Friday, June 11, 1993

Today we splurged and rented a nice new, air-conditioned car for 24 hours. We drove to Sears, and Roy bought two nice pairs of shorts. Then we went to Sizzler for lunch. It's a good thing we didn't try to go there last night; it's miles from where we were.
Bought some things at West Marine. Then we went to Monkey Jungle, where Roy worked as a teenager. It was badly damaged by Hurricane Andrew. Nearly all the trees were knocked down by the hurricane, but the animals survived. Grace Dumond, the owner, is still alive at 91! Roy talked with her on the phone, but she didn't remember him.
Drove down to Homestead. This area was the hardest hit by Andrew. Many houses and other buildings lost their roofs and windows. Some had been replaced but many were still gone, and there were many heaps of rubble.
On the way back, we stopped at a market that turned out to be a big discount store. Bought $150 worth of groceries for $87, so we more than saved the cost of the car.
Made it back to the boat just before dark.