Today on Valentines Day Barbara and I went on a 3 day trip down to West Palm Beach area. Our first stop was Morikami Museum and Japanese Garden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morikami_Museum). When we got there we first had lunch in the cafe and we both had a very tasty and filling lunch, Barbara had duck and I had Salmon. Then we went and watched the short film that told the story of the Yamato Colony were George Morikami who came from Miyazu Japan had come to be a pineapple farmer. The colony that was started around 1903 was never a big success and before George Morikami died he donated 200 acres to Palm Beach County to be used as a park. In turn the county has built this museum and Japanese Garden in his honor. The garden is a stroll through 6 different Japanese Gardens all of them are beautiful. They have one of the largest collections of Bonsai I have ever seen. In the building on the small island which was the original museum building has an exhibit that shows Japanese life from the eyes of a child. They have some very interesting ideas for in the classroom. One that we think would be a big improvement is that the children clean up their classrooms at the end of the day, would never get past any board of education here in America. After a lovely day walking in the garden we went to our Motel were we rested and had a delicious dinner in the room that Barbara had packed for us. All in all we had a very nice Valentines Day and we hope that you all did to.
