Thursday 3 AprilBefore we leave Florida in the next couple of days, we head over to Tampa with Shelly, Savannah, Preston and Savannah's friend Gabby, to see Sherie, an old friend of Shelly's. Sherie and her husband Jack are currently in the process of moving to Des Moines, Idaho to start new jobs so it was time for Shelly to catch-up with Sherie before she left Florida to join Jack up north. We stayed a couple of days with her (and her gorgeous dog Sam) and had ...

Saturday 29 MarchA jaunt into real tourist Florida and a trip to Universal Studios in Orlando, not into the park itself but to the City Walk to see the BLUE MAN GROUP. Some of you will know how much we love the Blue Man Group and have borrowed or seen the DVD with us but for those of you who don't know who they are... we will try to explain! They are three guys (although there are actually over 60 Blue Men country-wide at various static locations and touring) d...

Friday 21 March - 23 March (Easter Weekend)Even though Easter seems to be a big deal in the U.S., the chocolate, the coloured eggs and the Easter Bunnies, it is only celebrated on Easter Sunday with schools and the majority of work places not closing on Friday and definitely not on Monday. This is because "Spring Break" is the major school holiday at this time of year and that falls the week after Easter this year. But, luckily for us, Shelly, Katrina...

Tuesday 11 MarchSpace Shuttle Endeavour STS123 LaunchThe world's biggest re-useable firework. Shelly came home the other day and said some guys from her work were going on a kayak trip to see the forthcoming shuttle launch. This seemed like a really good idea because we would be away from the crowds and hopefully get a better view. So, at 11.30pm Monday night we travelled to the Haulover canal, for the 2.28am launch and to meet the people running the trip. We h...

Sunday 9 MarchWell, that's it for another Daytona Bike Week. Time for the out-of-towners to head back home, the stall-holders to sell their remaining stock at half price and everyone to nurse the last of their hang-overs. Bike-week is about partying, lots of leather, lots of skin, tatoos, big women oh and the bikes...thousands of bikes with paint jobs, high handlebars, fringes and loud pipes and mainly, of course, of the Harley Davidson variety! Meanwhile, we cr...