First trip to Florida

Jon and I went to Florida for a week. It was so much fun and I'm looking forward to the next time I get to go.

We left on the morning of the 7th. It was about 7 a.m. so it wasn't too bad. The drive down was good even though there were a few annoyances. None of them were caused by Jon or myself. Outside sources were the cause. The entire drive took about 19 hours. We got in at about 2:30 the next morning.

On the 8th we started our day by going on an adventure. We had to find the grocery store which is harder than it sounds. anyway, the houses were really pretty and they had kind of like boat road ways. After we got back from the store we went down to the beach. We collected shells and played in the water. Then we went to the swimming pool and afterwards ate dinner. Later on in the night I felt a little pinch on my face and the spot swelled up some and was itchy. the swelling went down later that night.

On the 9th we went shopping at Tin City which is just a configuration of small stores. On the way back we went to the Rookery Bay Reserve. That was pretty interesting. We stopped by to check on the llamas, which are owned by a friend of the family and Jon's dad. For dinner we went to a resturant called The Snook. Jon got the all you can eat sea food buffet and I got chicken.

On the 10th we went to Wooten's. It's an animal sanctuary and they offer air boat rides in the reserve where they're located. We looked at all the animals while we waited for our air boat ride. I held a baby alligator and so did Jon. They're really soft. We got pictures. After that we were off to the air boat docks. Our tour was sooooo fun! we even saw 6 gators after the guy told us we probably wouldn't because it was too hot so they would stay in the water. well, these were in the water but they had just killed something so they were eating. it was so neat being that close to wild gators. one swam right under the boat next to where I was siting! it kind of freaked me out but it was fun none the less.

Saturday and Sunday were generally uneventful. we laid around all day. went down to the beach sat by the pool and walked around to the different shops. We left on monday and arrived home on tuesday morning.