What I love most about Active Rain is the friends I have made here, and this past week Dan and I had the pleasure of finally meeting some members we have gotten close to since joining. We usually don't get down to Florida very often but when Dan had a chance to run the ING marathon in Miami, we jumped at the opportunity to escape the cold and snow of Connecticut to relax in the Florida sunshine.
The trip down to Orlando was a bit stressful and we weren't even sure if our luggage would be there when we arrived. But my spirits where soon lifted, for as soon as we reached the baggage claim area, there stood Marc Grossman. He came all the way out to the airport to meet us. Marc help us get our stuff and navigate our way through the airport to pick up our car. I think I would have gotten lost without him. He is such a doll! Marc will always have a special place in my heart for driving all the way there to meet with us. And I regret I was so flustered from our flight I didn't even get a picture of us together.
A few days later we made plans to meet Susie Roscoe for breakfast in Orlando, where she promise not to have syrup dripping off her chin and chew with her mouth open. Susie has not been as active on the rain lately, just pops on now and then to check in on her friends. However she has been raising havoc over on facebook. She has a wicked sense of humor and the two of us had tons of fun ganging up on Dan. She had us in stitches with her many stories, and now has me terrified of swimming in any lake in Florida. The time flew by and before I realized it we had to go. I'm hoping one day soon, Susie will pack up the car for a quick road trip to Connecticut.
Our next stop was to meet My Inna and her wonderful hubby Jon. What can I say about My Inna. Especially, 
since the first thing out of her mouth is I don't look anything like my picture. ugh. She did redeem herself (I think) by saying the picture makes me look 25 lbs heavier. Then she tries to get me to eat oysters! Oysters! I don't care if they are an aphrodisiac I'm not eating them. The only thing that saved me from this fate worse than death was the fact that they didn't have them on the menu. We just had so much fun with Inna and Jon, I was sorry to see the evening end.
Last, but in the no way least, we got to meet with Neal "The Real Deal" Bloom over lunch on our way to Miami. And as Neal said in his post "Neal and I are sort of close but have never meet before". (I'm not going to let Neal live that line down). We almost weren't able to get together, because deep down I think he was afraid to meet me. <<kidding, kidding>> No, really, Neal was incredibly busy, but was able to rearrange his schedule and meet us. Neal is just like he is on here. He is funny and nice. Knows his stuff. A very impressive guy. Another than Neal trying to talk me into doing the week in review we had a great time.
Everyone we met in Florida had to go out of their way to met us. Rearrange schedules, drive long distances, and we are grateful that our friends would go to such lenghts to see us.
Active Rain is truly an unique community where it's members care about one another, and will go out of their way to reach out and help each other. So if you every have the opportunity to meet another member of the active rain community, go for it, you won't be disappointed. I will end the adventure here and let Dan continue with our experiences in Miami on his post.
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