Our TN Adventure: Our Little Vacation to Florida

Hailey, Gramma (Vi), Drew & Papa (Paul)

We finally were able to take a long weekend vacation to Florida to visit Jamie's parents.

We had a great time. They live in Fort Myers and it was beautiful. Their house is in a gated community with more amenities and activities than anyone could possible want.

We left Thursday afternoon after we did the chores and drove straight through. It took us about 12 hours, with us getting there around 6am. Jamie went to bed while the kids and I visited with his parents. Once it was late enough we took the kids for a walk and Jamie's mom, Vi showed us around. We also took the kids swimming a couple of times and went for a few more walks throughout the day. It was so nice to be out enjoying the beautiful weather. It was around 80 degrees Friday and Saturday.

Besides swimming and taking walks, we played cards. We also had a yummy roast beef dinner. The kids were so tired from all of their activities that they actually went and laid down at 6pm and took and hour nap on their own. We woke them both up for dinner and then Hailey went back to bed after she finished eating and Drew stayed up for a bit longer before going back to bed.

Saturday was beautiful again and we took the kids swimming several times. This is the view of one of the ponds from the swimming pool.

Pond in Florida

While checking out this view, Jamie noticed an alligator sunning himself. Jamie's parents told us that there are 3 alligators in the area that go back and forth between the 3 ponds there.

Alligator sunning in Florida

The kid were super excited to see the alligator. The alligator was pretty big too, not that you can tell from the above picture. He was about 7 feet long.

We also went on a few more walks. We also took the kids to the Shell Factory and a big outdoors Farmers Market where we bought some fresh fruit and veggies. We also got a few bags of oranges and grapefruits to bring home. We also just relaxed spending time with each other too. Then Saturday afternoon we went to the dog race track. They had a delicious prime rib buffet which we all enjoyed. We also did some betting on the races. Thankfully we really didn't lose any money. We just like going for fun, not big gambling. We also let the kids pick some races and placed the bets for them. They did a great job.

Sunday we got up and had some breakfast and got the car packed up to head home. The kids had school on Monday so we needed to come home. Hopefully our next trip will be longer. We all had such a great time and can't wait to go back.

Here are some pictures from our trip to Florida