All gased up and ready to go. I’ll be picking up the other beach bums soon to begin our spring break adventure. As long as the weather is warm and the waves are breaking we hope to do a little surfing.
Last year the waves were not very big so I didn’t even get the surfboard out of the room.
The GPS is programmed with the destination, the binoculars are in the glove box and the metal detector is sitting by the door. My duffle bag currently has my board shorts, a couple of t-shirts and my sandals but more will be added as travel day approaches.
Last Saturday I went and got a fresh hair cut so my tan on my face won’t look funny in a couple of weeks.
Now to decide on the snacks for the trip…hmmm…banana chips anyone???
The annual trip to Myrtle Beach for spring break is coming up. I’ve invited fellow beach bum, Beach_Guy, to travel with me and my group. I need to find my metal detector and binoculars.
I plan to do a little bit of treasure hunting while I’m down there. I hope to do better than last year when I found a dime. Some Spanish doubloons would be nice but I’d be happy with gold jewelry that I could sell at the local pawn shop.
I like to boat watch with the binoculars. Last year there was not much in the way of boat traffic. Maybe this year will be better.
More on the trip to come.
Coming soon…Florida’s Beach Bum. Currently reviewing beach bums from Florida. Once a decision has been made that person will update the FBB blog.
Tonight the ghouls and goblins will parade the neighborhood. May they be safe and have fun!
Last night in Grand Rapids Michigan a group of Zombies were sighted walking about town. It was an attempt to break the world record for a Zombie Walk. The previous record was 1,000 and the Grand Rapids Zombies claimed to have 4,000 walkers.
It looked like they had a bunch of fun.
Well I was kinda forced to start this blog because I lost a bunch of traffic at America’s Beach Bum because apparently it is not in of it self a blog which is a requirement by the powers that be at Entrecard. So try to tell me this is not a Blog. Ok I apologize, don’t kick me off again, Entrecard has been an awesome source of traffic for which I am very thankful.
I will be setting up a new Entrecard account for this blog. So I expect to see traffic go from 0 to 60 in 4.1 seconds
On the cruise one day was spent at Disney’s private island, Castaway Cay. The island has three beaches, a teens beach, a family beach and an adults beach. The shore excursions that we took advantage of were the parasailing and the “boat” rentals. The “boat” rental was one of those water tricycles where you pedal around in the water.
We took lunch on the island. It was a wonderful Caribbean picnic…yet another day in paradise.
The cruise itself was four days three nights out of Port Canaveral with excursions to Nassau and Castaway Cay. The ship, Disney’s Magic, was beautiful; the crew was accommodating; the meals were fabulous. The cruise was definitely in my top ten vacations.
Back to the meals. We were seated at our own table and had the same servers for all of the dinners. We rotated through three of the ship’s restaurants each of which had its own theme. The first night we ate at the restaurant called Triton’s. The food was incredible. Obviously Triton’s has a theme based on “The Little Mermaid” the cuisine is primarily seafood which makes sense.
The next night we ate at Parrot Cay. The theme of this restaurant is Caribbean cuisine. The food again was fantastic and served with a Caribbean flare.
On the third night we found ourselves in Animator’s Palate. The theme is animated films and as you eat the decor changes from monochrome to a colorful setting.
All in all the food and the ambiance was to die for.
The trip started out by driving to Port Canaveral, Florida. It is located near Cape Canaveral and Cocoa Beach. Cocoa Beach is of course the home of the Ron Jon Surf Shop. We spent the night in Cocoa Beach and walked about the the town and saw the sights. The next morning we drove to Port Canaveral, the second busiest port for cruising in the world.
Driving up to the embarkment point was as bad as driving to a large airport which can be so confusing for a beach bum like me. But we knew that the cruise was going to be a trip to remember. Embarking was a slow process as we went through the process of getting cleared to cross the gang plank and get on board the cruise ship.
Once we were on the ship the first task we took on was locating the stateroom that we were assigned. We had selected an interior room but had been upgraded months ago to a exterior room. The reason for the upgrade has been unclear but we were happy for it. All in all it was a good beginning.
I added a new static page to this blog. I was listening to Leo Laporte’s podcast where he was asked about WordPress plugins. He shared some of the plugins that he uses on his blog. He also discusses the fact that he has a Colophon to help his visitors in the event that they also use WordPress.
I thought that it was a great idea so I am following his lead and have created one too. Note the link above.
The purpose of a Colophon is to inform visitors how a website has been created.
