October 1 & 2
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disneydream06Yikes, I have kind of neglected finishing up my vacation story.
On October 1st I was up and packed the car and said goodbye to my brother and his family. It was hard to do that because we don't get to see them very often because of the distance. :(
I was on the road and heading for Milton, Fl., home of my friend, Mary and her kids.
The drive down was fairly uneventful. I have done it before and I had a AAA Trip Tik to see where the construction was. There is one little town, I don't remember if it's in Alabama or Florida, but it almost messed me up the first time through it, and it almost got me this time too. Too many highway signs for too few roads. Consolidate people. :p
As I was getting close to Milton I drove past this one field and I was like, I wonder if that is cotton. That or it was the whitest plant. lol... When I talked to Mary she said it probably was because they do have cotton in the area.
I arrived in Milton and checked into my hotel, the Emerald Sands Inn. It was an okay place. Didn't look all that busy, but I was still put up on the second floor. Love to lug my luggage up stairs. From there I was off to Mary's place.
It was so great to see her again. :)
She only has two of her kids living with her right now. But they keep her busy. He new place is really nice. One floor. Not really big, but still feels roomy.
We sat around and just caught up with each other and chatted. We kind of finalized plans for tomorrow. We are going to visit the Gulfarium in Fort Walton, Fl. They have dolphins and seals and other sea life.
It was getting late, and so we called it a night. I headed over to Wally's World. Shh, don't tell my union I shopped there. :p I got sub sandwich and something to drink. Then I headed back to the hotel to watch a little tv and relax. I stopped down to the hotel desk and got the password for their internet and cruised around the net for awhile. :p
The next morning I got up and headed over to Mary's and we were off to the Gulfarium. It was a bit of a drive and we chatted and occupied the time.
(What the heck is wrong with my internet or should I say LJ? It keeps jumping and moving my window here up. ARGH!!!!!)
So anyway, we finally found the Gulfarium and went in to watch the shows and just walk around and enjoy the place. It was a lot of fun. With dolphin shows and seal and dolphin shows and also other marine life to see. on the way out we stopped in the gift shop and Mary picked up a few things for the kids. She joked that they couldn't tell she was a local by buying these things. They asked if she lived around there and she showed her ID. She got a 40% discount if I remember right. NICE!!!
From there we drove back towards Milton/Pensacola and there was a store that sold shells and what not so we stopped in and looked around. Some nice things and some cheesy things. :p I think some of their postcards were from the 80s. lol...
From there we drove on and we stopped at Ruby Tuesday's for lunch. Thank you Mary for letting me stop there. I don't think it's her favorite. :p After lunch we drove up through Pensacola and drove along the road that has all these amazingly big beautiful homes. Well, there were a couple that were like, You have to be kidding. lol... Who was their decorator/designer?
We stopped back at the hotel and I showed Mary some of my pictures that I had on line. Then we went back to her place. The kids were waiting for pizza to show up for supper. We had a piece to satisfy our tummies, but lunch hadn't been that long ago and we were both fairly full yet. Oops, I forgot we stopped at this little bakery on the way back and got some really YUMMY things.
We sat around and chatted for awhile and then the two kids that lived on their own decided it was time to head home before the crowds got to wild, it was homecoming night in town. I offered to give them a ride home in the Mustang so Mary wouldn't have to go out again. Plus they both like the car. It was okay, but Daniel was just a little tall to be sitting in the back seat. lol...... I got them home and them I headed back to the hotel for the night. I would loved to have gone back to Mary's, but I know she needed to get Suzanne to bed. So I went back to the hotel and watched some tv and played on the computer for awhile. I ate some of my yummy bakery goods too. :p
In the morning I am off to my other friend, Angie's place in Ft. Myers.
Again, it's hard to say goodbye because I am not able to get down there very often. :(
Well, Blurty seems to behaving itself, so obviously the trouble is with LJ and not the internet. What the BEEP is wrong with LJ lately? It sucks, and I am paying for a journal there. ARGH.........
On October 1st I was up and packed the car and said goodbye to my brother and his family. It was hard to do that because we don't get to see them very often because of the distance. :(
I was on the road and heading for Milton, Fl., home of my friend, Mary and her kids.
