St. Augustine

This summer's "tour de Florida" is complete with this weekend's last minute trip to St. Augustine. Danny's old roommates were going down to Pam's family beach house and we were lucky enough to tag along. Friday night we stopped over at the Henderson's in Jacksonville for a late night of card games. Pam's dad introduced us to the game of doughnut and made the mistake of serving us his real Wisconsin cheese curds brought back from his recent trip...they were gone in about three minutes despite everyone's initial disgust when contemplating what a cheese curd really was.

After a great night's rest and a yummy breakfast by Mrs H, we were off to the sandy beaches of St. Augustine! We arrived just in time for an afternoon shower, but wanted our beach time anyways so we stuck it out. When some larger black clouds approached, we ran in for sandwhiches and some more card games up in the condo. Luckily we were able to end the afternoon with fun in the sun...laying out, swimming in the chilly waves, and even my horrid attempt to play sand volleyball.

We cleaned up for dinner and enjoyed seafood and the really great live band at a restaurant called Oasis. They played all our favorite tunes from high school and we totally belted them out as if we hadn't heard them in eight years. Sunday morning when we woke up it was already showing signs of being a true bright sunny day. We enjoyed a few hours at the pool then packed up and hit the outlet malls before the drive back home.

It was a quick trip, but totally worth it! We've been so busy this summer and this was a perfect couple of days to hang out with some of our best friends, which has been a rarity since Danny moved out of their Admiral Drive house in April. We have missed the frequency of our get-togethers and therefore we really enjoyed cathcing up this weekend, and what place could be better than at the beach?!