Where Did We Go Wednesday? Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, FL

Norton Museum of Art

These are some of my favorites from the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach Florida. They offer a evening hours on Thursdays from 5 to 9 p.m. called Art After Dark. This was one of our evening excursions when my husband and I took our 15 year anniversary trip to Florida.

It is a free museum and there is a variety of different exhibitions and collections there. I would plan to spend about an hour here.

Where Did We Go Wednesday? Tideline Ocean Resort and Spa in West Palm Beach, FL

Tideline Ocean Resort and Spa

My husband and I went to the Tideline Ocean Resort and Spa for 5 days this fall for our anniversary. The tide line is a part of the Kimpton Hotels and restaurants. When we arrived we found out that we were upgraded to a corner balcony overlooking the ocean. It was quite a beautiful view. The resort is right on the ocean. It is a small boutique hotel so don't expect to see a big high-rise. You can see from the picture that it is a smaller Hotel.

It does have a pool and a balcony area over the bar area that is shaded in the pool area. We did spend one afternoon at the pool but the rest of the time we spent laying out on the beach. The first couple days we were there it was a Red Flag Day so we couldn't go into the ocean. But we did get in there the last few days. They do have a prime spot on the beach in Palm Beach. They do have Waiters that come out to the beach and take your drink orders or food orders out there as well which is a nice convenience. The restaurant is nice and we did go there for happy hour one night. And like most Kimptons they do have a complimentary happy hour but we found out on the first night that their happy hour is at 4 p.m. compared to 5 p.m. at every other Kimpton that we had gone to. But because we missed it do to our flight time and drive time to Palm Beach they gave us glasses of wine and when we got to our room we found that there was a bottle of wine waiting for us there too.

The only thing that was kind of weird was that it has a glass shower that looks right in two the room so you need to be very comfortable with the person you are with because they can watch you shower and bathe from the bed.

Where Did We Go Wednesday? Deep Sea Fishing in Florida

Oh don't let these happy smiling pictures of me for you. These were taken on the boat before we even started moving. My husband was gracious enough not to take any pictures of me during the majority of our for our deep sea fishing trip. Within minutes of leaving the harbor the sun went away and the rain started. And the rain pretty much continued the entire for hours we were out there.

Following the instructions of our tour operators I had taken anti nausea medication the night before and the morning of, but apparently that was not good enough. As soon as we stopped the boat and they started getting everything ready to do kite fishing I started puking. I had only had an orange and coffee so there wasn't too much to come up.

So as you can imagine it wasn't exactly a fun trip for me when I ended up having dry heaving episodes three different times. When the third episode happened the two operators decided it was finally time to go enjoy to do fishing. They had not caught anything yet.

I then sat on a bean bag chair and covered myself with my jacket and a rain jacket so that they could keep fishing and I would hopefully start to feel better on this very expensive fishing trip. After three hours I finally Rose from the bean bag and felt somewhat better but they had not caught anything nor had they really even seen anything at all.

It literally was the last 10 minutes of the trip that my husband happened to spot this fish in the water and pointed it out to one of the fishermen and they got set up with the right bait to catch this tripletail fish.

This was one of just a few fish that are in Shore that are edible. The restaurant in the marina will cook up your fish for you and serve it with a bunch of size for a nominal charge. The fisherman full 8-hour fish and we brought it to the restaurant and they kept it in their cooler for us until we came to eat later on in the evening when I felt better and was no longer soaked to the bone.

The fish tasted very good but I don't think I will be doing any deep sea fishing anytime soon. We had thought about doing some fishing with the kids when we take them on a trip this winter but I think we will do inshore fishing as suggested by the fishermen there.

Those Who Inspire....

This is a photo I took from our balcony at the Vero Beach Hotel and Spa in Florida. We had a wonderful time that that resort and would highly recommend it. Vero Beach is absolutely gorgeous!

Where Music Meets the Ocean...

This picture is a long-time favorite of mine, but by long-time I mean it will be a long-time. :) As I only took this picture of my son running in the ocean on Vero Beach, Florida about a year and a half ago. There is just something so innocent about this picture that I love.

Wordless Wednesday: Pine Island, FL City Park and Gulf of Mexico

This part of the Gulf is typically marshy, but they made a city park and beach in Pine Island, FL and we wanted to go check out the Gulf since we were so close to it before we headed over to the ocean the next day.

Wordless Wednesday: Vero Beach Hotel and Spa

Vero Beach Hotel and Spa, A Kimpton Hotel

We had a fantastic time here and would highly recommend this hotel. I would love to stay there again!

Wordless Wednesday: Hilton Grand Vacations Suites

This was an awesome place to stay and I wish we could have been around more to enjoy all the amenities. If you are in Orlando, try staying at the Hilton Grand Vacations Suites.

Thrifty Thursday: Shells Made In To Earrings

This is a pair of earrings that my daughter made for her primary 2nd Grade Teacher for Teacher Appreciation week. When we were on vacation in Florida, we kept our eyes peeled as we explored the beaches for shells and other items that we could make in to jewelry for ourselves (thrifty idea for a souvenir!!). While we were at Cocoa Beach we saw that most of the little shells had holes in the top, which made them perfect to make jewelry with. We picked a bunch and tried to find ones that were close to matching. We already had it in our mind while we were collecting that she was going to design a pair for her teacher for this week. My daughter gave her earrings as a Christmas gift as well and the teacher loved them.

It was my idea to make a little tag that says "Is It Shellfish that I want you to be my teacher forever?" I thought I was clever. :)

Wordless Wednesday: Blue Springs State Park

A GREAT opportunity to check out manatees at the Blue Springs State Park in Orange City, FL

Short video I took of the manatees while we were there. They said the count in the lagoon that day was 217!

Wordless Wednesday: Cocoa Beach, Florida

We were trying to spend as much time exploring Florida on our week vacation there and we spent one night at a beach hotel in Cocoa Beach and had some fun exploring the beach.

Wordless Wednesday: Vero Beach, Florida

We spent 3 days at Vero Beach. LOVE! Love! Love! Vero Beach! So pretty! So clean! Perfect!