The drive down was fairly uneventful. I have done it before and I had a AAA Trip Tik to see where the construction was. There is one little town, I don't remember if it's in Alabama or Florida, but it almost messed me up the first time through it, and it almost got me this time too. Too many highway signs for too few roads. Consolidate people. :p
As I was getting close to Milton I drove past this one field and I was like, I wonder if that is cotton. That or it was the whitest plant. lol... When I talked to Mary she said it probably was because they do have cotton in the area.
I arrived in Milton and checked into my hotel, the Emerald Sands Inn. It was an okay place. Didn't look all that busy, but I was still put up on the second floor. Love to lug my luggage up stairs. From there I was off to Mary's place.
It was so great to see her again. :)
She only has two of her kids living with her right now. But they keep her busy. He new place is really nice. One floor. Not really big, but still feels roomy.
We sat around and just caught up with each other and chatted. We kind of finalized plans for tomorrow. We are going to visit the Gulfarium in Fort Walton, Fl. They have dolphins and seals and other sea life.
It was getting late, and so we called it a night. I headed over to Wally's World. Shh, don't tell my union I shopped there. :p I got sub sandwich and something to drink. Then I headed back to the hotel to watch a little tv and relax. I stopped down to the hotel desk and got the password for their internet and cruised around the net for awhile. :p
The next morning I got up and headed over to Mary's and we were off to the Gulfarium. It was a bit of a drive and we chatted and occupied the time.
(What the heck is wrong with my internet or should I say LJ? It keeps jumping and moving my window here up. ARGH!!!!!)
So anyway, we finally found the Gulfarium and went in to watch the shows and just walk around and enjoy the place. It was a lot of fun. With dolphin shows and seal and dolphin shows and also other marine life to see. on the way out we stopped in the gift shop and Mary picked up a few things for the kids. She joked that they couldn't tell she was a local by buying these things. They asked if she lived around there and she showed her ID. She got a 40% discount if I remember right. NICE!!!
From there we drove back towards Milton/Pensacola and there was a store that sold shells and what not so we stopped in and looked around. Some nice things and some cheesy things. :p I think some of their postcards were from the 80s. lol...
From there we drove on and we stopped at Ruby Tuesday's for lunch. Thank you Mary for letting me stop there. I don't think it's her favorite. :p After lunch we drove up through Pensacola and drove along the road that has all these amazingly big beautiful homes. Well, there were a couple that were like, You have to be kidding. lol... Who was their decorator/designer?
We stopped back at the hotel and I showed Mary some of my pictures that I had on line. Then we went back to her place. The kids were waiting for pizza to show up for supper. We had a piece to satisfy our tummies, but lunch hadn't been that long ago and we were both fairly full yet. Oops, I forgot we stopped at this little bakery on the way back and got some really YUMMY things.
We sat around and chatted for awhile and then the two kids that lived on their own decided it was time to head home before the crowds got to wild, it was homecoming night in town. I offered to give them a ride home in the Mustang so Mary wouldn't have to go out again. Plus they both like the car. It was okay, but Daniel was just a little tall to be sitting in the back seat. lol...... I got them home and them I headed back to the hotel for the night. I would loved to have gone back to Mary's, but I know she needed to get Suzanne to bed. So I went back to the hotel and watched some tv and played on the computer for awhile. I ate some of my yummy bakery goods too. :p
In the morning I am off to my other friend, Angie's place in Ft. Myers.
Again, it's hard to say goodbye because I am not able to get down there very often. :(
Well, Blurty seems to behaving itself, so obviously the trouble is with LJ and not the internet. What the BEEP is wrong with LJ lately? It sucks, and I am paying for a journal there. ARGH.........
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Date: 2009-11-02 10:13 am (UTC)That Gulfarium sounds awesome! I've never seen such dolphin-show...*jealous*
(LJ is okay here....)
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Date: 2009-11-02 10:48 am (UTC)I know she had trouble with her computer for awhile. She has now been concentrating on writing her articles and working on her books.
Thank you for caring about her.
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Date: 2009-11-02 02:38 pm (UTC)