Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Florida part 2

On Friday we drove to the east side of Florida to visit New Smyrna Beach and to take a two hour boat ride around the inlet looking for manatees. The water was not in good condition to view manatees that day so we didn't end up seeing any but the ride around the water was really nice.

Blake's first boat ride.



All together now! (I look like I have bug eyes but my cheap sunglasses are just not sitting on my ears correctly. They don't normally look this odd.)



After the boat ride, we were craving some alligator tail! So we went to a restaurant that served 'em.




Chowing down on gator bites. It tastes kinda like chicken...only not. Not my favorite type of meat.





Afterwards we wanted to actually touch the water since this was the Atlantic and not the Gulf so we found a place to park among the hotels and walked down to the beach. This beach was much quieter than Clearwater. Next time, we're coming here to stay!! The water was noticeably cooler than the Gulf. Blake got to actually feel the waves this time as well. He liked dunking his feet in it.




This pic is from the disposable and I can't make it upright but its a cute one of James and Blake. :)





On our last full day in Florida, we had a leisurely breakfast at a dirty old Denny's (love their french toast and omlettes!) , went shopping at Ron Jon's, and hung out at the pool again.

Surf's up dude! We all got t-shirts here. Aah to love the life of a surfer is our dream.



Back at the hotel pool. This time we stayed longer since we went in late afternoon/early evening. blake was in the water several times and finally started giving some reaction. He kicked his legs and smiled while in the water. Everyone kept saying "look at the little baby!" He charmed everyone. :)






Blake did awesome for his first vacation. It was great to spend time together as a family 24/7. We probably won't be going on another vacation until Blake is a little bit older but we had a blast.
(Sorry if my commentating is a bit boring. I don't feel very interesting today but wanted to finally post something!!!)





4 comments:

Danielle said...

LOL about the bug eyes. No one would've noticed, silly thing! Your vacation sounds like so much fun. I'd love to stay at the beach for a week... sigh. And I think you mean you want to "live the life of a surfer" not love it. :)

Sunny said...

Your pictures turned out really well, especially for using a disposable. I enjoyed your commentary very much. Blog more! (Like I'm one to talk!) LOL.

Night Nurse said...

I can't believe what a chipper little guy Blake is. No pictures of fussy baby!

Mommy Diffee said...

How cute! Looks like you guys had a lot of fun! But I can not believe that you seriously eat alligator tail! YUCK!