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- Well today we're kicking off a mini spring season here.
And we're gonna focus mostly in Florida.
Today we're in south Florida.
We are in Davie, Florida which is-
- [GPS] Continue on Southwest 142nd Avenue-
- Kind of southwest of Fort Lauderdale.
And we're kicking off the spring in Florida season.
We might go into Georgia, even Tennessee maybe.
Who knows.
(jazzy music)
♪ I'm riding, riding, riding ♪
♪ Riding in my RV, my RV ♪
♪ Wherever I want to be ♪
♪ Because I'm free in my RV, yeah ♪
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This is the Davie/Ft. Lauderdale KOA
and mere 33 miles from home base in Miami
yet we had never been here before.
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Yeah, the sites have nice tables and this lounger here.
Very nice.
Well, we're having a moonlit picnic.
Goodnight.
Well, good morning.
We're gonna do some grilling for breakfast
because that's how we roll.
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I'm cooking some lobster tails. Yep.
All right. We're gonna make it a surf and turf.
So I put some bacon too.
And whoops, bacon is sticking.
We still got a little bit to go on the,
especially on this one.
So turn the lobster, lobsta, like they say in Bajaba.
And you're gonna do a little bit of butter.
Let's turn this bacon too, by the way. Yeah.
It needs a little more coction.
Gonna add a generous amount of butter.
This one.
Whoops. No, no, no, don't go away.
Don't go away butter.
Whoops, it went away.
This butter is melting.
Like really quick.
That. (food sizzles)
There, that should be in there.
We'll let that butter melt and in a couple of minutes
it's gonna be ready.
Then we'll add some paprika at the end.
Mm. This is gonna be so good.
Oh yeah.
Let's go for a little ride.
We were totally gonna spend the day at the campground
relaxing, enjoying the amenities,
but it is us you're talking about.
So we're going to Hollywood instead.
Hollywood Beach, Florida and its famous Broadwalk.
But first, let's stop by
the historic downtown shopping district.
We haven't been here in quite awhile.
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There are a bunch of cool shops, bars,
restaurants, nightclubs.
In fact, some years back,
I used to perform sporadically at one of them.
Check it out: Spice.
Many moons ago I sang here a couple of times.
That's before RVing.
I think we're gonna have a beer at Twin Peaks.
I don't know.
After a refreshing funky Buddha,
I think we're going to continue towards the beach.
Oh no. Drawbridge.
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This, by the way, historic Hollywood Beach Resort
dating back to 1925.
It is allegedly haunted.
And unfortunately it seems to have fallen
into disrepair in recent years,
but it still looks majestic from the outside.
It must have been the place to be back in its heyday.
We are hopelessly looking for parking,
which on a day like today, Saturday, perfect hot weather,
it's going to be nearly impossible.
It is indeed a beautiful day.
Perfect beach weather.
I've been able to park on some of these side streets before,
but not today.
Check out the Margaritaville Resort here on the right.
Nowadays that's probably the place to be.
Let's try our luck here at the parking garage.
There seem to be some spots available on the fifth level.
There is nothing, not even here on the top level.
Oh wait. It is our lucky day!
Wonderful views from the top floor.
There's the Intracoastal Waterway
and downtown Fort Lauderdale.
People playing racketball,
people looking for parking and the rest enjoying the beach.
Here we are at the famous Hollywood Broadwalk.
Well, it was kind of a miracle.
What we found parking there at that garage.
And now we're just gonna walk around a little bit.
See if we find something to drink, something to eat.
And it's one of those, you know,
it's a perfect weather day here in south Florida
on the Hollywood Broadwalk.
I think these days I like Hollywood Beach,
even more than Miami Beach.
I mean, you don't have the cute art deco hotels,
but the sand is right there,
right in front of all the businesses
and the pedestrian broadwalk makes all the difference.
Hmm, open 'til 4:00 a.m.
Check out the flow rider surf machine.
That seems to be a lot of fun if you can remain standing.
The Airstream Bar is closed.
That's kind of a bummer.
The Lone Palm Beach Bar is open
and this is one of our favorite places here.
They have the best margaritas.
Well, we're at Margaritaville.
Whew, well, that was fun.
Margaritaville is always fun
and they probably have the best margaritas on the Broadwalk.
We've been here before, I think twice.
And yeah.
And those chips were good too.
Well yeah, perfect weather here on Hollywood Beach.
And everybody, you know, everybody's social distancing
on the sand of course and on the water.
But the water is probably a little chilly still,
we're still in March here.
- But yeah, beautiful day on the beach.
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Yeah, the tight zoom lens makes it look much more crowded
than it really is.
Very tempting.
This, Mamacita's Mexican, it's really good too.
They have live play music.
We're gonna start heading back to the parking lot.
And the Broadwalk is certainly happening today.
It's a thing.
Let's go to the parking lot.
When I grow up, I want one of those.
We're gonna go a little farther north towards Dania Beach.
That's the Dania Beach Pier.
And this one is a little less crowded, but not by much.
This is the type of weather
that draws all the locals out here.
We're gonna stop by the Dania Beach Casino.
But, what happens at the casino stays at the casino.
We've never been to that relatively new casino
shaped like a guitar.
So let's check out the Seminole Hard Rock real quick.
It almost looks like something that belongs in Vegas
with the light beam.
And inside it's very nice too.
They've got this fancy fountain and all these large screens.
And we were thinking of getting something to eat here,
but we have burgers back at the campground.
So that's what we're gonna do.
Well they turned it off.
Mm. (food sizzling)
Yeah, that's really good.
There we go.
Yeah, baby.
It's gonna be so good.
Now let's do the onion.
There.
Five more minutes.
That's amazing.
Well, this was a fun weekend, probably the closest to...
to Pelican headquarters we've ever camped.
But it was fun. It was a fun weekend.
We shall do it again.
And this KOA was not bad.
Looks like it is under...
Just making sure we didn't leave anything.
It looks it's undergoing renovations.
But other than that, and other than the...
- [GPS] Take the next right.
- The occasional unsightly RV, you know, it's fine.
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So I have no idea where we're going next,
but until then, thank you so much for watching.
And see you on the road.
- [GPS] In ,000 feet, turn left-
- And she keeps interrupting me.
(upbeat music)
(jazzy music)
♪ I'm riding ♪
♪ Riding in my RV ♪
♪ Where I want to be ♪
♪ Because I'm free in my RV, yeah ♪
♪ I'm riding, riding, riding ♪