Great Adventures: April 2014

Friday 11 April 2014

Hockey Game

We had planned to return home on an earlier date, but when Hoss discovered that the Philedelphia Flyers were playing the Florida Panthers on April 8, the deal was sealed, so we bought a return ticket for April 9. It was great to be in a rink once again...I guess we are true Canadians!! The game was fun to watch, there was lots of scoring, but the rink barely half full! Food and drink were extremely expensive...$6 for bottled water. We bought and shared a turkey sandwich, 1 bottled water, one Pepsi, for a grand total of $28, parking was $20, but we did get a deal on our seats...we paid $50 for $185 seats.

We arrived in Regina late Wednesday night, and spent the night with Hoss's dad. The next day we took the bus home, and discovered that Addison had a huge supper prepared and waiting for us!! What a great kid!!

Our trip is over, but not our memories, or experiences! We will settle into our old life, back to our comfortable ways, and re-immerse ourselves into family and friends. The end of a trip is always bitter sweet. I'm happy to be home, but sad the trip has come to an end!! My gypsy gene cannot be calmed!!

The rink is called the BB&t Center, and it's in Fort Lauderdale.

A HUGE jumbotron!

Yeah... we are first on the scoreboard!!

Nice!!

Oh...shutout gone!

Oh, oh!!

Awwww...better! Also, final score. Philly has secured
a playoff spot!

A happy group!!

Well done!

Tuesday 8 April 2014

Our Last Beach Day:(

Our trip is coming to an end! Our flight home is for Wednesday, so we took advantage of the gorgeous Florida weather, and hit the beach one last time. We drove to Del Rey, which is a beautiful area, very beachy, and laid back!

Yoga on the beach.

Birthday Adventures!

We celebrated Hoss's birthday with a Sunday brunch at the yacht club where Gerard and Tracey rent boats from. We met some friends there and shared a great breakfast meal! After totally stuffing ourselves we drove to the Masarati Polo Club to watch a US Open Polo championship match. As never being to a polo match, and knowing absolutely nothing about the game, I had many questions! Many of my questions had to do with financing such an expensive sport! They call it a king's game! The horses are gorgeous, the field gigantic, and the people range from average to fancy schmancy! Valet parking was a continuous line of highend cars that were well over 100 grand! Drinks are expensive...I stuck to water, and that cost me 4 bucks! The game was fun to watch, the horses give 'er snoose, and the riders are fit, and talented! We had a great afternoon!

Breakfast!

A Masarati.

                                         Divots, as in golf, need to be repaired. The game is divided
                                        into periods called chukkas, and after each period, divots are
                                         repaired by grounds keepers. At halftime, the crowd is invited onto
                                        the field to repair divots, drink champagne, and receive
                                        small tokens of appreciation from game sponsors.

Not liking champagne, I stayed in the stands and took
pictures!

Monday 7 April 2014

Road Trip...Again!

We rented a car, yes, another car, and headed over to Orlando to visit Universal Studios!! We took the scenic route which takes you into the intercoastal islands. It's a beautiful drive, with beautiful beaches, neat little restaurants, very beachy lifestyle! I love it!!

Universal Studios was great fun. There are two parks, so we bought a 2-day ticket so we could see it all, and do it all, and we did. Quite exhausting!!