Are we there yet?

Airplane

You probably think most people leave bright and early for vacation.  This year we left at eight o'clock at night and drove about four hours to Nashville, Tennessee.  When we arrived at twelve o' clock I think my mom, dad, sister, and I were all exhausted.  After checking in we went right upstairs and fell asleep.  The morning came before I knew it, and boy was I hungry!  When I found out the hotel didn't have breakfast I was a little bummed, but I think I was alright.  We decided to have star-bucks when we arrived at the airport at about  nine and had a great muffin that 's smell can not be described.  We didn't take too long, because before I knew it my mom was telling us to hurry up.  It was time to board the plane!  As we grabbed our very comfortable seats I closed my eyes because I do not enjoy planes!  Before I knew it I looked out the window and there was the ocean, beautiful and blue.  We had arrived in Seaside, FL!

Seaside is such a beautiful, relaxing vacation spot.  It is located in South Grayton Beach on the panhandle of Florida.  It is thirty miles north of Destin and thirty miles south of Panama City Beach.  The weather here is amazing!  There are only 50 to 60 days without sunshine, and the average annual temperature is 67.20 degrees F.  In the winter the temperatures usually range from 50 degrees F to 75 degrees F.  The summer here is much warmer and seems to range from 80 degrees F to 91 degrees F.  A natural resource here are the forests.  They cover forty percent of the land area in Florida!  Most trees are pines.  Seaside is such a magnificent place to see!

Seaside:)

First Day in Paradise

As we walked in our rental in Watercolor (Watercolor is right behind Seaside, that is where we stayed, I just always say Seaside ) I notice the smell of sand and what seems like new hard wood floors.  While my parents and sister took a while to unpack, I on the other hand wanted to get out of the beautiful house and see the even beautifuler ocean.  I decided to discover the house.  There were three bedrooms, and three baths.  The house also has a beautiful front and back porch.  The living room/ TV room is a very comfortable room, and the kitchen is large and spacious.  Without too much time passing my parents and sister were ready, so we went to the beach, and of course we rode our bikes, we ride our bikes everywhere in Seaside.  As we walked to the pavilion I could feel the ocean breeze on my shoulder.  I could smell the salt water, and I was loving it.  We headed down to the beach and quickly got in the water, but then jumped out realizing it was freezing! But after standing there for a few minutes I got used to it and walked out to the sandbar to look for shells.

 I did not happen to find many shells, but did see a cute little crab.  After relaxing in the water for about twenty minutes I decided to tan with my sister, so I layed out in the warm afternoon sun, it felt amazing.  After taking a long walk on the beach I saw my friends Emily, Lilly, and Natalie.  We talked for a minute or so and my family and I left the beach and looked around in the stores in Seaside.  I found many cute cloths, bot they were very expensive.  We next took a bike ride to one of the many Watercolor pools.  I got in and cooled off and it was dinner.  I will just say I have never had food that is as good as any restaurant in Seaside.  We decided to go to one of my favorite restaurants, with great pizza, Pizza by the Sea.  We ordered a margarita pizza that my sister and I shared and my parents ordered a cheese.  We enjoyed the pizza and talked for a while.  We were all tired and exhausted from a great first day in Seaside. I couldn't wait for the next day!

View of the the Gulf at sunset

Exercise Mania

The third and fourth days were very fun.  We all went on a huge bike ride both days in the morning.  We were very exhausted, and especially hungry.  So we rode our bikes to Seaside an had lunch at the Modica Market.  After that we enjoyed another great day at the beach.  This trip was shorter though.  We headed down and of course I got in the ocean splashed around, and cooled off.  I could smell sunscreen as I jumped out of the water.  It was time to tan with my sister.  I tanned, but only for ten minutes because it is kind of boring, but relaxing.  I got up and I looked for sea shells, but had no luck until I came to a biggish shell.  It was much bigger than any other shells, but unfortunately there was something living i it.  So I threw it in the ocean.

 As I finished looking for shells we decided to leave, because we were all hungry.  So we rode our bikes home and got ready for dinner. We decided we were going to go to Great Southern on the third night, Great Southern is a great restaurant that has fantastic fish, and everyone loves their fantastic crab cakes.  They are also known for their fried green tomatoes.  I decided to have their amazing cheese grits, and of course the fried green tomatoes and the crab cakes.  After the filling and delicious meal I had to try their key lime pie that they are also known for.  I shared it with my mom and sister because we were all very full. My dad also tried a little.  When our great meal was over we headed back to the house and my sister went out with her friends while we watched American Idol.  The third and fourth days were packed with lots of activities and exercise as you can tell.

My friends

  My sister went out every night with her friends and I had not seen my friends yet.  On the fourth day I was going to call Lilly, but I thought she brought a friend with her, so I didn't want to cut into what they had planned.  But she didn't bring a friend they just stayed down the street from each other.  I was getting bored  and luckily she called me and we went to the pool by the beach.  The beach side pool has a beautiful view of the ocean, you can see the horizon from his beautiful pool in Watercolor.  The down side of this pool is that it is always crowded, and one time I found a baby diaper in the pool.  I was trying to ignore that since we were going to have so much fun!  As I walked in I met her friend Mary Charles.  She also goes to Lilly's school- Sacred Heart Model School.

  She is pretty nice, just a little bratty, but I wouldn't let that get in my way.  As we sat there talking I realized it wasn't that crowded so I jumped in the pool.  It felt amazing, like jumping in the pool when it just opens at the beginning oft he summer.  It relaxed me, it wasn't too cold nor too warm.  Unfortunately they would not get in , but it was OK because I had the whole pool to my self.  Before I new it Mary Charles wanted to go to the beach, but Lilly and I wanted to go to Seaside and shop, and eat.  So Mary Charles went to the beach and we went to Seaside and it was very fun, we looked in almost every store, and I saw a really cute bathing suite, but did not buy it because I didn't have enough money.  We decided to head down to the Seaside Beach, because in my opinion it is more fun than the Watercolor Beach.  We had a blast, it was a very fun day!

OUR Beach House

I forgot to mention that we bought a house ( it is not completely finished yet) in Watercolor, Florida.  This is a big deal, now we have a house to go to when ever we want, we don't have to rent a house any more.  The house is so beautiful, it is yellow with two floors.  There is even and upstairs and downs porch!  The inside is magnificent.  There is a bunk room, and a few other nice rooms.  The house is amazing, I am so happy and thankful that we bought a house in Florida.  In the back of the house is a very tiny porch, and behind the porch has wild life preserve.  I found that very cool.  The house is awesome!

There are a few cons though.  The location is not that ideal, because you have to cross a big busy road to get into what I call,"the real part of Watercolor."  I feel like it is more of a community across the way.  That is the main reason I did not like the house, I hope I will get used to that.  The house is also a little more secluded with nothing in the backyard.  All of things are really bothering me now, but once the house is fully done I think I might come to like it better.  Our house is pretty close to the beach, which is awesome! Most houses we rent are  two miles from the beach, but this one is only one!  Being close to the grocery store is handy also.  So maybe the house is not as bad location wise as I thought it would be.