I arrived in Florida late on Weds night. I woke up to a beautiful Atlantic sunrise on Thursday morning and hustled Chris off to work. That left me with time for a beach walk and sunshine soaking with friends!
View from our hotel room - not bad :)
Chris returned and we had arranged for an evening kayak trip on the Indian River off Merritt Island. The main goal of the kayak trip was to see the manatees. The manatees were HUGE and I was giggling like a child everytime one would come near my kayak. After playing with the manatees we headed out to the islands in the river and saw crabs, fishies, rays and a bunch of birds. No gators though. Dang.
Friday we took off for Savannah, Georgia after Chris got home from work. We had a great opportunity to spend the weekend with Chris' parents who drove down from North Carolina to meet us.
We got stopped dead on I-95 for about a half hour. Not fun in the sun and humidity. Chris got out to check out what was going on.
The fanciest rest stop we've ever seen
"We're glad Georgia's on your mind"
We spent Saturday enjoying each others company and wandering around Savannah. It's such a beautiful city rich with history. It's definitely on my "vacation go-back list".
A Savannah steamboat with Mom Walker.
After exploring Savannah, we headed up to Tybee Island for a little Atlantic fresh air. Tybee Beach was very crowded. Different from what we're all used to on the coast.
The next day we made a quick jaunt up to Hilton Head, South Carolina. My primary goal was to check another state of my list (I'm now at 25 - Chris 29), but we all have heard a lot about Hilton Head so it was fun to check it out.
Four of us in SC!
Unfortunately, the weekend went by way way too fast and we were back on the road to Florida. On the way back to Cocoa we stopped by St. Augustine which is the oldest continually-inhabited city in North America. The history here was amazing. We made such a whiz-bang speed trip through St. Augustine that we're already planning a trip back here.
Florida National Guard Armory. Go Guard!
We visited the Fountain of Youth (discovered by Ponce de Leon in 1513). They have managed to make the Fountain an amazingly cheesy tourist trap. But we just had to stop...
Cheers to youth! The water was NASTY! Very sulfuric.
We visited the old Spanish fort
And the oldest school house in the US!
The next day Chris got to leave work at lunch, so we made one last trip to the beach. Good bye FL sunshine! I had a great time, but I'm a Washingtonian at heart - give me my rain!!
3 comments:
What a great mini vacation so glad to see Chris's folks were able to join you for a couple days. I can see why you would go back to some of the spots. G&G B
Be scared, be very scared. Next time I'M GOING!
Wait--*I* went to the fountain of youth in Rome!!! Someone is lying to us!
PS- The one is Rome is super awesome water from some underground spring. I think I know who's lying, Mr. Leon!
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