Getting Ready for Bikes, Beer and Hot Babes in Daytona

August 12, 2008

Wet T Shirt Blond

Where else can you find so many hot girls than Daytona Biketoberfest, make sure to head to Main Street this year where you’ll find wet-t shirt contest, Harleys and cold beer. Some of the most popular annual activities include motorcycle shows and rallies that showcase new, vintage and custom bikes; demonstration rides on the newest machines from top manufacturers, including Harley Davidson. On Main Street and around you’ll also enjoy endless-delicious food choices, live music and plenty of people-watching.

Wet T Blond

If you’re looking to get completely put of the crowds for some quite solitude take your bike out on the Loop, it’s like no other ride. It’s freedom, sunshine, open road and graceful curves; it’s a riders dream. If you have never taken this ride it’s highly recommend that you do so. This leisurely ride will give you a feel for Florida’s natural beauty, you can check out nearby Ormond Park and see the Fairchild Oak tree - one of Florida’s oldest living Oaks. Whether is driving down the beach or rolling through the loop, there are plenty of things to do in Daytona during the annual event.

Wet-T Girl

It’s time to start thinking about hotels and while making my reservations I noticed rates were fairly reasonable, but I noticed some were already sold out. While there, stop by the Daytona Main Street Pier for a great view and some fresh air. They serve alcohol and fresh seafood and you can even rent a fishing rod and try to catch the big one.

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Panama City Beach Hotel Now Offers Boat Service to Shell Island

July 10, 2008

Shell Island

Panama City Beach, FL - The Bay Point Marriott Golf Resort & Spa now offers guests complimentary transportation to Shell Island, a seven-mile long island located between the Gulf of Mexico and St. Andrews Bay. Undeveloped and uninhabited by people (the island is home to one of the world’s largest concentration of bottle-nosed dolphins), Shell Island remains natural and pristine, with vast stretches of white sand, abundant trees and wildlife. The Bay Point Marriott Hotel in Panama City Beach, Florida, is the only resort in Panama City with the rights to transport guests on its new 60-passenger boat, The Bay Point Lady.

“It’s amazing: take a twenty minute boat ride and go back in time, to a beach that doesn’t have high-rises or crowds,” notes Bay Point Marriott’s General Manager, Jeff Segan. “You can snorkel, fish, swim, or just enjoy the beautiful view. Shell Island is truly magnificent.”

Shell Island earned a #1 rating from “Dr. Beach“, aka Dr. Stephen Leatherman, the world’s authority on beach quality. Dr. Leatherman rates beaches on a stringent quality scale, and ranks Shell Island on the same par among the world’s finest beaches, including Kapalua Bay and Lanikai Beach in Hawaii.

The new exclusive water shuttle to Shell Island is only one of many improvements and new services offered by Bay Point Marriott Golf Resort & Spa. The family resort recently completed a massive $24 million renovation. A new state-of-the-art luxury spa, Serenity, is a 12,000 square foot oasis of personal relaxing and rejuvenating care, while the challenging Nicklaus Design Course is the only Nicklaus course in Northwest Florida. Not only are they’re tons of things to do in Panama City Beach, the Bay Point Marriott also features the PGA ranked Meadows Course, four onsite restaurants, four outdoor pools, one indoor pool with three whirlpools, 225-slip deep-water marina, 22 on-property boat slips, jogging and bike trails, on site water sports including dolphin tours, a wonderful kids camp and more.

For more information on the Bay Point Lady boat service to exclusive Shell Island or any of the amenities offered by the Bay Point Marriott Golf Resort and Spa, please visit MarriottBayPoint.com or call (866) 234-2616.

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Cool Off this Summer in Orlando

June 19, 2008

Dolphin Plunge at Aquatica

Is it hot enough for you? Florida is a scorcher in the summer and that’s just the heat, never mind the humidity. Fortunately Orlando has many ways to cool off some of which are the wonderful water parks here. During Wet ‘n Wild Summer Nights, they extend their summer hours and lower the price after 5 o’clock for this special summer event. Sea World also has a brand new water park called Aquatica. Aquatica provides a place where you can get up close and ‘personal’ with sealife. If you’re already planning a trip to Disney, you’ll be happy to hear that they have two water parks Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach.

