Miami Day 3

Day 3 in Miami took on much of the same theme as Day 2…  7+ hours at the beach.  Today we ordered a picnic lunch on the beach.  It was nice that we did not have to leave our chairs for lunch, but you pay for the convenience.  It was a little on the pricey side for a sandwich, banana, and orange juice.  Since I was starting to get a sun burn I stayed under the shade of the umbrella most of the day and read one of the books I brought.  I ventured out for a walk up the beach with Heather and spent 30 minutes or so in the water.  I am loving the “do nothing” approach we took to this trip.

Heather and I decided to go out to a nice restaurant for dinner.  We did some research using the FREE Internet access at The Pelican Hotel, where we are staying, and decided on Nemo.  We enjoyed Nemo and the nice quiet atmosphere that you do not get at the other, typical South Beach eateries.  We even got plenty of humor out of the couple a table down from us.  I thought the man had taken his grand daughter out for a nice meal (although I couldn’t explain the skimpy dress for dinner with grandpa.)  Heather, on the other hand, was convinced they were “together” and was giving no credence to the grand daughter story I was pitching.

The rest of the evening was pretty uneventful and a long day on the beach tires us out.  Plus, we have to be up bright-and-early the next morning in order to get to the beach by 10:00 to claim the prime beach chairs.