Pompano Beach, Florida

I had such a great vacation in Florida with my dad. I stayed at the Pompano Beach Marriot Resort, which was right on the beach! The hotel had a great gym and I got to work out every morning and we also took a walk on the beach every morning. I found so many beautiful shells and pieces of coral on the beach. We had amazing weather and there was only one day where it was raining and we went to the oldest house in Fort Lauderdale but it was pretty boring. I played on the 36 hole Pompano Golf Course at least 8 times and it was a very nice course and the Pines was designed in 2013 by Greg Norman and was a very nice course and the Palms were not as nice but still a good course. I also golfed at Crystal Springs Country Club which was very small but they were very friendly and the course was very easy so I scored a 35. The courses in Florida were so flat compared to New England golf courses and less challenging but they are less expensive, it was only $35.00 after 3 o’clock to play 9 holes which was so reasonable. I ate very healthy on vacation and we eat mostly at Nikes Kitchen, Whole Foods, and Marriot Pompano Hotel. Nikes Kitchen had a healthy and delicious menu and used mostly organic and non GMO ingredients. Our hotel was okay but I really enjoyed the guac and plantain chips and I ordered that mostly or the oatmeal for breakfast but the service was very slow and the food wasn't consistent.  We brought fresh fruit, veggies, and snacks for our refrigerator at Whole Foods. I love Whole Foods salad bar too and we ate there for lunch several times. We ate at Peking Duck House for dinner and it was a nice authentic chinese restaurant. We also ate at a nice family owned Mexican restaurant called Casa Maya Grill and another family owned Italian restaurant called Sicilian Oven. I mostly spent my days there taking a walk at around 7 am, working out at the gym for an hour, we went to the beach, played golf, played ping pong with my dad, and then we had dinner and I went swimming in the pool afterwards. The ocean water was so salty and I loved swimming in it. The water was also very warm and refreshing. I had a great trip and I'm so thankful!