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<\/a><\/p>\nI got to hold an older one. We really enjoyed seeing\/touching them. Beautiful creatures!<\/p>\n
Here is the “fan boat”.\u00a0 Goes quite fast and makes lots of noise.\u00a0 Highly recommended \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Crocs in a pond along the Tamiami trail that crosses the state (and everglades) from Miami to Naples on the gulf coast. There was one right near the side of the street that scared the $%^& out of us when s\/he dove into the pond when we got close.<\/p>\n Our ride for the road trip ; a Chevy Impala. I was not thrilled when we got it, but it was a great highway cruiser and very comfortable.<\/p>\n Now in Naples. This place is very special to me. When I was a kid, my parents used to take my sister & I here for Christmas vacations. I remember fishing from the pier and have many great memories from this city. The picture below was from that pier ; we were lucky to see a family of dolphins the morning we were there.<\/p>\n Going North … now near Orlando. No, we did not go to Disney. We went … Orange picking! haha\u00a0 In Canada, Julie & I and with our families would always go apple picking.\u00a0 So we though that orange picking would be lots of fun.\u00a0 Guess, what? I was great.\u00a0 We even\u00a0picked some limes, lemons and grapefruits. \u00a0 Here we are in this lovely orange grove filling our large bag. We had so many that we had to make juice in the mornings at the hotels so not to waste any.<\/p>\n We even made a discovery : Kumquats!\u00a0 They are like mini-oranges. The skin is sweet and the inside somewhat sour, but totally addictive. I had never even heard of these.<\/p>\n Now further up north, Atlanta! First stop, the Georgia aquarium. Built in 2005 with a 250$M donation by the founder of Home Depot, its the largest sea aquarium in the world.\u00a0 It was amazing.\u00a0 To give you an idea of how big the tanks are, look below.\u00a0 There are some people sitting down in front of the 2ft thick acrylic window. Whale sharks (huge!!!), belugas and so many other fish, it was very impressive.<\/p>\n After the aquarium, off to the world of Coca-Cola. Very interesting for anyone (like myself …) who likes the stuff.\u00a0 At the end of the tour and as seen below, there are 64 fountains of all the different coca-cola products around the world.\u00a0 I sampled all of them of course. Some were great, but some were not even potable in my book!<\/p>\n Now to “The situation room”! The CNN tour is great for CNN junkies like myself. You get to see the studies and some behind the scenes stuff.\u00a0 No pictures could be taken inside though. It was quite cold in Atlanta so we had to dress up.<\/p>\n One of our final stops on our way back to Miami : Daytona beach. I remembered that we could drive on the beach and Julie wanted to try it. It was high tide and no other cars were on the beach … its a rental car, so why not! \ud83d\ude42\u00a0\u00a0 It was lots of fun. Probably get arrested for driving this on seven mile beach in Cayman.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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