Our Honey Moon!

Hey Everyone! RC and I just got back from our Honey Moon! Yes Yes I know we have been married 3 1/2 years but our weekend after the wedding we didn't count as a honey moon. We went down to the Florida Keys. We had so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!

First of all the boys spent the weekend with my mom and dad, they stayed from Thursday to Sunday (it was planned for Monday but I will explain that in a few).

We left about 9:00 on Friday and started on the rode. We spent a few hours in a little town called Venice. It is a very beautiful little retiree town with crystal clear beach water. Then we kept on truckin'. We chose to take the Tamiami Trail (Hwy 41). That is the coolest by far. You are able to stop and walk on board walks to see alligators in the wild. We saw probable 20. We got to Key Largo where we stayed at the Sheraton Resort (Thank you Daddy!) about 6:00pm. The view from our balcony was absolutely gorgeous. We could see the ocean and the trees and wow it was just beautiful!!!!!

Saturday we woke up and were out of the hotel by 8:00 for the 2 hour drive to Key West. I could live in Key West!!!!!!! We rode on the world famous Conch train. For those who don't know it is a train that takes you through out Key West explaining the History behind the island. It was a 90 minute ride and was really interesting. Then we chose to do what the locals call the Duval Street shuffle, that is just simply walking up and down in the local shops and just taking it easy. We went to Jimmy Buffetts Margarittaville for lunch. The cheeseburgers are served just like the song says. Then we went down to the Southern Most Point and took our pictures. We later walked along the board walk until sunset. They had an amazing sunset celebration where a bunch of locals put on some cool shows. It was great. We then walked down and went to a restaurant called the Conch Republic. We had a table with a great view of the Harbor. (Oh and I found out I am allergic to jerk spice). Then we walked back to the car by way of the Harbor. RC found it neat that the Tarpon were just basically stacked on top of each other in the Harbor.

Sunday morning we got up and went swimming or actually I got up and went swimming. RC joined me about 20 - 30 minutes later and we sat in the Hot Tub. We then checked out by 10:30 and got on the rode to come back home. We just took our time and enjoyed the trip. We took the Tamiami again and there is an extra 18 mile scenic loop that RC and I chose to take. We seriously saw over 100 alligators on the drive home. It was so cool!!!!!!!!!! We got to Fort Myers which is about 2 hours outside of Tampa, and the oil light came on. (We were in my parents car) We pulled over let it cool and checked the oil, it said it was fine. So we got on and by the very next exit it was making a loud clunking noise so we got off. We turned left to go to the Pilot Station there and the car just stalled! This was about 4:00 pm. We called Mom and Dad and they were finally able to get to us about 9:30. The tow truck was there by about 10:00 and we got home about midnight.

Yes it was a crazy ending. Mom had planned on us just picking up the kids on Monday but after they had seen us they had to come home with us. We had never left them for that long. Even with 6 hours of waiting RC and I made lemonade out of our lemons. We bought a deck of cards and just played cards while we waited. We had a great time even with the car problems!

PS Everyone Pray for Mom and Dads car, we have to figure out what is wrong with it.