March 12, 2010
Orlando, FL-Islamorada, FL
I had such a fun morning meeting up with Crystal and Bella at Cracker Barrel!! Crystal is a mommy I know from an internet forum that I have been a part of for almost 2 years. She recently moved to Orlando and we took advantage of a free morning to get together...it was so much fun!! I loved meeting her and getting to know Bella in person...thanks Crystal for making time to get together with us!!
After meeting up with Crystal, I went back to the house to pack up our things and get ready to head to the Florida Keys. Our final destination for the day was to Islamorada, one of the Keys between Key Largo and Key West to stay with our good friends, James and Jennifer Johnson. It was completely rainy the entire drive to the Keys, and not a pretty, light rain...but a really heavy rain from the time we left Orlando until we arrived in Islamorada.
James & Jennifer had hot chili waiting for us in their super cozy home...it was sooo good to arrive and see them again!! We were tired, but it was fun to just hang out with them. Sophia was fussy and didn't sleep well...once again she was running a fever for like the 10th night!! I knew I probably just needed to take her to the doctor, but it was Friday night and nothing was open.
Saturday morning we went to breakfast at Mangrove Mike's, and then over to Cheeca Lodge to see where James works. It is sooo gorgeous, and while it wasn't that warm (and it was SUPER windy), we still got some great pictures of the lodge and the ocean. The Keys are (obviously) surrounded by water..the Gulf side and the Ocean side...Cheeca is on the ocean side and is a very exclusive lodge. We toured the grounds and then headed back to the house for lunch...on the way we stopped to feed the Tarpon. This was quite the experience...Tarpon are HUGE fish and we wanted to feed them smaller fish. The problem was that even though they are enclosed within a white fence, the pelicans were doing all they could to snatch the small fish out of the boys' hands. Jonathon & Brandon both got "pelican bites", but thankfully it didn't draw blood! I was sure the pelicans were going to bite off their fingers...or arms!!! lol
After lunch I decided that enough was enough and I needed to take Sophia in to the doctor...she had still been running a fever and had started pulling at her ears. (see next posting about the experience)
We met up with the guys and kids at Lazy Days, a great little place on the ocean with FANTASTIC seafood!! I had Yellowtail Baja, which was a delicious fish that was encrusted and fried with a white sauce and served with cilantro...it was SOOO yummy!! It ended up being a late night as we stayed up talking with James and Jennifer...what great friends they are!!!
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