Sarah and Jenn Visit! (Day One)
Jan. 28th, 2010 12:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
windinthemaplesOn Tuesday night, Graeme and I, along with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
radshaun, went to collect mermaiden and willow_cabin from the airport to celebrate our second annual Winter in Florida vacation together. :D It was late and we'd all had long days, but that didn't stop us from staying up and talking even longer.
Wednesday morning, we woke up late and drove over to Juno Beach, Florida. It is the beach where we spent all our time last year, so it was the perfect place to soak up sunshine and ocean breezes. We spent several hours there, almost always the only people on the beach. Graeme dug holes and molded sand with his beach toys, the rest of us took photos and scanned the sands for shells and coral and those neat little surf-rocks.
After getting well and truly burned at the beach, we drove to a Jupiter new age store with an amazing jewelry collection. Graeme fell asleep in the car, so our next stop at the Jupiter Goodwill store for thrifting left Sarah and Jenn by themselves while I played Bejeweled in the car.
Daniel (newly arrived from Chicago) and Shaun met back up with us for lunch at Pollo Tropical, a Cuban fast food place with lots of beans and rice and yucca on their side item menu.
After lunch, we drove to the Jupiter Lighthouse, the oldest structure in the area (1860) and took their once-a-month sunset tour. The climb up the staircase was tiring (the climb down terrifying) but the view of the Loxahatchee River pouring out into the ocean, the sun sinking behind the horizon, the palm trees waving beachside was awe-inspiring.
More thrifting afterwards in North Palm Beach (the most expensive Goodwill I've ever seen) and then we drove home for dinner, a delivery of vegan cupcakes (from my![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
help_haiti winning bid), and a viewing of a Tasha Tudor documentary. (The happiest thing captured on a VHS tape--ever!)
But really--this post is all about the photos.
radshaun, went to collect mermaiden and willow_cabin from the airport to celebrate our second annual Winter in Florida vacation together. :D It was late and we'd all had long days, but that didn't stop us from staying up and talking even longer.Wednesday morning, we woke up late and drove over to Juno Beach, Florida. It is the beach where we spent all our time last year, so it was the perfect place to soak up sunshine and ocean breezes. We spent several hours there, almost always the only people on the beach. Graeme dug holes and molded sand with his beach toys, the rest of us took photos and scanned the sands for shells and coral and those neat little surf-rocks.
After getting well and truly burned at the beach, we drove to a Jupiter new age store with an amazing jewelry collection. Graeme fell asleep in the car, so our next stop at the Jupiter Goodwill store for thrifting left Sarah and Jenn by themselves while I played Bejeweled in the car.
Daniel (newly arrived from Chicago) and Shaun met back up with us for lunch at Pollo Tropical, a Cuban fast food place with lots of beans and rice and yucca on their side item menu.
After lunch, we drove to the Jupiter Lighthouse, the oldest structure in the area (1860) and took their once-a-month sunset tour. The climb up the staircase was tiring (the climb down terrifying) but the view of the Loxahatchee River pouring out into the ocean, the sun sinking behind the horizon, the palm trees waving beachside was awe-inspiring.
More thrifting afterwards in North Palm Beach (the most expensive Goodwill I've ever seen) and then we drove home for dinner, a delivery of vegan cupcakes (from my
help_haiti winning bid), and a viewing of a Tasha Tudor documentary. (The happiest thing captured on a VHS tape--ever!)But really--this post is all about the photos.
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Date: 2010-01-28 05:06 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-01-31 01:50 pm (UTC)The lighthouse going up felt pretty steep but the way down, after dark, with such small steep steps and such gigantic feet, I felt a moment away from some vertigo-induced disaster. :D Added a bit of a thrill to the end.
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Date: 2010-01-28 05:59 pm (UTC)I LOVE that photo of Sarah and Graeme! Too cute~ I'm glad to hear everyone is having a wonderful time (not to mention the weather is being good!). <3
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Date: 2010-01-31 01:51 pm (UTC)But yes, a good time was had by all. :)
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Date: 2010-01-28 06:11 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-01-28 06:50 pm (UTC)Glad you girls (and Graeme) had so much fun!
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Date: 2010-01-31 01:54 pm (UTC)I'm glad you enjoyed them. :) I had a ton of fun taking photos of S&J all week. Hopefully they'll like them as a souvenir of their visit, too.
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Date: 2010-01-29 01:54 pm (UTC)Glad you ladies are having such a nice time. :)
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