Camping

Adam and I went camping in O'Leno State Park in April. This was the first time camping just the two of us and we had a great time. The weather was perfect - cool at night and warm during the day. We only camped one night, it was pretty last minute.

Our set up.

 I prepared some foil pack meals to be easily cooked over the coals. Adam may make fun of me, but half the fun of camping is the food. Heck, half the fun in most things is the food. Anyway, for dinner I combined chopped chicken, potatoes, onions, mushrooms, carrots with olive oil and lemon juice. Then you double wrap it in the foil for the fire. It turned out great. I made so much that we ended up with four packs and made two for lunch the next day.   And of course we had smores for dessert.

 We also had breakfast in foil packs - sausage paddy on the bottom, then put shredded potatoes to form a "nest", then crack an egg in the "nest". It was a great breakfast - we each had two.

 We went hiking along the Sante Fe river drop. This is where the Sante Fe river goes underground. It pops up further south and stays above the ground. It was beautiful hiking and a fun bridge. The water level was low, but it was high enough for the gators to be around.

The sun looked so pretty coming through the leaves.

Gator bait!

 We had a great time and would love to get a group together next time.

Foster-moon Cruise

You've heard of a Honeymoon, and maybe even a Baby-moon. But, we went on a Foster-moon! Inspired by some friends that took a trip before their first baby was born, we decided we wanted a little vacation too. We could have children in our home next month and will not have the freedom we're so used to. So, I scoured the internet for a good deal and ended up booking a 3-night cruise on Royal Caribbean's Monarch of the Sea. It left our of Port Canaveral and went to Nassau and their private Island Coco Cay.

 We headed out May 18th and had the best time. True to form, half the fun was the food. We got to dress up every night for a fancy dinner and went to a nice restaurant for a white-tablecloth breakfast. And if you can't decide which dessert - get both. Amazing I didn't gain any weight, guess it was good it was only 3 nights.

The entertainment was great and the poolside was relaxing. We spent one day lounging around the boat reading books and the other day kayaking, snorkeling and napping on a lounge chair on their private island. What a great chance to get away . . . I guess we're ready for the kids now.

Before dinner on the first night.

Beautiful Coco Cay.  This was my favorite day - perfect weather.

I found a hermit crab walking by my lounge chair and Adam caught him for me.

 The Monarch of the Seas, really enjoyed the ship.

 Dressing up for formal night.

The sunrise on our final morning.  This was taken from the port hole in our room - beautiful.

P.S. We passed our inspection on Monday with no problems!

Islands of Adventure

To celebrate Adam’s Birthday, we went to Islands of Adventure with Daryl & Mandy. We had a great time exploring the world of Harry Potter!

First stop - Hogsmeade!

We visited all the shops in the village, just like the movie!

Hogwarts.

Hagrid's cabin.

The Hogwart's choir with toads.

Adam enjoying his butter beer - tastes kinda like cream soda.

Here we are in front of Hogwarts. There was a great ride inside and lots of fun things to see as you wait in line.

Other than visit all the Harry Potter stuff, we rode several roller coasters, enjoyed the Spiderman ride, relived childhood in Dr. Suess' land, saw dinosaurs in Jurassic Park and ate at the Three Broomsticks.

We had a great time with Daryl & Mandy!