Lacey has been asking us to take her on some college tours. She knows what she wants to do (be a PA in Dermatology) but has no idea where she wants to go. So, we figured as long as we were by the University of Miami, we'd check it out.
We all loved the campus - it was big and beautiful! And you can't beat the weather! We loved watching the divers practice off the springboards into the pool in the outdoor pool in the middle of campus and all of the outdoor courtyard spaces. But.... the tuition is $60,718 a year plus room/board/books is $93,666/yr 😳
So, unless this girl lands herself some amazing scholarship, I don't for-see this in her future. But it was still fun to tour and to be able to picture it whenever we watch college sports.
Thankfully, Riley woke up yesterday feeling better and could re-join the vacation fun!
After spending a couple hours at the University of Miami, we made our way to Key Biscayne for some beach time.
And then we made our way to Wynwood Walls to see all the colorful murals and graffiti art all over the buildings and arranged our own little food tour with some places recommended by Dave's friend.
We started at The Taco Stand which was delicious!!
Checking out some more cool murals enroute to our second stop....
Skinny Louie to indulge in their specialty.... smashburgers.
And then we wrapped up our food crawl at Salt and Straw to try some of this exotic ice cream flavors. We tried Chocolate Gooey Brownie, Salted Malted Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Cinnamon Snickerdoodle, Strawberry Honey Balsamic w/ Black Pepper and Freckled Mint Chocolate Chip.
Ella 💗 Miami
Messi in Miami! Too bad, they didn't have any home games while we were in town. That would have been fun!
With full tummies and a jam-packed day behind us, we headed back "home" and decided to take advantage of the perk we were told about upon check-in. There is an absolutely gorgeous Trump property just up the street from our hotel. Just over-the-top beautiful. Golf courses, tennis courts, pools, ballrooms, landscaped gardens, etc. And there is a free shuttle that goes back and forth between our hotel and the Trump property and we are allowed to use all their amenities, so we decided to check it out!
Shiny, happy, faces!
Thanks for the Spring Break memories, Palm Beach and Miami!
Our final stretch of vacation this morning was a bit rough. Last night, Dave got nailed with the same bug that Riley had. He was vomiting all night and I had no idea how we would get him home. After getting almost no sleep, our alarm went off at 4:30am since we had a 7:00 flight home. I honestly didn't know how/if we were going to get Dave home. He rallied and we were able to get him an aisle seat by the bathroom. This was good since he spent the flight from Miami to Atlanta puking in the airplane bathroom. We then had a 3 hour layover in Atlanta and had a 30 minute delay. We were able to get him some cold ginger ale and he was able to make it on the second flight. He sat in the aisle seat in the last row of the plane right next to the bathroom, where he spent a good chunk of the flight. Poor guy. How miserable. I was so relieved when we finally made it home and got him to bed.
The other hard part of today was flying over the Key Bridge. The Key Bridge, built in 1977, is iconic to Baltimore and spans the Patapsco River connecting the Baltimore Beltway over the River. I have driven over this bridge thousands of times. I have driven it to and from work every day I've worked for the past 19 years. On Tuesday, a large cargo ship lost power and careened into one of the supporting pillars causing the entire bridge to collapse. Lives were lost and in a matter of minutes, so was this iconic bridge. We of course had heard and read about it all week, but flying over it today and seeing the devastation was so sad and sobering.
