11-29-08

Got up this morning and went to breakfast at the IHOP that's attached to the hotel. I had French Toast with scrambled eggs and sausage with a side of hashbrowns. Kim had Pancakes, Hashbrowns, 2 Eggs Over Easy, Bacon, and Toast. Pearl had a taste of all of that as well, cause we shared of course. After breakfast we headed off to Target for a couple of needed items, and chocolate. Then we decided to go for a drive, and do some exploring. We went through downtown Titusville and decided to go to the beach, and saw a sign for a wildlife drive and went that way instead. We found the Black Point Wildlife Drive and went in to check it out. It was a pretty cool thing, we saw lots of birds and were keeping our eyes peeled for aligators. Just when I was thinking that we wouldn't see any gators Kim spotted one just basking in the sun. We ended up seeing 6 of them, all different sizes including what appeared to be a 13 foot monster.

Alligators:

The Big One:

After we left the wildlife drive we decided to turn left and explore further. We saw a sign that said there was a Manatee observation deck down the road a few clicks, and that seemed like fun (there were no manatees though, blargh). On the way to the manatees I saw a flock of about 40 vultures in a tree and on the ground around somthing, so I flipped a bitch and went back. They were eating a very stinky dead deer that was there.

Feasting Vultures:

At the Manatee observation deck:

Pearl actually slept most of the drive, and woke up shortly before our manatee viewing attempt. After not getting very much good sleep last night she was pretty pooped out. We ended up way north of Titusville, and for a second (until we examined the map) had no idea where we were, except that we were on Highway 1. We got back to the hotel around 4 after stopping for Taco Bell, and got a picture of Mommy and Pearl making silly faces behind the window.

Last night Kim and I had a hard time getting any sleep, as we had Pearl jammed in with us on a very smooshy queen sized bed. It was very nice to get away for a bit, and we had a really great day, but we decided that if Pearl would not sleep in her travel crib that we would go home to sleep in our bed. Thank you Bumpa for getting the hotel room and playing clue with us last night. Speaking of Bumpa, he spent the day on the beach, and actually swam in the water (brrrrrrrr). He got back to the hotel and we all hung out for a while before Kim and I left, it was nice. I am really enjoying watching him interact with his grandaughter, this little girl has so many people that lover her, lucky girl....actually we are all the lucky ones I think!

Daddy+Mommy+Pearl=Family