good to see they let the gypsy in ok ,, if they did there , i think we could even do it here .....
must have been great to see the family dg and some home cookin ... i know the southern gal i used to live with often raved about the chow , hows the folks ??
did you notice how many pink building s there are n miami , ...

[~BoGarT~]

I bet Gypsy was chillin on that beach with that sunscreen on and wondering what it would take to make a " Coconut ": Flavored strain hehe..

Sounds like you had fun..

think i could fall in love with a place like that

beats old england any day

[Dutchgrown]

A very peaceful and tranquil setting, the Boca Resort is a very big and spread out place, part of it is on one side of the itracoastal and the Ocean Club on the other side (beach side). They have transportation down though, if you are going from the ocean side (where we were staying) to the spa and other facilities, there is a private shuttle bus to whisk you there.

Here's some pics of our tranquil oasis found within the very busy SE Florida coastline.






dg

[Dutchgrown]

Having tasted the nice haze buds from our Florida welcome package, a computer connection and glass of fizzy, this is the makings of a nice peaceful and somewhat private vacation in the sun.



dg

[Dutchgrown]

The time really flew by and before you knew it the sun was ready to hide below the horizon until the next morning.





I would highly recommend to anyone in search of much needed R&R to visit the Boca Resort. The spa there (Spa Palazzo) is exceptional. I booked Gypsy in for their 'Spa Trilogy' where he was scrubbed and wrapped with chamomile, massaged with aromatherapy oils, steamed, deluged in showers....LOL...he got the works!:p My visit to the spa was most relaxing and makes one never want to leave the 'Ritual Bath', a unique experience with herbal sea salts and muds. Ahhh, that was great!


dg

[JLP]

Nice shots DG,looks like a tropical paradise.

Next time you guys should try California.


JLP

[Gypsy Nirvana]

...Dutchgrown used to be a travel agent in Florida......and so I trusted her guidance in securing a decent place to stay in.....Since I would be entertaining various associates we thought it best to stay at this Boca Raton hotel complex....

...As always.....when I am in the twilight zone of transit.....(flying long-haul)....I need to have a good place to relax in when I arrive.......because I'm all jet-lagged and flipped out...

But first after nearly 11 hours sitting on the same plane.....I had to try and run the gauntlet that is U.S. customs and immigra3ion...
With my new passport in hand I had to queue up with all of the other non-U.S. residents that were trying to get into the country....for it seemed like those with U.S. passports just glided thru immigration whilst I had to wait a minute or two just to be able to shunt my wheely-hand-luggage-laptop bag a couple of inches nearer to the immigration official that might just grant me a visa into these United States....sheesh!

...Oh well.....after a small eternity I found myself (after much shunting of luggage).....in the close vicinity of a U.S. immigration official who motioned at me to aproach him....I did this with a little trepidation knowing that perhaps these guys might want to interview me for something or other......Anyway.....when all is said and done....this process was rather swift and rudimentary and before you could say 'Blind Lemon Jefferson' I was free and wandering around looking for my checked in luggage with a 6 month U.S.A. visa in my passport.......Baad-a-bing-baaa-da-bang!

...Next up was the luggage carousel....I checked to see what carousel our luggage was going to arrive upon...and after identifying this I preceeded in hanging around this electric shiney converyor belt with a hopefull look on my face checking to see if I could get thru the crowds of luggage rubber-neckers and actually retrieve the samsonite and the delsey......

I needed to have a toke.....all of this luggage watching was tripping me out......round and round........red luggage....green luggage..and I was just thinking that it would sure be groovy if I could just fire a fatty up in the bathroom.....Wake up!

......But no.....I still had to get thru the American customs guys/ladies....and ...amazingly enough.....I had filled out my customs declaration on the plane....and this I presented to the customs official ...a big tall American fella...He asked me what I was doing coming to America......and I said....'hopefully to have a good time'...and that I was a tourist.........He chuckled a little.....then asked me what was my business/profession.......and I told him that I had a tattoo shop in England.......Suddenly this customs dude asked to see my tattoo's.....and so I showed him my sleaved left forearm......He ask'ed who the artist was and when I told him that it was 'Bugg's' he smiled and showed me this dragon on his left shoulder under his shirt....
..Well.....seemed like a cool customs department to me...I thought to myself as I claimed my luggage for the umpteenth time.......so many x-rays......so many checks.....my luggage must have been totally irradiated by the end of this 'Checking In to America' ritual....

Good Call on the Boca Spa ! Also glad to hear Gypsy made it through our Nazi-like customs inspectors.

I lived in Boca for 2 years and that place is beautiful, well except for all that damn humidity. Luckily you guys made it there before all those hurricanes started blowing through.

Next trip make the roadie out to Southern California.....I'm sure us So Cal IC members would see to it that you two have a great time !

[Dutchgrown]

Yes, I've visited California before, several times....nice too. But myself, I love the extra degrees south....its got that just right tropical feeling in South Florida. Funny thing SP, I didn't feel the humidity at all....but it was plenty hot. :p Seeing how you lived in Boca you know exactly where we stayed, a beautiful place to say the least.


dg