February 23rd, 2009 by Frank
It was sad, but we knew our trip would come to an end. 
We woke up to a hazy day in Miami. The haze quickly burned off and we were looking at the beautiful Miami sky line. 
The port was busy, all the ships were in port and as thousand of guests were getting ready to get off of each ship, there were thousands more waiting to get on and head off for their vacations. It is amazing how the crew has to work to get the ship ready in such a short time. Not only do the cabins need to be cleaned and made ready for the next cruise but all the trash from the week has to be off loaded, new provisions stocked and thousand of gallons of fresh water and fuel loaded.
For us it meant we had a few more hours to enjoy the warmth before returning back to Wisconsin. I had scheduled a final excursion for the group, a day trip to South Beach. Once we were off the ship our driver picked up the group and headed to the beach. While at the beach it was arranged that the driver would hold our luggage so we did not have to hassle with it. We relaxed on the beach for a few hours, people watching, napping or for some of us feeding birds. 
The South Beach area is quite the place, you could spend hours just watching the sights and sounds. 
There is a wide variety of food and activities. 
Just enjoying that warm sun for a few more hours was all I needed. 
Our driver came back right on time and with all our luggage and we were off to the airports, we had a few people leaving out of Ft. Lauderdale but the majority from Miami International. Our driver from Florida Transtours Inc. did a great job of taking care of us as he did for each portion of the trip he was involved in. In short order our plane took off and before we knew it we had arrived back in Chicago and the cold weather. Despite some initial delays in Miami we arrived on time. We did have a short wait for our limo as the airline had reported to him that the flight would be late and it wasn’t. Wee made it back home, had a great trip and we are looking forward to doing it all over again as soon as possible!
We woke up to a hazy day in 
The port was busy, all the ships were in port and as thousand of guests were getting ready to get off of each ship, there were thousands more waiting to get on and head off for their vacations. It is amazing how the crew has to work to get the ship ready in such a short time. Not only do the cabins need to be cleaned and made ready for the next cruise but all the trash from the week has to be off loaded, new provisions stocked and thousand of gallons of fresh water and fuel loaded. 
There is a wide variety of food and activities. 
Just enjoying that warm sun for a few more hours was all I needed. 
Our driver came back right on time and with all our luggage and we were off to the airports, we had a few people leaving out of 
