April 13th

With Jayden busy attending the YMCA Boca Spring Rally 2024 at the Peter Blum Family YMCA of Boca Raton, Tara and I had the day to ourselves. We started our day off by driving to Plantation for breakfast at The Original Pancake House so that Tara could enjoy one of her favorites, the Apple Pancake!

Once breakfast had concluded we decided to check out a local farmers market - the Yellow Green Farmers Market in Hollywood. The market was a very cool place to visit, with somewhere around 300 booths to visit, with lots of fresh fruit, fresh food, and clothing available to purchase. Because we had recently eaten breakfast, we weren't hungry and didn't end up purchasing anything to try. After exploring all of the booths, we decided to head out to our next adventure.

We decided to head over to Sawgrass Mills in Sunrise, the large outlet mall located across the street from Amerant Bank Arena, home of the Florida Panthers hockey team, and within walking distance of the Everglades Wildlife Management Area Conservation Area. Sawgrass Mills is a gigantic mall, one which Drew and I visited several years ago when he played hockey in the area and we had some time to kill. Today Tara & I only visited a small part of the mall, checking out a small portion of the 350+ stores and restaurants inside.

Unfortunately Tara & I were getting hungry, but mall food wasn't sounding all that appetizing to us. We decided to find a seafood place, and settled on Oceans 13 Sports Grill & Bar in Hollywood. We were seated at a table overlooking the beach, allowing us plenty of people watching while we ate. We both ordered the fish and chips, and enjoyed our meal as we watched all manner of people walking, rollerblading, and biking up and down the sidewalk that ran between the buildings and the beach, as well as 6 or 7 cruise ships leaving from Port Everglades just to the north. After eating we took a walk down the beach ourselves, enjoying the fresh air and sights.

Oceans 13 Sports Grill & Bar - Hollywood
		Enjoy the sights of the Atlantic Ocean and Hollywood beach taken during our time having lunch at Oceans 13 Sports Grill & Bar...





		...including several cruise ships leaving from Port Everglades to the north.
		Tara taking a picture of Rodney taking a picture of Tara...
		Another look at the beach.
		There was quite the bike scene along the beach as well.

After lunch Tara & I made our way back towards the hotel, making a stop at Wal-Mart on the way to pick up some beverages and snacks for later on, as we knew the late lunch wouldn't be enough to tide us over through the night.

Once back at the hotel, we once again enjoyed the view from our balcony before settling in to watch TV and enjoy some much needed time together.

We checked out the following morning, so we basically just woke up, got ourselves dressed and packed, and head up to the Peter Blum Family YMCA of Boca Raton to pick up Jayden from the YMCA Boca Spring Rally 2024.

All in all a great weekend, and hopefully the kind of trip that Tara & I can find time to take together more often!

Chateau Mar Golf Resort Trademark Collection by Wyndham
		Here are a couple pictures of the sunset from the balcony in our hotel room.

Oceans 13 Sports Grill & Bar - Hollywood

Enjoy the sights of the Atlantic Ocean and Hollywood beach taken during our time having lunch at Oceans 13 Sports Grill & Bar...

...including several cruise ships leaving from Port Everglades to the north.

Tara taking a picture of Rodney taking a picture of Tara...

Another look at the beach.

There was quite the bike scene along the beach as well.

Chateau Mar Golf Resort Trademark Collection by Wyndham

Here are a couple pictures of the sunset from the balcony in our hotel room.