Beach for an exciting morning at SEARS!! I know, I know. We needed to get our tires rotated and our oil changed and I think that Ben really wanted to get it taken care of. Unfortunately it took up most of our morning.

When we got back we made a quick lunch and then headed to the pool. We stayed out for a few hours before heading in for showers. It was then off to Palm Beach to see the CRAZY mansions. They are so enormous. The biggest being Donald Trump's Mar-a-Largo (that's a link that tells you all about it....KIDS you should read it...it's very interesting). We then headed back to Mark and Becky's for a pizza dinner. We didn't stay too long as both Erin and Shawn had homework to do and Becky had cupcakes to work on for the bake sale. It was another dinner full of fun and conversation...the fact that we like boats and Ben likes fishing was well established!! Tomorrow we're off to the Everglades for the morning. We should have pictures!!

2 comments:

  1. Must be nice relaxing in Florida. I am in Castine and getting buried under four inches of snow, and its going to turn into freezing rain shortly...I would rather be in Florida. Anyway, I am glad to hear your trip has been so eventful, I look forward to your return. And I thought you might like to know, I am graduating this Sunday from MMA, I was in Boston all last week taking my Licensing Exams which I passed, so now all that's left is to find a job. I hope you make it home before I ship out. Safe travels, and have fun!!!!!!!!!

    Josh

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  2. SAY! wasn't it 70 degrees here just last Wednesday??! ready OR not we got blizz-erd...i am NOT ready but it is fluffy stuff to have to push around. tomorrow. enjoy the surf & sun & fun for all of us socked in snowbirds! HAPPY HOLIDAZE!
    YES, it is still a white-out out there.
    missing you....l&h.

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National Parks Visited and/or Passed Through

Parks/Monuments/Forests Visited:

Statue of Liberty National Monument - New York City, NY
Gettysburg National Military Park - Gettysburg, PA
Independence National Historical Park - Philadelphia, PA
Valley Forge National Historical Park - Valley Forge, PA
National Mall and Memorial Parks - Washington, DC
Shenandoah National Park - Luray, VA
Blue Ridge Highway - Various States
Fort Sumter National Monument - Charleston Harbor, SC
Fort Matanzas National Monument - St. Augustine, FL
Castillo De San Marcos National Monument - St. Augustine, FL
Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Sight - Atlanta, GA
Everglades National Park - Boca Raton, FL
Big Bend National Park - The Big Ben of the Rio Grande, TX
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park - San Antonio, TX
Carlsbad Caverns National Park - Carlsbad, NM
White Sands National Monument - Alamogordo, NM
Saguaro National Park - Tucson, AZ
Joshua Tree National Park - Twentynine Palms, CA
Cabrillo National Monument - San Diego, CA
Death Valley National Park - Death Valley, CA
Sequoia National Park - Southern Sierra Nevada, CA
Alcatraz Island - San Francisco, CA
Presidio of San Francisco - San Francisco, CA
Golden Gate National Recreation Area - San Francisco, CA
Lava Beds National Monument - Tulelake, CA
Redwood National Forest - Crescent City, CA
Bryce Canyon National Park - Bryce Canyon City, UT
Zion National Park - Springdale, UT
Grand Canyon National Park - Grand Canyon, AZ
Kaibab National Forest - Grand Canyon, AZ
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park - Kayenta, AZ
Arches National Park - Moab, UT
Canyonlands National Park - Moab, UT
Crazy Horse Memorial - Crazy Horse, SD
Mount Rusmore National Memorial - Keystone, SD
Badlands National Park - Wall, SD

We've driven through a number of other National Forests but it's hard to keep track!

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