Made it to Florida

We made it to Florida! We left Saturday morning with Dustin and Sarah from Osceola to head to Carbondale, IL to meet Chris and Aribi.  It took us about 8 hours so we arrived around 5:00.  We enjoyed some Auten's Pizza (Aribi's family restaurant) while relaxing before our long journey to Florida. Sarah and I were ready to eat and then head right to Florida, but the others were more sleepy and thought that was a silly idea.  So we slept until 1:30 and were on the road by 2:00am.

Dusting drove the first leg of the trip. Thom stayed up with him. I've got to admit, they were pretty funny to listen to. The rest of us slept. We stopped for McDonalds around 8:00 and switched drivers. Sarah and I watched Shawshank Redemption. It was actually a very good movie, I had never seen it before.  We finally made it to the resort at 5:10PM.

The resort is very quaint.  It has about 40 rooms, an outdoor pool, a deck with grills on the intercoastal waterway, and a private fishing pier.  We overdid it with the rooms! When we originally planned this trip, there were more couples coming so we got 2-2 bedrooms.  We definitely didn't need that much! We have a total of 3 king beds and 2 full beds.  The kitchens have HUGE islands.  It is very nice.

The plan after we arrived was to go right to eat, but we got an 1 1/2 hour late start due to someone needing a shower. We decided to pick a direction and walk to try to find a restaurant.  We chose the wrong direction.  We walked close to a half mile before we came to our first restaurant, the Salt Rock Grill.  When we walked in, we knew we were a bit out of our league; when we saw the menu, it was confirmed.  The food looked TO DIE FOR, however meals started at $25. We were looking for something a little more relaxed....so we had a drink and headed the other direction where we found The Pub Waterfront.  I had the shrimp, scallops, and crabcakes. It was DELICIOUS!! Best scallops I've ever had.

Then we headed to the grocery store to get groceries for the week.  After groceries we headed back to the condo for some relaxation before bed.