Hello from Orlando, Florida!
I really miss the beach. If you have been keeping up with my blog you know that I am from sunny Pensacola Florida. I miss it so much. I absolutely love it when I get to go home. Mainly because I get to experience it as tourists get to AND as a local. I love being able to take in everything that I didnt pay attention to while I was living there. I wonder what Ill miss about this place once were gone. Ive come to a few random realizations that I already knew but it is just now hitting me. Its going to be hard to be a military wife. Since this is our first duty station things dont seem all that weird but what if our next place is across the country?!? That is scary. Its going to be scary to have to start all over in each place we move for the next 12ish years. In relation to my photography and in my real life. I most likely wont live in the same town as any of my best friends ever again. Its hard making friends. Ive been here for 2 years now and I still dont feel like I can really call anyone up and go have lunch with them or anything in that nature. Makes me sad. Maybe thats why military have lots of kids so they have some sort of constant companionship? Anyway, how did I go from beaches to the life of a military spouse? A few weekends ago Neil, myself and a few friends spent the day in Wilmington, NC. I had been there previously but it was the first weekend I was in North Carolina right after I moved up here. So I figured Id give it another chance. Obviously the NC beachline is nothing like the NW Florida beachline although they do both have sand. ;) It was ok, doesnt even compare to Florida though.
Anyone know what these are? Ive seen them in Florida but never this big.. does it have something to do with eggs or sharks? For some reason that rings a bell in my brain?
After we were fried at the beach we went downtown to the boardwalk and walked around and ate some yummy French food. I even tried escargot, which wasnt THAT bad but it was still gross thinking about what I was eating.
Along one of the roads there was a fence of keys!
Obviously since I had the camera there arent any good photos of myself or of Neil and me. :( We did take some they were just blurry.
We took a little boat tour of the river .
We ended our day getting ice cream at this really yummy place called Kilwins.
Obviously they had more than ice cream.
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I, for one, would LOVE to have lunch with you!! You are very good at what you do!!
Stacie
My boyfriend and I went to Wilmington a few weeks ago as well, took pictures on the boardwalk where you did, and we went to Kilmans! I got the mint chocolate chip and he got cookie dough ice cream.. but those treats are to die for! Very cool post! :)