We departed from the ship with two new friends (Enrique and Marina from Brazil) we met at a Honeymooner/Anniversary party and left the ship about 10:15 AM.

Most of the people on excursions left the ship at 7:15 to catch a two hour bus to get to the beautiful countryside parks and whatnot.. but we saved a ton of dough by walking around in this safe portside town. Most excursions here were 120 and above in price.

We walked around and spoke with the people who worked at the End Of The World train excursion and found that we could do the same thing that the other people on the boat were doing but for only 35 dollars for two. We continued walking around town glancing in stores mostly and also took many great photos from around the hillside overlooking our ship docked and much more.

We reached our first destination which was an abandoned jail and now museum. At this point I finally threw out my paper cup with my morning tea which screamed American Tourist and we enjoyed a pretty . . . Read More..

Last December I moved back to Michigan after living in Las Vegas for over a year and Phoenix before that.

Everything started out great! I flew my long childhood friend Mike out to Vegas to help me with the drive back across the . . . Read More..

I had my first guest visit my first ever home here in Florida.

Cousin Anthony and his girlfriend Lori had some downtime this weekend and called us up to see if we had some downtime as well to get together.

Lori was itching to catch some sun rays this weekend and so they joined us out to Clear Water Florida for some fun in the sun.

We first visited Shephard's tiki bar and had a few drinks and relaxed and chilled sea side.

My voicebox was starting to hurt here a little cause I was sick with a sore throat, but I didnt let it bother me.

When we left after the wind kicked up, we parked right near the main strip and beach, where the wind was not any better.

But Susan and I luckily bought some sweet beach chairs fully equip with cup holders, backpack thingies and reclining functions.

The wind was still really strong and the sand was blowing, but it only affected Lori and we made fun of her complaining about sand in her ears.  (We love you . . . Read More..

So I also wanted to update friends and family with pictures of our new place.... I know all of you have been wondering what our exotic life is like down here in Florida and for the first time in my life I have a home that I can be proud of because I made it all happen and set this place of.

Since my cousin Anthony came up here this last weekend, Susan and I spent a few hours cleaning the place up.

It was a good excuse also to take some photos of all the un-packing we had to do with our 26 feet of goodies we drove down here in a truck.

Enjoy!

This day was the day that marked my sadness for life. I was having a semi decent work day when around 10pm my daddy called me and told me I needed to go to the hospital. My mom had been there for a month at that point so I figured it had something to do with her. I made my dad tell me what was going on while I was driving. He told me that the doctors were at their ends and recommended mom into hospice. It didn't make sense to me. I just couldn't believe what he was telling me. I pulled off the road and cried for awhile. This was the last day my mom actually talked to me. I love her so much and it still hurts and I imagine it probably always will hurt to think about it. 3 Days after being in Hospice my mom passed away. I was holding her hand the whole time with our family sitting all around her. She looked absolutely beautiful. She could still squeeze my hand to communicate which was such a blessing. I feel for . . . Read More..