In need of a well deserved and long over-due vacation we wanted to go somewhere warm & tropical as we had about enough of a brutal New England Winter. We were soon on our way to Miami Florida - South Beach area. It is amazing how you can have this in your back yard:
Hop on a plane and be somewhere like this 3 hours later:
Thanks to a great friend with Marriot Reward Points out the Wazoo, we were able to stay at a beautiful resort just outside of the South Beach area for a very sweet deal!
We had a week of relaxation, good eats, swimming, beach-going, sunbathing (I could win a Gold Medal for Sunbathing) reading, and yes even working out thanks to beautiful running parks and a state of the art gym.
Sunbathing by the pool with a good book - pretty awesome.
beautiful views around the resort
view from our balcony at night.
We even made our way to South Beach one day - I was looking forward to a swim in the ocean until I noticed a red flag and a black flag - apparently one meant dangerous rip currents and the other meant dangerous marine life (AKA Sharks!) yea I just made my way back to my very comfy beach chair.
When the week was through we were both well rested, well tanned, well read, and good and ready for Home Sweet Home
