Two words...Phenomenal Weekend, to say the least. What a great 3 days of sun, fun, and family. I think the bonus was the purrrfect weather we had and could not have asked for more sunshine. After the torrential week long rain in Orlando, we were very lucky for the cloudless skies all weekend long. I have never bathed in the sea as much as I did this weekend. I never want to get wet, but that blue green water called my name for hours. There's so much to tell and describe the best way would be to break it down by days.
Day 1 - Lee and I left home at 7:30 am and by 9:30 am we met Marsha and Nicholas on Clearwater Beach. Our umbrella of umpteen years broke while trying to put it up, but luckily they had a mac-daddy tent already set up so we didn't fry too much. Beers flowed, Lee's chicken salad was off the hook, and my home made french onion dip was good enough to sell! Jerome met us a couple hours later and we spent the day in a vicious cycle - sunblock, ocean, lay out.
We packed up around 4 pm and checked into our hotel for a catnap before dinner. The sunset at Pier 60 was something to see, but nothing like the sunset we saw at Key West. Still got some great pics though. Dinner at Frenchie's was mediocre. We could thank Marsha for picking that restaurant but it wasn't detrimental. So Lee and I get back to our hotel and the room key dosen't work. WTF. I call management on my cell because there's no onsite management at night, and the Biatche has the nerve to tell me "Go sleep somewhere else and she'll get me in in the morning because she had a couple beers and not driving back to help us." Yes people - that's what she told me. During my convulsions after that conversation, Lee (the midnight cat burglar) tried the window. Thank God and all the angels in heaven it was open. He hoisted me through it and that's how we got into our room. Nice.
Day 2 - Packed our stuff up and hauled tail outa Clearwater. The rest of the bandwagon was already in Treasure Island Beach which was 45 minutes away. Let's just say we're lucky to all have cingular because the thousands of mobile to mobile minutes we used trying to get us all in one place was retarded. Everywhere was meter parking, but Lee found public parking and saved us 10 bucks each day by parking there. We all spent the day with Nicholas' parents and our group was a total of 13 family members and friends. Treasure Island Beach was amazing. The water was much warmer and cleaner than Clearwater and the sand was much whiter. Lee and I did not originally plan to spend the night in Treasure Island but after much peer pressure we went hotel hunting and found a small place for 60 bucks a night. While we were gone, Nicholas popped the question to Marsha. Lee and I missed the whole thing but we got a good account of what happened. Never a dull day with us I tell you! We left the beach around 7 and everybody went back to their respective rooms. The rest of the gang was grilling out but we opted for Subway and to hit the hay early. That sun drained us to the max. In true form, Lee snored all night and I spent 3/4's of the night pissed off and 1/2 asleep.
Day 3 - Back on the beach already 10 shades darker than when we got there. Kimberley and Andy had to leave around lunch time because they had a 4 hour drive ahead of them with a tired baby. Everybody else besides Lee & I busted out around 2 pm. I don't think anybody got a decent night's rest and everybody was ready for a nap. We did ours on the beach and around 4 pm we packed up, showered, and hunkered down for a 2 hour drive back to Orlando. The rain we got on I4 was nutz driving back. It just made us more appreciative of the great weather we left behind.
All in all, it was an amazing, fun, relaxing, FATTENING, weekend! I'm glad we all got to go and enjoy it together. According to the Brian Adams song I heard on the way to work - "...these are the best days of our lives!"
Sounds like you all had a blast!!! Including being locked out of your room - good job breaking in.
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