Weekend Review

1.  A successful weekend away

For Father's Day I surprised Mike with a weekend trip to Key West.  I knew that it would be blazing hot but I wanted to see what all the hype was about and a few days of exploring the city and drinking sounded just like what we needed.  It turned out to be perfect.  Though our travel was a bit rough and we were a day late --- the trip was a success!  I am already looking forward to our next adventure though it will be awhile since I am actually scared to look at our bank account to view the actual damage.

 2. Pat Moller --- our official travel agent
It was a rough trip down.  I had been up since 2am for my last day of MRO.  Mike had been working on a project at East and was also behind on sleep.  To make a long story short we didn't make our connection from Miami to Key West AND didn't get to our hotel until 130am.  Miami had huge storms and when we finally got off of our flight there were LONG LONG lines of people waiting to talk to customer service.  We were able to go straight to our hotel (it seemed to be the last available one in the area).  Though we were insanely disappointed, frustrated and EXHAUSTED we would not of been successful without Pat.  While we were stuck in Indy, Tampa, the air....never getting to Miami....she booked our flight from the morning and was able to secure us a hotel room.  When we finally landed when didn't have to stay at the airport or stand in line.  This was a huge deal for us.  We were both on the verge of meltdowns.  Grateful grateful grateful for her help.

our morning in Miami waiting for the next flight to Key West

3. Yummy Food
Holy did we eat our way through Key West.  We would order and order and then sufficiently stuff our faces.  My favorite meal was the lobster rolls when we first landed.  After I finished mine, I proceeded to eat Mike's.

4. Live music
My favorite part of the trip (besides spending HOURS alone with my husband) was listening to live music at the bars.  It was great to sit outside, drink a beer and dance.  I could do that every single night.

5. The views
I am obsessed with water.  I would love to live on the beach and own a boat.  I could enjoy water views for days and days.  Since the island is so small it is easy to enjoy the views.  Here is the view from my pool chair.

5. The moped
We rented a moped for 24 hours and this was the best decision that we made all trip.  We were able to explore the island and find little hole in the wall bars.  It made our trip so much more enjoyable.

All the sunscreen near our hotel was $20!!!  We could not fathom spending that type of money so we drove around until we found a tiny little grocery store.  We bought beers and a tiny tube of sunscreen.   It was a perfect little place.

...When we went to the bars in our bathing suits in order to take advantage of happy hour...... I ended up on stage looking like this.  It was a bit rough.