Monday, November 24, 2014

Time away - Just us

Philip and I dropped the kids off with his parents Friday night in Tyler and went and watched the newest Hunger Games movie Mockingjay Part I.  The kids were already asleep when we got home but we got to hang out with them Saturday morning before we left for Waco.  We went to The Baylor vs OSU game.  It rained nearly the whole time!  Luckily there were a couple of extra padded seats with backs next to our friends Josh and Jill so we went and sat by them after the first quarter.  Baylor played great and we left happy, wet and tired.  

We stopped by Chick-fil-A for a late night snack before driving straight to the airport.  We slept in our car in the airport parking garage and caught our 6am flight to Florida Sunday morning. Spending the night in a car will remind you how thankful you are for simple luxuries such as brushing your teeth, taking out your contacts, and washing your face of yesterday's makeup.

Sunday evening after checking out the hotel grounds, taking showers and getting ready we walked down to the other end of Duval street to meet our ferry to Sunset Key island for dinner at Latitudes.
The sunset, atmosphere and dinner at this place were all breathtaking! 
Philip's main course:

View from our table:
View from out on the pier:
We watched schools of fish in the water while we waited on our ferry boat back to Key West. 
On the way back to our hotel we stopped at an ice cream parlor on Duval.  Check out these cookies!
At 7:30 Saturday morning a shuttle picked us up for our fishing trip on Reef Runner I, with Captain John and Mate Jeff.
I was the only girl on the boat, so I spent most the time on the upper deck with the Captain learning about fishing.  I also helped point out when I saw a splash in the water from a fish jumping or birds diving so the Captain could check it out and Philip could catch more fish :) I saw tons of jelly fish, Portuguese jellyfish, a hound fish, and a flying fish and heard many fisherman tales!
In the meantime Philip was catching sea monsters like this:
This barracuda is on his way to taxidermy and we expect to have him back and mounted in our home in about 3 months.
They let most the fish they caught go, but     these guys weren't as lucky. That pretty pinkish one on the right end is a mutton snapper, the experienced fishermen seemed impressed that Philip caught it.  
These pelicans were hanging out at the port waiting on our fish leftovers.
We relaxed on a hammock on the beach at our hotel Monday afternoon. Before heading to dinner at Point 5.


After dinner we went to a different restaurant just for dessert!  I'm pretty sure we both left this trip a few pounds heavier :)

Tuesday morning we rented bicycles and rode all around key west! It's been awhile since I've been on a bike so it took a little getting used to!  We did the touristy thing and visited the southernmost point marker which was right by our hotel! 
We rode down to a public beach, rehydrated with a couple of snowcones, and then plopped down in the sand for a while and enjoyed the sun!
It was nice to see the not so touristy side of Key West on our bike ride.  

Tuesday evening we had dinner outside at a quaint little place just off Duval street called Onlywood Pizzeria.  Wednesday a cold front blew in and we checked out of or hotel and camped out in a little cabana at the tranquility pool before heading to the airport. 

I enjoy spending time just being his! So thankful!!!











 





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