Day 3--Gaylord Palms

The Everglades Atrium by day
(taken from our balcony with the "tiny camera" filter.

Although Lily woke around 6, she crawled in our bed and fell sound asleep until 730. Erwin got to work at 7 and we noshed on cereal we bought the night before. Although the Gaylord is lovely, breakfast options are pretty well limited to the Java Coast coffee bar and room service. Although I guess the coffee was pretty good, while we were there they had no black tea. Had I brought some, I still would have been out of luck (no microwave). 

That morning we stayed around the room to watch Mouse, do some sorting and repacking, and general relaxing. Mid-morning, Lola took Lily for a walk. She came back and we tried to do a nap. No luck, so we went back to Java Coast for lunch. (Again, not a lot of lunch options.) The sandwiches were good, but nothing out of the ordinary. As we walked back to the room, a VERY sleepy Lily was wobbling. She got to the room and slept for almost three hours!

When she woke up, a thunderstorm had blown through and the radar was clear. Erwin finished his work day, so off to the pool we went. Aside from the atrium, the pool area is the most impressive part of the resort. There is an adult pool (where we did not go for obvious reasons), a jumbo movie screen/stage area near the three foot pool depth, zero entry for the main pool, splashers around the pool deck, and a water play area with frequent dumps of a huge bucket of water. Lily was a little shy about the pool area, but once she warmed up to the splashers, she was very happy to go in the pool up to her chest. We stayed there for a half hour, and I ended up a rosy shade of pink, sunblock and all.



After getting changed, we headed to the Key West area for dinner at Sunset Sam's Fish Camp. Each of us had a different type and preparation. I had the mahi mahi, Lola had the coconut crusted cobia, and Erwin had the corvina. Each of us was very impressed with the quality. After dinner, we grabbed ice cream (I fell in love with the coconut macaroon flavor) and headed back to the room. No problems tonight although Lily had a tough time getting to sleep. When she did, we weren't too far behind her, because we had a busy day ahead.

The cobia.

The corvina.

The mahi-mahi.

Sunset Sam's Fish Camp