Our last day

Today we woke up early and enjoyed the B&B breakfast. I had nightmares last night about Robert the doll (did you google him?) so of course the first thing I told Jim was, "We must go taunt that doll!". So after checking out of our lodging, we took off to see the museum that houses creepy Robert. And creepy doesn't even begin to cover it. If you don't know his story or don't want to google him, let me tell you about Robert. Robert is a doll who was given to a child named Eugene in 1906, by the family's Bahamian servant who was skilled in black magic. Because the servant was unhappy with Eugene's family, she cursed them through Robert the doll. The family swore they could hear Robert talking to Eugene and neighbors often said that Robert would move about the house, looking out windows when the family was not at home. Strange and bad occurrences took place when Robert was around and Eugene was often said to tell everyone, "Robert did it!". Robert was eventually locked in a trunk when Eugene died in 1972. The family who bought Eugene's house found Robert and shortly thereafter began to have the same bad happenings as Eugene's family did. Robert was said to eventually drive the new homeowner insane. Robert now resides in a small museum and is said to still haunt anyone who makes fun of him. It is said that if you want a picture of Robert, you must ask his permission and wait until he grants it by tilting his head. If Robert does not grant permission, you will be cursed if you take a picture anyway.
I was excited to be in the same room as Robert. I was even more excited that Jim and I were the only people in the entire museum. I wanted a picture. I approached Robert. Nothing happened. I said, "Well hi there, Robert! May I please take your picture?". Nothing happened. I walked around the exhibit and read Robert's fan mail. (Robert receives tons of letters each year asking him to please lift a curse, or for forgiveness. Robert even has letters and birthday cards from presidents Bush and Clinton) I approached Robert again and whispered, "I don't care if you give me permission or not you crappy old doll! I want a picture!". So I took my picture. This may have been a bad move. We wandered around a bit more and I was overjoyed to see a skeleton sitting on an old fashioned wheelchair and an antique hearse. The odd thing is, there were no descriptions of these items so I still don't know what the heck this museum was.
Once we were done with Robert, we stopped at a Cuban sandwich shop for cafe con leches and sandwiches for dinner then started the journey back to Fort Lauderdale. On the way, I made Jim stop at Shell World because any store with the world 'World' behind it has to be exciting! Its a whole WORLD of SHELLS! It did not disappoint! We finally made it back to Fort Lauderdale (and passed some 'Alligator crossing' signs on the way!). We returned our rental car and checked into our hotel for the night. Tomorrow we will be at the airport for the long flights home, with a long layover in Chicago. Because I don't particularly think sitting in airports are exciting, and therefore think reading about sitting in airports would be REALLY not exciting, there won't be a blog post tomorrow. What I can say tonight is that these last 26 days have been wonderful despite some things not going exactly as planned. For those of you who have helped us get here: WE SIMPLY CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH!!! And for those of you who have followed our adventures through my blog, thank you too!!! There were nights when I was tired and didn't feel like writing but would remember an email, text or Facebook comment where people said they looked forward to reading this each day. So I kept at it and now we have a great little diary of our trip. Thank you!!! Jim asked if I was going to keep the blog up and my answer? Maybe! I love reading friends' blogs when they post fun things they've done with their kids, good recipes, or home projects. So who knows, maybe I'll keep it up. And maybe Jim will post about whatever it is men like to do. (Ha!) But again, thank you for reading!
So for the last time on this trip we say goodnight from the Ebbers!

Addendum:
Dear Robert,
I am so sorry that I called you a crappy little doll today while I was at your museum. I didn't mean it, I just really wanted a picture of you to scare my blog readers. Please forgive me and I will tell everyone what a terrific doll you are. I really do not want a curse on my head, especially since I am getting on an airplane tomorrow. Thanks, Robert!
Your friend,
Kari
PS, Jim is also sorry that he said you're not scary.