Wednesday June 21, 2023 Take Southwest airlines to Nassau, Bahamas. Hotel Transfer: Majestic Tours, book thru Atlantis hotel 2 weeks before the trip. Stay 4 nights at Atlantis on Paradise Island, Bahamas.
Thursday June 22, 2023 Explore hotel
Friday June 23, 2023 Two hour tour of Nassau: 2 historic places are Ft Findale and Queen staircases.
Saturday June 24, 2023 Explore hotel
Sunday June 25, 2023 Check out Atlantis hotel, fly to FLL, from FLL fly to John Wayne airport.
Saturday June 17, 2023 Fly to Ft. Flauderdal (FLL) from John Wayne airport (SNA) via Southwest airlines. Stay 1 night at Hyatt House Fort Lauderdale Cruise Port. Picked up car rental at Budget. They upgraded to 4Runner from Rav4 free of charge.
Sunday June 18, 2023 Check out hotel and drive to Key West. Stay 1 night at Hyatt Centric Key West Resort & Spa.
Monday June 19, 2023 Check out and take Yankee Freedom boat to Dry Tortugas. Breakfast and lunch provided on the boat. Depart at 8:30 AM and back to port at 5:15 PM. Drive to Miami. Stay 2 nights at Hyatt Centric South Beach Miami .
Tuesday June 20. 2023 Five-hour Tour Everglades, book thru Groupon.com
Wednesday June 21, 2023 Check out hotel in Miami, drive to Ft. Lauderdale to return rental car at FLL and take Southwest Airlines to fly to Nassau, Bahamas.
Newport Sea Base organized a family event “Discover Scouting” for free so we signed up. This is a 4 hour event which is full of fun activities. First we learned how to fish, then kayaking and play balls, then bird watching on a small boat. William seemed to enjoy all of the activities but when we got home, I asked him did he like it, he said he likes boating but not kayaking! The weather was hot so it was great to be near the water. We had a great time; glad the we joined.
Sand Castles Contest was taken place at Corona Del Mar Beach, which is about 20 minutes driving from our house.
William always gets excited when we’re going out; and he likes to bring some of his favorite stuffs with him and put them next to him in the car, which of course makes a big mess. I want to emphasize, favorite stuffs, not favorite toys. Now his favorite stuffs that he wants to bring whenever we go out is: a big bag full of white shipping foam that I got from 1 of the packages, 2 trays of checkers and chess board games, heavy load of coins that he put in my make up bag, and of course a few stacks of playing cards that he put in a drawstring backpack! Anyway, that is not what this post is about.
When we arrived to the beach, which we went here before, Tim parked on the street; William started to say “I don’t want to walk too far!” and kept repeating it over and over. That was when I realized that to access this beach, we’d have to walk down hill for about 7 minutes. Downhill is easy but it’s tough to go uphill on the way back. So we decided to drive down there to park in the paid parking lot; to our surprise, it’s expensive: $5.50 for 1 hour! Huntington beach parking fee is much less: if I remember correctly it’s only $3.00 for 1 hour.
William was so excited that he ran around non stop; but when we got to the sand, he sat down and did not want to go to check out the sand castles, so I stayed and watch him so that Tim could check them out.
Tim shows William the pics he took of the sand castles
