Thursday, January 9, 2020

Our 28 Day 2019/2020 Odyssey

Two Time Shares plus a Christmas Cruise:



New Smyrna Beach Island Beach Resort Hotel

Description

New Smyrna Beach is a Florida city south of Daytona Beach. It’s a surf hub known for its beaches, including nearby Canaveral National Seashore. The coastal Smyrna Dunes Park has views of Ponce Inlet and its lighthouse. Downtown’s palm-lined Canal Street Historic District has art galleries, shops and the New Smyrna Museum of History. The Mary S. Harrell Black Heritage Museum displays memorabilia in an 1899 church.







The Day the Kiteboarders Blew Through New Smyrna Beach

Kiteboarding, also known as kitesurfing, is an action sport combining aspects of wakeboarding, snowboarding, windsurfing, surfing, paragliding, skateboarding and sailing into one extreme sport.



Fort Lauderdale is a city on Florida's southeastern coast, known for its beaches and boating canals. The Strip is a promenade running along oceanside highway A1A. It's lined with upscale outdoor restaurants, bars, boutiques and luxury hotels. Other attractions include the International Swimming Hall of Fame, with pools and a museum of memorabilia, and Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, featuring trails and a lagoon.



Sailing from Fort Lauderdale





Half Moon Cay The Bahamas

Little San Salvador Island, also called Half Moon Cay, is a tiny private island in the Bahamas. Accessible by cruise ship, it's known for the long, crescent-shaped Half Moon Beach. Luxury cabanas dot the beachfront, which gives way to trail-lined country rich in birdlife. Half Moon Lagoon Aqua Park has water slides and playgrounds. Stingray Cove, a lagoon enclosure, is home to tame stingrays.









                                           
Falmouth Jamaica our second Port of Call




Christmas Day in the Caymans









More Towel Art on our bed



Christmas Day Dinner Attire


Sea Day heading for Cozumel Mexico






Sunrise at sea from our veranda


Approaching Cozumel at dawn





Fast Ferries in cozumel mexico




San Miguel de Cozumel
 San Miguel de Cozumel is the largest city in Cozumel Municipality in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. With a 2010 census population of 77,236 persons, it is also Quintana Roo's fourth-largest community, after CancĂșn, Chetumal, and Playa del Carmen.








Christmas Gift from our Cabin Stewart



New Years Day Home Land Security kept us safe at The Maverick Hotel






E-Bikers flying up the beach

Fat E-Bike



Maverick Hotel New Years Day



The Maverick Hotel Ormond  Beach


We called it The Mayan Ruins




Riptide All-You-Can-Eat Sky AD






Public Park Ormond Beach






Beach Walk



Water's edge crowded with contented birds resting after their early morning feast


Sunrise view from bed


Shrimp Boat appears out of the early morning mist


Faithful Egret: Give him some bait and you have a friend forever




Dead Spiney Fish on the sand


Hopeful Egret: Fishers were mostly paired with a companion Egret who we were told flew miles from their inland habitat to find a friendly fisher.









Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Our 28 Day 2019/2020 Odyssey In Reverse

Two Time Shares plus a Christmas Cruise:


New Years Day Home Land Security kept us safe at The Maverick Hotel


E-Bikers flying up the beach

Fat E-Bike



Maverick Hotel New Years Day



The Maverick Hotel Ormond  Beach

We called it The Mayan Ruins



Riptide All-You-Can-Eat Sky AD






Public Park Ormond Beach






Beach Walk



Water's edge crowded with contented birds resting after their early morning feast


Sunrise view from bed


Shrimp Boat appears out of the early morning mist


Faithful Egret: Give him some bait and you have a friend forever




Dead Spiney Fish on the sand


Hopeful Egret: Fishers were mostly paired with a companion Egret who we were told flew miles from their inland habitat to find a friendly fisher.


Christmas Gift from our Cabin Stewart


Fallmouth Jamaica our second Port of Call


Christmas Day in the Caymans




Sea Day heading for Cozumel Mexico


Fast Ferries in cozumel mexico




San Miguel de Cozumel
 San Miguel de Cozumel is the largest city in Cozumel Municipality in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. With a 2010 census population of 77,236 persons, it is also Quintana Roo's fourth-largest community, after CancĂșn, Chetumal, and Playa del Carmen.









Sunrise at sea from our veranda



Approaching Cozumel at dawn



More Towel Art on our bed


Christmas Day Dinner Attire









Half Moon Cay The Bahamas

Little San Salvador Island, also called Half Moon Cay, is a tiny private island in the Bahamas. Accessible by cruise ship, it's known for the long, crescent-shaped Half Moon Beach. Luxury cabanas dot the beachfront, which gives way to trail-lined country rich in birdlife. Half Moon Lagoon Aqua Park has water slides and playgrounds. Stingray Cove, a lagoon enclosure, is home to tame stingrays.





Fort Lauderdale is a city on Florida's southeastern coast, known for its beaches and boating canals. The Strip is a promenade running along oceanside highway A1A. It's lined with upscale outdoor restaurants, bars, boutiques and luxury hotels. Other attractions include the International Swimming Hall of Fame, with pools and a museum of memorabilia, and Hugh Taylor Birch State Park, featuring trails and a lagoon.

Sailing from Fort Lauderdale


New Smyrna Beach Island Beach Resort Hotel

Description

New Smyrna Beach is a Florida city south of Daytona Beach. It’s a surf hub known for its beaches, including nearby Canaveral National Seashore. The coastal Smyrna Dunes Park has views of Ponce Inlet and its lighthouse. Downtown’s palm-lined Canal Street Historic District has art galleries, shops and the New Smyrna Museum of History. The Mary S. Harrell Black Heritage Museum displays memorabilia in an 1899 church.





The Day the Kiteboarders Blew Through New Smyrna Beach

Kiteboarding, also known as kitesurfing, is an action sport combining aspects of wakeboarding, snowboarding, windsurfing, surfing, paragliding, skateboarding and sailing into one extreme sport.