On Wednesday we drove to Miami for the boat show. The day was beautiful and we had the top down for the five hour drive. The Miami Boat Show is one of the premier shows in the United States with power boats new and used (up to 200 feet), sail boats and a convention center full of boating equipment. From this point on the convention center is referred to as Brian's candy store! I announced that I was not going to that part of the show as soon as we decided to go to Miami. I knew that Brian would spend an entire day there, which would be similar to pushing bamboo sticks under my finger nails -- torture of the worse degree. Brian was glad to have the day to himself -- no whining to listen to. On Monday Jennifer called and said she would be flying into Miami early on Thursday and would have the entire day free. Yea!!!! Brian could go to the candy store and I could have a whole day with our daughter. All I had to do was drop Brian downtown and find my way to the aviation center, where I could pick Jennifer up. Traffic in Miami is wild. In the short distance I had to travel, I passed five accidents. I prayed that I would not be number six! After a quick tour of the beautiful Gulfstream 550 that she flies, we were off to shop and have lunch in Coral Gables. What a treat to be together. We picked Brian up for dinner and heard all about the wonderful things he found, contacts he made and information that he gleaned from conversations with reps. On Friday Brian and I went to see the new Krogens that were in the show: an updated version of ours and a new 52 foot model. We did walk onto a few other boats, but our heart wasn't in it. We love our boat and couldn't get excited about the others. Next stop, Stuart. We drove there Friday afternoon so we could meet with upholstery people on Saturday morning. We're going to have the three couches (two in the salon and one in the pilot house) redone. Before heading back to Longboat we stopped in downtown Stuart and at the Harborage Marina where we originally bought Gotta Smile. There we met another couple that had just purchased their Krogen three days earlier. They had lots of questions and we agreed to get together when they come to the Gulf coast in March.
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| We stopped at Dinner Key Marina in Coconut Grove to see Bob and Linda. Their boat, Veda L, was there, but they were in Aruba. Did you tell them we were coming? |
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| After a long day, we tried to take pictures of both of us with Jennifer. Brian and I both looked seriously demented in every one. So....one cropped of Jen, the back of us walking to the car and an opps! Not exactly suitable for framing, but much better than any of the others. |
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| Downtown Miami. |
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| The boats are crammed in. It's like an expensive jigsaw puzzle. |
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| This isn't the biggest boat in the show, but it might be the one with the most toys. |
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| Very cute downtown Stuart. |
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| The citrus crop is ready for harvesting. |
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| We arrived in St Armand's Circle just in time to catch the end of a car show. Unfortunately, most of the exotics were gone. |
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