We had a very early start this morning for Miami, luckily we packed our things last night, because we got to sleep-in just for a bit. We got our bags to car by 7:15am, which was a bit surprising because we woke up at 6:50! We drove for only two hours before we made a rest stop at this place called St. Lucia, we hung around there for about a half-an-hour, there really wasn’t much there, except a Dunkin’ Doughnuts.

We got back into our car for about another 2 hours all the while our little one watched ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ on the DVD player in the back seat, and stopped for a restroom break, then about another hour on the road, we stopped at the Dolphin Plaza Miami, for lunch. We spent about 45 minutes eating and did a bit of shopping too. I bought some Havaianas for $12.00! Then we got back into our car and drove for about 45 more minutes and reached Everglades National Park.

We took the 2 hour tram tour and boy was it hot and stinky, something we don’t recommend. Halfway through our tour, we stopped and the guide told us to get out and get in the water! Water that’s filled with alligators and snakes. We did it anyways. After the tour we made our way to our hotel in Miami, which we found to be very luxurious, but we only had about an hour to get ready to head out for a fantastic Saturday night out in Miami. Our hotel provided us with a babysitter for our little one.

We had dinner at this quaint Italian place, then headed for a club called the Cleavelander, where we had made reservations for the rooftop Contiki. After that, we made our way to the Mango, a nice salsa club, we danced our shoes off, literally, our feet were so sore, we had to take them off. That’s when we decided to call a taxi to take us back to our hotel for the night, well morning, by the time we got to our room, it was 3:30am! We’ve been up for almost 24 hours!