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Note<\/strong>: I started this blog post a couple of weeks ago when we first got home from our trip and the timing has just not seemed right to brag and gush about our fabulous, long awaited vacation. I was hoping that the world would get back to normal by now but well … not so much. So I’ve decided to post this anyway and hope that people can at least live vicariously through it while we all sit in quarantine. My sincere best wishes to everyone through these difficult days. ~ Mz Suzanne <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So Oh My God – BF and I had a really relaxing 11 day trip away that we managed to sneak in under the wire before the world went totally nuts.  Not only was it really long overdue but it covered my desire for adventure as well as our mutual need for some R & R.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We started with two nights in Miami which somehow accidentally found us in the same exact room of the same hotel we booked on our first trip to the area in Dec 2012. Very cool bit of deja vu!  Of course we walked the boardwalk,  people watched, laid on the beach a bit, dipped our toes in the surf … then had a fabulously expensive dinner and the biggest Mohito I ever saw!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The next morning we took a VIP tour of “Everglades Holiday Park” that was made famous by The Gator Boys.\u00a0 It was a very interesting and fun tour that included an airboat ride into the everglades, an alligator show with Gabby. a live animal meet and greet with Olivia that allowed me to hold several cool critters: an alligator, ball python, chocolate skunk and even a scorpion!\u00a0 It was definitely a blast, but sadly I cannot whole heartily recommend the place because I discovered that the owner of the place totally reneged on his agreement to pay Paul Bedard of the Gator Boys, a lousy 3% of the business that he put on the map, and decided to simply screw him over.\u00a0 So – Not – Cool!\u00a0 I won’t say where I heard this since I wouldn’t want to risk their job but it sure seemed like a reliable source and if this is true please do feel free to visit the Everglades but go anywhere BUT this place – because cheaters shouldn’t prosper.\u00a0 \u00a0 ‘Nuff said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway – back to fab vacay – for Valentine’s day my sweetheart took me on the 4 day “Sail Across the Sun” cruise from Miami to the Bahamas.\u00a0 The cruise is sponsored by the band “Train” – {Hey Soul Sister, Marry Me, Drops of Jupiter, etc.) and it was their\u00a0 6th time doing this.\u00a0 The entertainment included not only Train as musical entertainment but also the amazing Matt Nathanson (whom I adore!) and a lot of other bands and even George Lopez the comedian ( who came out and sang “She shook me all night long”\u00a0 with Matt).\u00a0 This was like one of the best cruises I’ve ever been on!\u00a0 I got to see so many live concerts all over the ship and even was able to do another meet and greet with Matt before “social distancing” entered the vocabulary! Yay!!\u00a0 (I am even willing to overlook his insanely tacky British invasion short shorts that he wore for the 80’s cover set – but barely)<\/p>\n\n\n\n