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Just read through this report to where you have left off. Oh, how I love Disney's Vero Beach! We went for our first visit last June and just fell in love with the place! Definitely a return visit in the future. Sorry you missed Sonja's...I've heard wonderful things...but Shutters is a wonderful alternative! We loved it there.
Roundabouts are actually quite common in Coral Gables, FL (a suburb of Miami). When I was in school at Univ of Miami, which is actually in Coral Gables, I became a pro at driving them. Good thing...our area in Jacksonville, which is newly developing, has quite a few popping up!
A few things I'll pipe in also about Florida...you can't go wrong with Publix! We will not shop anywhere else! As for the cute iguana, if you do not like lizards in general, you would dislike living in FL! The cute little ones can be seen running around our yard all day. In fact when I lived in the dorms at school in Miami we often found them in our rooms!
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Now you're down in the the part of Florida I know best. I used to spend a month in Ft. Lauderdale every year, my late in-laws lived there. I'd forgotten how beautiful it is.
Liz
All caught up. Love all the photos from the Japanese garden. It makes me look forward to our trip to Tokyo, too. The 2' iguana would've had me and I'm not sure what I would've done if I had found a frog on the back of the stall door. Too much wild life for me. Larry - that video just gives me the heebeegeebee's. Blah!
Sorry you missed out on the duck tour. As Wendy pointed out, we have them in Branson which isn't too far from us. Glenn and I took one on our honeymoon. Corny, cute, and fun all rolled into one.
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Wednesday 16 December – part five: into Miami and Art Deco heaven
We headed down a dead end road and it turned out to have some great views of the waterway, so I got some photos:
Then it was back into the car. We headed out of Fort Lauderdale.
Boy, the traffic was fun on the I-95 to Miami. People were driving pretty crazily and, to be honest, I’m not sure how Mark coped with it. As he drove along and navigated the crazy idiots, I helped out by grabbing some photos:
I had to get a shot of this billboard for a great British company! Yes... seriously. I think it does what it says on it... One mean interchange! An interesting fairground... Getting closer now... The car pool lanes Glad we’re not going the other way! Would you want to drive this car?
Soon the skyscrapers of Miami were beginning to appear....
....then we were heading over the bridge to Miami Beach. As soon as we got into this area, I could see beautiful Art Deco buildings. This was what I had come here for. I was in seventh heaven, snapping away.
Wonder if the surf boards are for water rescues or injuries. I'm trying to imagine a fireman riding a surfboard with a fire hose in hand.
That is what they are for, many departments along the coast have added them to their inventory. It's easier to paddle out to a distressed swimmer and get them on the board to get back to dry land than fight with them while you're trying to swim also...
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Your drive down I-95 reminds me of my MANY drives from the Fort Lauderdale airport down to Miami for work!! You even took a photo of the rollercoaster near my favorite airport hotel in FLL!! Weird to see my work world through your eyes!!
I thought everyone would know what a Duck tour was - I do apologise. Here's a link to the Fort Lauderdale site - they also have Duck tours over here in London and Liverpool (we've done both), Boston (done that one) and, according to Google, Washington DC, Hawaii, Austin, Seattle and Miami (mind you, we didn't see any there either...)
Ive been on the ones in Philadelphia and Baltimore, MD. The one in Baltimore is much better as it goes all around the harbor and the view is beautiful!
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Many trips to WDW, too many to list. Going back in June 2017!
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Great pictures too! 
and I'm not sure what I would've done if I had found a frog on the back of the stall door. Too much wild life for me. Larry - that video just gives me the heebeegeebee's. Blah!
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And we found it quite funny as well... 
the TR Chez!
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I thought everyone would know what a Duck tour was - I do apologise. Here's a link to 
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