Monday, June 22, 2009

My Trip (The End)

Carrying on with the tail end of my trip..


THURSDAY: We had a coupon to this water park, so we planned to take the girls for the afternoon


As luck would have it, the coupon was for a free child and free adult admission to the park. Unfortunately, they consider a child to be shorter than 48 inches, and if those requirements are not me, regardless of age, the child is admitted under the adult prices. You guessed it, Alyssa was taller than 48 inches, so we only were granted a free adult admission. Better than nothing, I guess, but that sucked just the same.


Despite all of that, we spent about 3 hours there, until the park closed, but it's not the best water park I ever visited. It had tons of shade, which I loved, but most of the rides were all right on top of each other and the stairs.... I was tired just from going up and down the stairs being a paranoid mother wondering how many people would fall on them running around on them with wet feet!


FRIDAY: On our final day in Florida, we decided to skip the last classes of the conference. No problem there for me. We spent hours shopping for souvenirs, ate lunch at the condo and the girls spent the rest of the afternoon at the pool. I went shopping at an outlet mall nearby and my intention was to get a purse. Well, me being the conservative spender that I am, I decided not to spend $150 on a purse that was originally priced around $300 or so. Nope, not my idea of 'outlet' prices.


Later that evening we went to a restaurant called the Crab Trap. Very nice place. We ate out on the deck and the seafood was delish!


For our last evening, I had to spend it on the beach. I knew it would be a while before we'd get the chance to do it again, so until after dark, we frolicked on the beach and enjoyed it immensely!








See you in 2011!




I will be posting more pics on my Photoblog!

9 comments:

April said...

Hi Amy!
Sounds like you had about as good a time at the beach as I did! I'm ready to go back! I love that beautiful picture of the beach. Have a Happy Monday!

~Trish~ said...

I've loved reading the recap of your trip. Sounds like you guys did everything just right :)

Susie said...

What a wonderful trip!!

Amy said...

What a fun trip. I want to go.

jmt said...

Don't you hate when coupons or freebies don't end up being what you expected them to be? But at least you got to skip class that last day....how fun to play hookie and go shopping. Outlets are for those who still need the name brand - they can just get it cheaper!! :)

Anonymous said...

I hear ya' on the water parks - they always look like so much more fun than they actually end up being.

All in all though, sounds like a fantastic vacation!!

Unknown said...

Sounds like a fun trip, I can't believe they measured you kid! Dont they know this is a BAD economy. One kid can slip passed the radar!! hahah Popping in from SITS!

Jen said...

I love water parks! Sorry that you didn't have a great time at this one. Overall though, the trip sounded wonderful. Love the beach shot-gorgeous!

Stephanie said...

Loved reading thru your trip report! I love Florida and love loved your incredible photos!