Warm Showers in Miami!

As we flew into Miami this morning there were some very dark clouds gathering.  Thunderstorms were forecast.

(Do you like the grizzly bear on the winglet of the Frontier  Airlines plane?).

In breaks in the cloud we could see the Everglades below us.

We picked up a hire car and headed for our hotel along sunny streets lined with tropical trees.  It is very warm as well as very humid - no wonder everything looks so lush and green.

The view from our 11th floor room is interesting as the weather changes..

When it rains it really rains, like a warm shower.

One of the reasons for travelling to Miami today was that the Dale Chihuly exhibit in the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is illuminated on Thursday night.    We purchased a larger umbrella and set off..

It is a beautiful tropical garden covering 83 acres - the glass exhibits are spread over a smaller area of 20 or so acres.  

We were in fact very lucky with the weather - no rain, just very hot and very, very humid.

The blown glass sculptures were beautiful in the garden setting.  Here are just a few pictures...

Some of the flowers and trees were also quite spectacular..

As night fell the glass sculptures were definitely the stars of the show..