The Orlando waterparks have slides and a lazy river of some sort or another and you can rent towels and lockers there. They provide mats, inner tubes and sometimes even boogie boards, if they have a wave pool. They all have some sort of white sand beaches and a few provide volleyball nets and, of course, all offer refreshments and food.

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Space Shuttle Discovery Leaps into Space

June 1, 2008

Space shuttle Discovery leaps from the billows of smoke below into a clear blue sky on its STS-124 mission to the International Space Station. Launch was on time at 5:02 p.m. EDT. Discovery is making its 35th flight.

The STS-124 mission is the 26th in the assembly of the space station. It is the second of three flights launching components to complete the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Kibo laboratory. The shuttle crew will install Kibo’s large Japanese Pressurized Module, or JPM, and its remote manipulator system, or RMS. The RMS consists of two robotic arms that support operations outside of Kibo. The lab’s logistics module, or JLM, which was installed in a temporary location during STS-123 in March, will be attached to the new lab. Discovery’s 14-day flight carries the largest payload to the station and will include three spacewalks. The shuttle also will deliver a new crew member and bring back another one after a three-month mission.

Next Mission; Hubble Space Telescope

The next space shuttle mission in the Cape Canaveral launch schedule is STS-125, the final shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. The mission will allow the crew to use the now-familiar Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) on the second day of the flight to conduct comprehensive inspections of the shuttle’s thermal heat shield en route to the telescope. The boom will be used again to survey the reinforced carbon-carbon protection on the leading edges of the shuttle’s wings and other areas of its heat shield on flight day 9 after the crew releases Hubble. It will be used a final time on flight day 10 for a late inspection to ensure that the shuttle heat shield has not been damaged by micrometeoroid particles.

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Spend Memorial Day Vacation on the Beach in Fort Lauderdale

May 20, 2008

Fort Lauderdale, FL - Escape to Fort Lauderdale for Memorial Day weekend and celebrate the beginning of summer at the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa. This premier Florida resort invites travelers to book a special South Florida 50/50 Vacation Package three-night mini-vacation. The $50 credit can be redeemed at any of the hotel’s five acclaimed restaurants, retail shops or The Spa at Harbor Beach.

Located on 16 acres of tropical Atlantic Ocean waterfront property, this Florida hotel features the only private beach in Fort Lauderdale (and the largest in South Florida). Fort Lauderdale, Florida hotel guests can soak up the sun, pick up a game of beach volleyball, explore underwater with scuba diving activities or take a dip in the tropical lagoon pool.

There are so many things to do in Fort Lauderdale that you’ll want to spend all three nights with our Holiday Escape 50/50 package and receive 50 percent off the third night plus a $50 resort credit at any of the resort restaurants, shops and spa the package is valid during the following 2008 holidays:

• Memorial Day Weekend
• Labor Day Weekend
• Thanksgiving
• Christmas (through December 26)

Listed in “100 Best Spas of the World,” the Spa at Harbor Beach is a 20,000-square-foot seaside oasis with 18 private treatment rooms, a private spa pool, sauna, whirlpool, eucalyptus steam rooms, private lockers, health-oriented Spa Café, fitness center, yoga and Pilates classes and motion studio overlooking the ocean. 3030 Ocean is the hotel’s fine dining waterfront restaurant offering fresh American seafood creations. Guests looking for a more casual dining experience can visit Riva and Cascades restaurants. The resort also offers 30,000 square feet of flexible indoor meeting space, 22,500 square feet of outdoor oceanfront terraces and 200,000 square feet of sparkling beach for signature events. Located just 10 minutes from Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport, Harbor Beach Resort offers guests tropical seclusion with all the exciting dining, shopping, entertainment and cultural options of the city at its doorstep. Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa has received the Fodor’s Choice 2007 distinction, which recognizes it as one of the top hotels in Fort Lauderdale.

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