Day two of our Floridian vacation was one of the best days of my life. We did nothing. Woke up late-went to the beach-went to the grocery store-went to the beach-went to Crabby Bill's for dinner-blogging-going back to the beach. Here's some highlights:
We have seen some wildlife off of St. Pete's Beach. This morning, as we opened the door to head down to the water, a baby lizard fell from it and into our room. In Missouri, we have mice and mosquitoes; FL, lizards. There are tons of pelicans, like this one, flying around. Now, I hate birds that aren't birds of prey. But, this little fishkiller is awesome. We watched 'em fly across
looking down and around and then WWWWWWOOOSSSHHH, straight down into the water for a mouthful of grouper.Oh yeah, and we saw TWO FREAKIN' SHARKS. I'm absolutely, positively, like 60% sure. Just about 200 yards offshore we saw a fin comin' up out of the water. It wasn't just us. A lot of people saw it and we all got out of the water. No joke. An Englishman (I think) and I watched the water for a while but never saw it again. Crazy.
Lindsey and I both would like to thank our families for teaching us the vacation lunch. Fruits, cheese and crackers, a little sausage. Lindsey has discovered her love of fried plantains, which Brad hates, and pluots(seen here), which Brad also hates. We've seen too many speedos but no thongs, thank God.
Saw an adorable little Latina girl whose name was, we're pretty sure, Malaria and a little Caucaisan boy who sounded exactly like a seagull.
Lindsey, along with various fruits, has discovered a calling to become a sand artist.
If that doesn't work, we can always buy shells from a wholesaler, glue all sorts of names on them and sell them for 5 dollars a piece.
We've found two sandollars and three full conch shells.
Lindsey was the furthest swimmer from shore for a short period today, a fact of which she's very proud.
Mom and Dad, remember me at the beach sitting in the sand and just looking for shells for hours? Well, turns out I still like that.
We have been doing some pondering out on the gulf as well. And we've come up with this philosophical gem: we (human beings) have NO IDEA what "big" really means. Looking out into the water, we really have no clue how big this world is or how small we are in it.
It was a great day. At one point, Lindsey asked what I was thinking and I said, with confidence, "nothing". Couldn't ask for more in a vacation...
More to follow. Hasta Manana. B n V
Oh yeah, and here's this...booyakasha!
5 comments:
there is life outside of Missouri...imagine that! and to think that that wasn't even techincally the ocean...just a big pond
lol, killer van.
The fins might have been dolphins! You should swim and check it out.
There are lizards in Missouri, too. And there are mosquitos in Florida. What you are saying is that it is nice to get away and have some time off and time together. It makes you see things differently. I love the ocean, the shells, the sun, the water. Have a great time. dad
You are a mini-van man, man!
What does "booyakasha" mean? cb
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