FLORIDA    

Oh man was this trip a good time.  We did so much while we here.  It was short, only 3 days, but it was fun...We flew into Orlando, drove to Pompano went to the show and then went back to Orlando the next day.  I also got to see my best friend while we were there and her husband and baby, and we got to go to Islands of Adventures...Plus we got to stay in a phat hotel one night.

One funny story...We come back to the Hotel where we were staying in Pompano...Motel 6 to be exact, and we see these guys hanging out on the balcony of the hotel...They yell something to us but we didn't hear what they said and we walked into our room...5 seconds later our phone rings...Who could it be?  Noone knows where we are...Greg answers it. 

        Guy on the phone > "Party"

        Greg > "Party?"

        Guy on the phone > "Smoke"

        Greg > "Is this the front desk?"

        Guy on the phone > "This is Mike, do you want to smoke?"

        Greg > "I think you have the wrong number"

What the hell was that??? We decided that they sell drugs out of the hotel by watching people go into their room and then call them up and see if they want to party.  Whatever works I guess...They were still standing on the balcony in the morning when we left...Shit, they are probably still standing there!

On to the shows...

        1. Black Clouds > Rhum 'n' Zouc, Down the Line, Good Times Around the Bend¹, These Waves, ¡BAM! > Crosstown Traffic

        2. Shantytown > Jam > Shakin' the Tree, Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms, My Way, Blue Bossa > Jellyfish > Jam > Black Clouds

        E. Latinissmo > Search

Can you believe we met Kang!!!  What a nice guy, we talked to him for a minute and then let them go...We were PSYCHED!  We got our pictures developed the next day!  Woo-Hoo  what an awesome time!

        1. Black and White, Sing a New Song > Jam¹ > Freedom Jazz Dance, Ten Miles to Tulsa, Lochs of Dread, Water > Jam > Sittin' on Top of the World

        2. Joyful Sound > Rhythm of the Road > Jam > Mouna Bowa, Turn This Around > Impressions > Turn This Around

        E. Tom Thumb's Blues

        DOUBLE ENCORE: Elvis' Wild Ride

        What an awesome show...I can't believe we got a double encore that was amazing...I have never seen Travis play the drums on Billy's guitar before...Plus I got my Mauna Bowa (FINALLY!!!).  One more to go...I have to hear San Jose now!  I was so pumped after the show that I decided I had to get the SetList.  I had never gotten one before and what a perfect one to get...I was psyched to say the least!  

So then the next day we woke up really early...One thing I have to mention is that we stayed at The Hard Rock Hotel.  That place is phat!  I highly recommend staying there if you are ever in the area.  It made it very hard to leave!  It is beautiful!  Anyway, we woke up early and went on to Islands of Adventure.  That was fun, however, I suggest if you are going to go don't do what we did.  I had a coffee and a Balance Bar (of course!) and Greg had a OJ and a Balance Bar with a doughnut chaser.  We then proceeded to hop right on the Incredible Hulk.  Did I mention that when you stay at that phat hotel you can use your room key to cut in front of all the poor saps who are standing in line.  Just another wonderful feature!!! 

    All of the rides are amazing, especially Spiderman.  We thought that Spiderman would calm our tums down after the Incredible Hulk...Boy were we wrong!!!  It's a 3D movie/Ride that is unbelievable!  After that we were ready to surrender our Breakfast, so we opted for the water rides...Those rides you really do get wet...VERY WET!!!

  Starting to feel better we decided to go on Dueling Dragons...Looking back I have to wonder what the hell we were thinking...All hell broke loose (and a few other things) after that ride...Good thing they line the exit walk way with bushes.  I haven't come that close to hurling since about 1996 and I wasn't going to break my streak that day.  So, as you can see from above we hopped over to Seuss land and decided that kiddy and water rides were more our speed that day!  We hung around for a little while longer more out of guilt for thinking we were wimps, and then we proceeded to eat a huge lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe...Damn it was good...I suggest the Apple Cobbler for dessert, however, Greg said the Hot fudge Brownie Sundae was damn good too!  So, our trip almost over at this point we decided to lounge by the pool until we had to leave to catch our plane.  It was so nice, I could have definitly stayed longer...No Problem!