Our house was just around the corner from the Buc's stadium. It was cool to see. There was even a game while we were there but it was super expensive to go
Sunday we tried to keep low key. We had heard there were some hikes on Honeymoon Island and that it was awesome so we went to check it out. A hike on an island! What could go wrong?!
We paid to get on the island and we were running off as quick as we could! We found a hike and started it. It was pretty....but it was hot and humid. Then the BUGS came out. OH. MY. HECK! I've never seen so many mosquitos IN MY LIFE! It was a NIGHTMARE! I think i came out of that hike with 30 bites on my body! I was dying and swelling up and getting so itchy! We had to walk in a line and kill bugs on each other to avoid getting more bites! We ran away from that hike QUICK!
We checked out the beach and it was full of fisherman and REEKED of dead fish. The wind came up and it wasn't where I wanted to eat lunch. We looked and looked for a place to have our picnic and finally found a spot by the dog area. We quickly ate lunch and got off that island immediately! Not a fun morning! I ran to Walgreens to buy some bug bite relief and I used it every few hours! Luckily, the mosquito bites magically disappeared but I had also gotten chigger bites!!! Whether they were at the house on the deck or on the hike, I still don't know. But they were the WORST WORST PAINFUL bites I've ever had! I had to wake up at night to put ice on them, take medicine and try not to scream because I wanted to scratch SO BAD! UGH!
To try to distract myself, we went into a Dolphin Rehab center where Winter, the dolphin, from the movie Dolphin Tale was rehabbed. Mollie had watched this movie over and over and was so excited to know the story and be familiar with the area. It was so neat to see all the things they can do to rehab these beautiful animals! We were just in time for a little dolphin show. Its so fun to watch them flip and talk.
We then went to a VR thing in the place and it was fun. Reminded me of Soarin' at Disneyland.
The next morning I was still dying and so I went to walgreens for benedryl. On the way out a weird guy handed this to Chad and asked us to pay him to finish it. .....CAN YOU SAY CREEPY?! He just drew us while we were checking out. He was watching us! Soooo weird. But kinda cool too. We've never had a self portrait...although I think Chad looks like a serial killer with those glasses!
The next day was BUSCH GARDENS! We've been watching YouTube movies to watch all the rides at his park. THEY ARE WILD! We had so much fun going from ride to ride! Again, the park was not full at all and wait times were non existent! I applied medicine between every ride nearly and it got me through. I was able to enjoy the day!
Loved the Christmas tree with all the animal print ornaments! So fun!
Cheetah hunt was such a fun coaster!!!
I captured M's face after one of the rides...or maybe before...i'm not sure. But this one was freaky and her face describes it well!!!!!
Busch Gardens is like a zoo and theme park in one. There were so many fun animals to check out as we walked to the next ride.
Apparently Sesame Street is affiliated with this park. I was taking this picture through the trees and a lizard dropped down right in front of me!!
We were so happy to find a chick Fil A in the park! I almost died when it cost us nearly $100 for the 4 of us to have a sandwich, fries and drinks! OY!!We got pretty wet on this ride!
We stayed till close and had soo sooo much fun together! Carter and Mol were great and enjoyed every ride right along with us. It's so nice to get away and be able to just have fun with them and not nag them about chores or homework!
Until next time BG! I know we'll be back!!!!!
