Florida Part Three

 Okay readers, you are now reading the 3rd of 4 blogs about our vacation.  If you are bored, stop reading.  I still have one more blog on Florida that I will post tomorrow.  Sorry!  


Another fun activity we did was a dolphin cruise tour.  It was good, but not totally what I expected.  They advertised a "glass bottom boat."  When a company says that I was thinking the entire bottom deck was going to be glass.  Nope, just about 3 little windows every one at the same time was cramming and pushing to see through.  No thank you.  It was on the very bottom of the boat, no air, dark, and it was going so fast to look through the windows into the water was making me sick.  The boys didn't seem to care either.  They just wanted to stand outside with Daddy and feed the seagulls popcorn.  Will and Steven fed the seagulls.  Owen ate the popcorn.  I am sure you already guessed that:)

 While on the dolphin cruise they allowed every child who wanted to to come "drive" the boat.  Will loved this and smirked his way through the entire 1 1/2 minutes the real captain spent with him.  Owen wouldn't even go in the door to try and sit in the chair.  He clung to Daddy like the captain was a real pirate or something.  


Also, while on the cruise I saw a man sitting in front of me that looked so much like my Papaw (my dad's dad) that it freaked me out.  I brought it to Steven and Kasey's attention and they completely saw it too.  Military hat, sunglasses, hearing aids, long socks, new balance shoes, skinny little legs.  I wish I had a picture to show you of my real Papaw because this guy was such a dead ringer that it was spooky.  And no, I don't think he even knew/heard me snap a picture of him:)

 Baytowne wharf is another great place to go visit while you are in Destin.  You could go anytime of the day, but I would suggest the evening time because the place is just gorgeous at night and the temperatures are not nearly as suffering!  This is the place that sucks you in with the fun things for both parents and kids alike.  $4 a minute for a 3 minute trampoline jump for Will, $8 for 8 putts at a chance to win a free zipline for Steven, $5 ice cream cones...the list could go on and on.  It was beautiful and REALLY close to our hotel (like walking close) which not much was, so we liked that a lot.

 Kasey did us all an amazing favor one night by watching little baby Eva.  The four other kids went to an indoor camping/fun activity put on by Andrea's staff at their hotel.  We adults went for a little double date together to spend some time "alone" or as alone as this family vacation would allow.  It is so great to get to spend time with Andrea and Jeff even if it is just for 3 or 4 hours at a time.  We went to an awesome seafood restaurant called Harbor Docks.  I do recommend this place as well if you are in the Destin area.  Let me tell you, I don't like crab or crabcakes or any type of sushi NORMALLY.  It was forced upon me to try some real sushi fresh out of the ocean that day.  Yummy.  I really liked it.  I couldn't tell you what was in it, and I probably don't want to know, but I still enjoyed it none the less.  And the company...you can't beat best friends and my hubby all in one night!  Thank you Kasey!!!!