This weekend I decided I needed to get away. I'm always working on something and I just needed a break. Yeah I go out on the weekends and we take Adri to the beach or the parks, but every Saturday I get up at the butt crack of dawn and spend 4-5 hours on the yard. I wanted a weekend where I can just sit back and not have to worry about my jungle for a couple days.
So Saturday we got up early and hit the road. We had to leave really early because the springs get really crowded this time of year and they close them, only letting cars in as others leave. So the plan was to get there by noon. We managed to get out of the house by 8 and got to Orlando in just under 2.5 hours. Not bad considering its 199 miles. After a stop at a horrible Mexican restuarant that makes taco bell look good we managed to get there just before noon. Although the restuarant sucked they did have good salsa and Adri was putting lots of salsa on her chips and eating them. Everyone there was looking at our crazy little kid eating her salsa and sucking on a lemon.
It was forecasted to be upper 80's this weekend but it didn't quite get there. I think it topped out around 83-84 and it was cloudy off and on. The water is 72 degrees year round. So it was a little on the chilly side for us to swim. So when we first got there we decided to walk around and do some boating while it warmed up a little more. Adri had refused to take a nap until after lunch and she got woken up 15 minutes later so she was a little cranky off and on throughout the day. She had fun but she also had her little tantrums.
One example was on our boat ride. Adri was throwing tantrums for no reason. She wanted to stand in the middle of the boat and she wanted to steer. Every time I touched the handle to steer the boat she threw a fit. She was being a crazy baby. Laughing and pointing at stuff one minute, tantrum the second I touch the steering handle. Eventually we decided we had enough of the rain so we gave up on the paddle boats and I took Adri swimming. Natalie was afraid to get in the water.
After swimming we took Adri to the playground and then took her on a nature hike. She had a lot of fun. We met this guy on the trail who had two little boys so Adri spent an hour playing with them and looking for caterpillars on the trail. After that we bought her some ice cream and decided it was time to get some dinner.
Where to eat? Sonnys. Of course Adri now completely worn out crashed out in the car and got woken up again for dinner. I completely destroyed my diet for a night. Had some corn nuggets, baby back ribs, and peach cobbler with ice cream on top. After a dinner like that I crashed out in front of the tv and didn't wake up until almost 9 the next morning. Adri finally let us sleep in.
Here's some pictures and videos below from the park. The park has an old sugar mill built sometime between 1570's-1800's (small time frame eh?). It had been destroyed a couple times and they have now turned it into a restuarant. Other activities there are paddle boats, canoes, guided boat tours, swimming and scuba diving, nature hikes, etc. They have a slavery museum as well. There's enough stuff to do there to keep you occupied for a couple days.
No I am not humping the tree. I was trying to hold Adri up for a picture. The live oaks at this park have to be at least 200 years old. They are huge.
This park had a lot of Spanish Moss.
The waterwheel at the sugar mill. It's 100 foot undershoot waterwheel and they used the springs 16-18 million gallons of water a day to run it.
Under the spring. The spring flows into Spring Garden Lake which then flows into Lake Woodruff, which flows into several other lakes which eventually flow into the St. John's river.
About1/4-1/2 a mile out looking at the spring.
3 comments:
Looks like fun. And she wasn't crying for no reason...she was crying because she's wants what she wantsand doesn't wanna negotiate...she is exerting her independence! (and probably a little tired too). Welcome to the "terrible 2's"! Ha ha. ;)
No she was mostly crying because she was tired. Every time she finally went to sleep we woke her up.
I think the terrible 2's are almost here Cass. She has been soooo feisty lately. :/
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