The Honeymooners :)

December 29th, 2009 - January 8th, 2010


Here is a sampling of our Honeymoon adventures in various places throughout Florida. The first portion of the trip we spent on the east coast of the state at Jensen Beach on Hutchinson Island. While there we enjoyed lounging on the beach, walking for miles on its compact sand, braving the chilly air temperature to dive into their heated pool, and ate some amazing food. We really lucked out in finding some phenomenal restaurants. We also took a couple of day trips. One day we ventured to Key Largo to catch a boat for a snorkel trip. This was the warmest day we experienced reaching 80 degrees before a little rain shower cooled the area down with a light shower while we were exploring the second snorkel sight. Loads of beautifully colored fish, reef formations and I even saw a sting ray! A couple of days later we look off to Miami to see Lolita, the Orca, and the other creatures that call Miami Sea Aquarium home. That night we stopped off in Fort Lauderdale for a delicious dockside meal. On Sunday we left the eastern portion of the state and headed back to Orlando.

The second leg of our trip brought us to the Gulf side of the state. Mom picked us up at the Orlando airport where we dropped off our rental car. The following evening we surprised the socks off Auntie Jen for her 70th birthday. Our remaining time in Florida we battled the weather to keep warm since most days didn't see the 50's. We walked miles of the beach, swing into John's Pass to shop, took the trolley up to Clearwater to visit with Winter the dolphin at the Clearwater Aquarium, played a few games of scrabble with the family, and even got the opportunity to visit with my dear friend Emily and her husband Ian who were also vacationing in Florida.

We returned well rested, armed with beautiful new memories and excited with the promises of the upcoming year!