Tiki's Travels

 Tiki is on the road again. This time Key West is the destination. The plan was to stop somewhere past Port St. Lucie.  We stuck to that plan - sort of. When we stopped to look for a hotel around Palm Beach and Boca Raton, everything we could find that wasn't in excess of $300 a night had real bad reviews. We ended up going clear down to Fort Lauderdale and stayed at the Oasis, which turned out to be pretty nice. Decently priced, clean and the rooms all had private entrances. The place was surrounded by a tall fence and but once you entered the courtyard was gorgeous with lots of trees, plants, and comfortable seating areas. And a resident cat, who of course Tiki made friends with. The one good thing about going farther than planned on the first day was we didn't have as far to go to get to Key West the next day. We stopped at Twisted Shrimp for a late lunch \ early dinner and it was fabulous! We got way more food than we thought we would and the Key Lime pie was pretty good. ...

Wormsloe Historic Site on the Isle of Hope, is worth the visit for history buffs and people who like Georgia's natural beauty. From the visitor's center to the main part of the site is Live Oak Avenue, aptly named as it is lined with 400 live oak trees dripping with Spanish moss.  Tiki visited Wormsloe Historic Site in February 2024 when they hosted the annual Colonial Faire and Muster.  In addition to vendors selling colonial wares along Sutlers' Row, there were demonstrations and hands-on on activities people could try. One of them was writing with a quill pen and ink. Rick found he has the unique skill to write quite will the old-fashioned way with both his left and right hands, something that is apparently a rarity -- but we already knew that he was unique! Volunteers fired cannons and walked guests through a series of military-style drills and also got the children involved in hands on activities.      The walk through the park under live oaks dripping with...

Carnival Elation was the smallest ship we have cruised on but it wasn't bad at all.  The unfortunate part of the trip was the weather. A few days before we left, Arctic air blasted its way well into the heart of Florida, and it lingered until after we returned.       Can you spot our truck               Cold weather kept people        Our first time going out of                                                                                            off Lido Deck                                   Jacksonville       Boarding...