My Twin's Visit

Here's one of many of the blog post I'm catching up on. This one is pretty old!

Back in February of 2023 my 15th favorite niece got a free flight to Florida to check out a college in Lakeland. My sister decided to bring Ryder along and surprise Adri. Early that morning I went to Orlando to pick them up and snuck them in the backyard. Then I went inside where the kids were "getting ready for school". A minute later I opened the door and said "Who the hell are these kids on the trampoline". Of course Adri just sits there for a minute. When she finally gets up to investigate she sees Ryder out there jumping on the trampoline.

My sister got a video of it and put it on Instagram. It went viral and then ended up on Hoda's Morning Boost on The Today Show.

Needless to say, the kids didn't go to school that day. Instead, we went to Siesta Beach. In an effort to try and really sell Florida on my sister we also took her to the springs and Cocoa Beach. We only had a few days but we crammed in as much as we could. 

The first day of their trip at Siesta Key. It was record breaking heat that February 23rd. I think it hit 90 in Clermont. There was a bad red tide at the beach that we didn't know about and dead fish everywhere. I found out a week later we shouldn't have been in the water. Normally the gulf it still a bit chilly that time of year but it felt really good that day and they enjoyed the white sand.

 

Not identical!

The next day we went to Kelly Park to do a tube float and then went over to King's landing to canoe back up to the bridge where the tube float ends. The bridge separates the two parks.  This is from the top of the tube float.

This is where the canal from King's Landing meets up with the spring.

Watching these two try to canoe was hilarious. They lack teamwork and coordination and at some parts had to get out and walk the canoe.

The next day we went to Yalaha Bakery.

And finally we made it to Cocoa Beach where everyone tried to surf our pathetic waves. The kids did get up.