Spending the Day in Miami with Flat Stanley-Whitman

Flat 
Stanley-Whitman had an interesting day with me in Miami. We went to the Viceroy Hotel via the Miami River Bridge, which you can see in this picture.
He joined us at the swimming pool where he grabbed a quick game of chess on the hotel's pool deck and enjoyed the sunny weather.
The Viceroy Hotel is in downtown Miami and it can very hot here -- 86 degrees today. That made it very, very hot for Flat Stanley-Whitman in his colonial garments!

Carolyn Keating, Tampa, Florida
Nick's Aunt

Enjoying Adventure Island with Nick and Flat Stanley-Whitman

Flat Stanley-Whitman went with us today to Adventure Island, one of 10 theme parks owned by The Blackstone Group (formerly the parks were owned by Anheuser-Busch). The family of parks includes all of the Seaworld locations, Busch Gardens and Discovery Cove in Orlando, among others.

Adventure Island is a water park – there are rides, a giant wave pool and a lazy river that keep you entertained all day. Adventure Island is in Tampa – it was about 87 degrees today, pretty typical for Tampa in the summertime. The afternoon thunderstorms started at about 3:30, again, very normal for Tampa.

There are tons of beaches, sports teams (including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers football, Tampa Bay Lightning hockey, and the Tampa Bay Rays baseball teams) and a great zoo, Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) and an aquarium to visit.

Unfortunately, there are no mountains in Florida or snow so in the winter, so there isn’t much else to do.

Nicholas Monteiro, Cousin of Noah Wallace School student, Jack P.