Fort Lauderdale and a Tan

Geordan — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:08:27 +0000

Finally after roughly three months my family headed down to Ft Lauderdale for business meeting. Now I’m not much of a business person so instead I hung out with my friend Zach. Before this happened though I was intent on heading to the beach to work on a tan because Oviedo is slowly turning me whiter and whiter. Anyways my vacationing headquarters was the Courtyard Marriot that is jam packed with history for myself.

In the early years that I spent in Fort Lauderdale, my family never owned a pool, so hearing about the courtyard marriot hotel we hatched a plan. One night around 7:00 my father and I visited the hotel. Seeing that the pool gate was unlocked we slipped in and enjoyed the pool. This went on for months, also inviting friends on occasions to the “local” pool. One day though we found that the point of entry had been locked, thus ending anymore pool activities.

So I guess its ironic that the hotel that I…used for swimming activities would be the same hotel that I would eventualy stay at for the night. Well even though there was a bill attached to this adventure, it was worth it.

Geordan’s Thoughts – Life has a way of taking you back to the beginning.

Air Balloon Ride

Geordan — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 22:29:20 +0000

A few days ago, (the 24th to be exact), I had an adventure with’ my parents. Waking up at 4:24, I exit my bedroom, get a glass of water, all while bleary-eyed, and go back to bed happy to have attained moisture for the my body’s metabolic procedures. After achieving a comfortable sleeping position, I start to dose away when I hear…”GEORDAN…get up, we gotta go!”, looking at my alarm clock I realize that its 4:30. Trying to remember how I got washed up, dressed, and how I arrived at a hotel was like trying to remember a dream…you only get bits and pieces. So now sitting in the hotels’ restaurant, pen in hand, and a waiver in front of me, saying “Heck I only got one life to live.”, I sign the waiver. Next thing I know I’m on a field with twenty other people I don’t know watching men blow up gigantic balloons. Climbing into the basket of the hot air balloon, (which is starting to leave the ground), I whip out my camera phone, but think twice because the last thing I want to do is drop my phone. We start leaving the ground and gently drift upwards into the sky. Still early in the morn, I get a glimpse of the rising sun, not thinking twice, I whip out my camera phone for the second time, take a shot, and quickly put it back in my pocket. We keep gliding along the currents at a “quick” 38 Mph, and set down an hour later, they served champagne for a successful flight, and everyone got a glass…except me, (bluffs don’t work like they used too…). I would recommend anyone to take a hot air balloon ride for this one reason…

Geordans’ Thoughts – Being in a modern world surrounded by noise, cars, phones, music, TV, computers, etc. it’s hard to take some time away to be in a silent place for a while. Being in the balloon, one realizes how quiet the natural world can be, and one almost reconnects to themselves in quietness. Do you have a silent place?

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Fort Lauderdale and a Tan

Air Balloon Ride