Day Before the Cruise

On Sunday Ford and Stephanie and Ford's Parents joined Deb and I at the hotel and we took some pictures out by the pool. The next morning we left Hollywood, FL and went to Miami to get on the cruise ship.

Bus Tour

This is the bus, we had our tour on.

These are pictures of an area in the middle of Miami. It's just a jungle.

The walls and the statues are made from coral shells

A lot of the caskets are on top of the ground.

This area is were they filmed the movies of Tarzan. These tree limbs hang to the ground, then start more roots, which gives them a big base. The Driver showed us where Tarzan, Jane and Boy lived according to the movies. On down you will see where Tarzan would swim and dive off the falls.

I can't remember the name of this palace, but they said that John McCain
was there that day.

This Church is where Al Capone would hide out in the top window room.

This is the fountain of youth.

Tarzan's swimming hole.

The oldest Diner in the area.

Boat Tour

This is a picture of our tour boat.

Here's Deb holding our place in line.

One view of the City line of Miami

The building with the tall tower is the original Hard Rock Cafe.



This is the financial district, with banks from all over the world.

This is a gated island that has it's own store and gas stations. you can only get to it by boat and a lot of famous people own homes there.

This is the gateway to the Atlantic.

The following pictures are owned by famous people all of which I cannot remember, I will try and point out the ones I do.

The house with the boat belongs to Shaq. His statue is on the boat pier.

This one once belonged to Elizabeth Taylor

This is where all of the Munsters TV shows were filmed

This was the most expensive. 52Mil.

This is the one were the lady left everything to her little dog. This place went to the dog!

This was Al Capones and were he died. The house is back behind the boat house out front.

This place is a famous pop singer's whose name starts with an "A", but I can't remember. Her boat pulled in right in front of us.

This is sport bar or club called something like "The Rod and Reel". This is where Al Capone said he was during the St. Valentine Day Massacre.

This bridge was used in the movie "The Fast and Furious".

This is were the Miami Heat plays.

Vacation Hollywood

This is a picture of Marty from the hotel. He was such a great help to Deb and I, from getting us lined up with a city tour, to lining us up with a rental car. The Lord truly blessed us with this trip. This was the longest we had ever been away from home at one time and a lot of it was paid for and given to us. If you ever think you can count and keep up with all the blessings from our Lord Jesus Christ, I believe you had better try again. The Lord is so good!

This is a picture of Debbie and I waiting on a shuttle to take us on the city and boat tour of Miami. Will post some pictures later.

These are some pictures of the pool and room.

What a beautiful pool.

Our Summer

The picture of Deb and I was taken at the Greenville/Spartanburg Airport by a little old Lady who was traveling with her little dog. She was well to do and had been a professional dancer and dance instructor. She had been trained in New York. Her daughters and now her granddaughter are trained in New York, also. She said her daughters had been with the Rocketts. The bed in our room looked so good at 4:00 AM in the morning.

Deb and I have been busy this summer. It started with a flight to Fort Lauderdale, FL, on June 5th, 2008. Our flight was to take off at 8:05 PM, but was delayed. We were told it might be around 10:00 PM and then it was 12 midnight. The airline brought in pizza and drinks for us and we ended up leaving about 12:10 AM. The flight went real good and we landed around 3:15 AM and then the fun really began. Deb and I had never in our adult life rode in a taxi, but we were in for a surprise. We walked out the door of the airport with all of our luggage and we must have looked like tourist or something because a taxi rolled up, the driver jumped out, spoke to a man at the airport and came to start getting our luggage. The driver was a Jamaican and he drove real fast and was whipping in and out of traffic. If my eyes served me right he reached speed up 85 mph on that freeway. He had said that the Hotel was just a short distance, so we were ready to get out of there. Deb was holding my hand with both of her's and was squeezing real tight. The good thing was there was not much traffic that time of the morning. We pulled in front of the Crown Plaza and the driver unloaded our luggage and I asked how much? He looked at the meter and said $40.00, so I gave him $45.00, which included the tip. I found out the next day that a taxi fare from the airport is $25.00, so I would have liked to have seen that Jamaican again. I'm going to stop for now and try to post a few pictures.

Randy's Graduation

I know this is very late in coming. I actually started this post in June, have not returned to post anymore. To the right is Randy (in the middle) walking after the ceremony. The couple below is Randy and Katie's good neighbors.

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   The picture to the right is Rody taking in Daddy Graduating. Below are Katie's parents (Mike and Kia), my sister (Joyce), our nephew (Michael and his son Mike Jr.)
   
   
   

This is Deb and Deb's Sister (Alma and her friend and our's Maragret) Ford and Stephanie and Randy and Katie's friend (Allen)