Florida

Aaron has been traveling a lot for work, and we were very fortunate that I could go with him this past week. We went to Florida, and we had a great time. Here's an outline of our week...

Day 1
We headed to the airport at 4:20 A.M. Of course, I had been up since 2 A.M. -- getting showered, eating breakfast, packing a few last minute things, and even finding time to break out my sewing needle and thread to mend a shirt before leaving. Before 6 A.M., Aaron had already laughed and shook his head at me 10 times while saying "Who are you? Why are you so chipper and so awake before the sun is even up?" I didn't care. I was on vacation. I could smile and say good morning to everyone I interacted with even if my husband -- and a few others on the receiving end of those "good mornings" that hadn't had their coffee yet -- looked at me like I was crazy. Needless to say, I'm surprised both of us were still pleasantly awake enough  to enjoy the Maclay Gardens in Tallahassee on our first day. These are a few of the pictures we took at this beautiful garden before we drove to the hotel and crashed for a good 2 hour nap before dinner.

Day 2
I soaked up some sun at the pool at our hotel while Aaron went out headed out to a college fair for work. I was waiting for him at the hotel when he got off, and then we drove down to Orlando for our day 3 adventure. We had satellite radio in the rental car, so we listened to a comedy channel, and spent most of the ride down laughing. It was a great relaxing day!

Day 3
Aaron didn't have anything scheduled for work this day, so we headed to DISNEY WORLD! We both hadn't been to The Magic Kingdom for years, and it was a blast! Although, as we got out of the car in the parking lot, Aaron said, "I think we're missing something..." I said, "What could we be missing?" And he pointed at everyone around us, and said, "little people." I laughed, and reassured him that we weren't the only ones at Disney without kids.

(we ended up fitting in just fine)

We rode almost every ride, and even waited in line 30 minutes to meet Mickey and Minnie.

After that wait, it was all I could do to get Aaron to wait in line to meet the Disney Princesses (Cinderella, Belle, and Princess Aurora). He eventually gave in, so that he wouldn't have to listen to me pout the rest of the day.

Princess Aurora & I (Aaron didn't want to take his picture with the princesses)

Aaron was our navigator for the day, and every time he would tell me where we were going next, I would ask, "will we be walking by the castle?" I loved the castle! It was my favorite part. These are just a few of the many pictures I took of the castle. (I wish I could have gotten some better ones, but we only had one lens with us for the camera, so I had to make do.)

 The finale of fireworks at the end of the day was fabulous! It was our favorite part of the day!

At the end of the day, we were exhausted, and Aaron decided he was glad we didn't have any "little people" with us. A 12 hour day at an amusement park can create some very cranky "little people".

Day 4

Aaron had to work, while I soaked up some more Vitamin D by the pool. Again, I was waiting for him when he finished his day, and we were off to our next destination...St.Augustine. We went downtown to the historic district of St. Augustine and had a fabulous dinner at Harry's. It was a great atmosphere...great food, live music, outside on a lighted patio, and right by the ocean.

Day 5

We spent most of our day in St.Augustine again. We went back to the historic district and toured the Castillo de San Marcos (which was basically an old historic fort). We decided that we really act too old for our age...sometimes the types of things we like to do really seem more like something a 62 year old would do rather than a 26 year old, but we're content with that. We look a lot better now than I think we will at 62 though.

 

It was a perfect day and a perfect end to our week.