Arrival to the Brown's Orlando House: Saturday Morning 2 AM.
Saturday, Sunday, and Monday were great relaxing days. We didn't know at the time that we would really need these. ") During this time we slept, ate, visited with family and shopped.
Tuesday-Thursday..We decided to rent a house on the beach in St. Augustine,Florida.
The house was right on the beach, but that was the only good thing. It was older, and had a dirty feel to it.
The girls were able to go on the beach for a couple of hours, but we had to bundle them up in jackets, sweaters and jeans...because it was overcast, windy and rainy for the whole 2 days we were there.
Doesn't this look like a beautiful day on the beach?
Tuesday Night we decided to go on our Favorite Sail Boat ride in St. Augustine. Its a sunset sail, where you usually see dolphins, and enjoy the view. Mike and I have done it about 7 times by ourselves, but we decided to take the girls this time. We thought the girls would think it was amazing that they were on a real SAIL BOAT! NOPE.... They for some reason hated every minute of it. Maybe because it was 4o degrees! Janie was the worst, she was inconsolable. I felt terrible for everyone else on the boat that paid money to hear a toddler scream for 2 hours. The captain of the boat did however show us down to the hull of the boat, where Janie's cries were somewhat muted. So glad we paid $90 to sit in the hull of a boat.
Wednesday got even better!! That night I had gone to visit one of my friends, Julie, who lived in the area for dinner. I loved catching up with her, and talking to her about all that had been going on in our lives since she had moved to Florida. It was great seeing her.
On my way home, a car tried switching over to my lane. (I was in his blind spot) and he hit the side of my car, causing me to spin across the 4 lane road into a huge cement pole. My car which we had just bought in January, was totalled. Ughh!!
That car WAS so nice.
Thursday we spent the day at enterprise renting a minivan*. Then we went to the junk yard to get some items from the car, took pics. etc. Then we drove 2 hours back to Orlando.
Friday was Mikes Birthday...and by far the best, most memorable, enjoyable part of the trip. My parents watched the girls all day while Uncle Bill took us to Silver Springs for Kayaking. I don't know of any other place in the states where you can experience something like this.
The river water is clear...you can see everything underneath you which is Amazing, Scary, and Beautiful. There were alligators lying on mossy patches everywhere, birds and turtles. But the best was the wild Monkeys. Yes!! Wild Monkeys in Florida! They shot a movie back on the river in the 30's and some monkeys got loose and have been reproducing and living there ever since. WE LOVED IT!
Saturday we rested from our 10 mile kayaking trip.
Sunday we were leaving to head back to Georgia. I was driving and had not even gotten a mile from the house when a cop runs out to the road in front of our car. His partner was clocking people in this parking lot on the right... and he would run out to tell them they were speeding and needed to pull over for their ticket. After they talked to me a little while and got some information they ended up letting me go without even a warning. How awesome was that!! GO Florida Cops.
Georgia Cops...not so sweet. Mike got a ticket on interstate 75 going 88. Anything over 85 is considered "Super Speeding" under the new super speeder law..meaning another $200 gets ADDED on to your original fine.
REALLY!!
Happy Spring Break. ")
