Blogs from West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, North America

I decided to wait until after our second game of MLB Spring Training before posting about both of them, so I could compare them for my faithful readers. Our first game was on Saturday night in West Palm Beach: the Washington Nationals' home stadium for Spring Training, called FitTeam Stadium. The second game was on Monday afternoon in Jupiter: the St. Louis Cardinals' home stadium for Spring Training, called Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. The first stadium was pretty new, and it was a great venue for baseball. The second game was at an older stadium, and the sun definitely made it a less pleasant experience. This was my first time experiencing MLB Spring Training. I used to be a huge fan of the Atlanta Braves, but then life became too busy to go to games on ... read more

Today was originally suppose to be a build day in West Palm—something I was very much looking forward to and was going to be a highlight of this route. I was eager to give back to the community that gave me so much and to volunteer with Palm Beach County Habitat again—I did my sweat equity with them when I was preparing for my first trip—talk about full circle! However, due to Alberto, Habitat cancelled our build day and instead we got the day off. I was upset about missing the build day, but I wasn’t upset about having a day off in West Palm—especially considering our only official day off is July 4. So instead of waking up at 7 to build, I was able to sleep in until 8–though I wanted to sleep more ... read more

Geo: 26.7144, -80.0527We sleep well but as usual our body clocks are out of whack and so we are both wide awake by 4am. We manage to snooze for another hour before getting up and making coffee. Weather forecast for today is going to be a very nice 21c (72f) which although not particularly warm for Florida for us it's practically a heatwave. We drive to Denny's for our traditional breakfasts when we are in the US. Grand Slam Slugger for Peter. Moons over My Hammy for me. Shortly after that we decide to drive eastward toward the coast and Palm Beach itself. We park up and walk half a mile or so along the coast and find ourselves at the top of Worth Avenue. Worth Avenue is very similar to Rodeo Drive in LA. Full ... read more

North Carolina to Florida After Washington we made a run South to catch up with our other family in Marshall in North Carolina. We planned to be there Friday afternoon, so the girls set off in the car with their GPS set for Ronnie and Vanessa's place and ours struggling to find it,no problem I have been there before!! String and I arrived and were surprised find them already there before us, we'll I only got a little bit lost..... We had a couple of great days with the family and on Saturday night they invited a group of friends over for a BBQ. It was great to catch up with Charlie and Teresa again and we enjoyed the new friendships that we made. Ronnie and his son Case rode with us outa town to be ... read more

Our trip starts soon. I'm just learning how to blog so friends and family can follow our trip. More to come when we depart south Florida.... read more