and the Rest of the FL Trip.....

2/22/2011  Tuesday     HEAVY FOG should clear by noon and climb to the 70's
I was called the "Eliptical Queen" by one of my fellow gym buddies when I was returning from my Morning Workout.  Makes it all worth while!  We shall start packing today:(

2/23/2011  Wednesday   Nice day to take in Margaritaville for lunch OUTSIDE.  We took some pics and video of the inside decor.  Really interesting!  "Spring Break" is starting to BLOOM in PCB.  We are seeing
"big tents" going up at restaurants .

2/24/2011  Thursday  Another nice  and sunny day!   We made our mark in the sand after our workouts. We decided to do some "touristy" things today.We started with a leisure walk around Pier Park and did a little shopping.   Hof Braus House for a beer and an "unbelievable pretzel".  They sell their pretzels by the ounce.  YUMMY!!   Also did a round at the Pirates Cove Mini Golf and had dinner at Dirty Dick's Crab House.  Wait til you see the Trinity Platter-it is HUGE!!!

2/25/2011  HEAVY FOG again-Humid and 68 at 8am.  HOT HOT HOT!!!!
We are seeing lounges by the cart fulls and cabinets with the cushions that will be rented up and down the whole PCB front!!!  Sure sign that the season is upon us!

2/26/2011  Saturday  Sunny and 70's
Destination- Mardi Gras in Destin at the European village at Harbour Walk.  BEADS!BEADS!BEADS!
I was given a simple mask by a passerby handing them out and I decided to wear my sunglasses on top of the mask.  Well, some Parade Goers asked if they could take my pic and said that I was the first person they had ever seen wearing the glasses over a mask.  We had fun and had accumulated such a collection of beads that we shared with a "young" family who appreciated the collection.

2/27/2011  Sunday  FOG ALL DAY!  mid 60's to low 70's
More packing and some fun "people watching" at Pier Park.

2/28/.2011  Monday   HOT HOT HOT!!!!!  and Sunny.  Also feeling a strong wind and reading a temp of 91 at one point while travelling. 
We are off to St. Augustine to meet up with our friends Vivian and Jay.  We passed through  Bristol and Providence on our way to St. A.  Seeing a number of colleges and universities in Tallahassee.  We met up Viv and Jay and had a fun dinner at the A1A Pub which overlooked St George's St.

3/1/2011  Tuesday  Partly cloudy, windy and mid 60's
Our Jay and Vivian Taxi service picked us up and we decide to take the Old Town Trolley Tour of St. A. We had a great day and enjoyed the sites and flavors of St. A.  We really liked the quaintness of the city.

3/2/2011  Wednesday  Nice day
Destination for today is Hilton Head, SC
We are feeling a little sad when we cross over the border from FL to SC:(
We arrive and check out the new location.  The beach is really flat and the sand is packed down so you can ride bikes on the beach.  Kind of neat to see!

3/3/2011  Thursday  Very cloudy-55 and very strong winds!
Big Beach Walk and we took some interesting pics of the sand blowing!
Visited Sea Pines and Harbor Town

3/4/2011  Friday  Cloudy 55
Destination- Wrightsville Beach, NC just below Wilmington, NC
Not an ocean view BUT a Causeway view and it is gorgeous with a great sunset!!

3/5/2011  Saturday   Partly sunny 50 going to mid 60's
We walk the beach and do some "shelling".   We find the beach is similar to RI beaches. 
We took a side trip to River Walk which is on the Cape Fear River in Wilmington.  We enjoyed the small town architecture, lunch and took some neat pics.
Also saw the USS Carolina.

3/6/2011  Sunday  Cloudy and 55
Destination RI or a spot close to home.
We leave at 8:30am and we drive into a very windy, rainy storm unknown to us. We are both feeling good about driving so we continue our trip. After 16 hours on the road and 15 hours of driving we stop in CT.
We are quite happy with temp which is about 50 and it is midnight!!!
 We are ready to grab a good nights sleep and we vote "no" on the offering of a wake up call.  No surprise, right:)

3/7/2011  Monday   Partly sunny and 40ish
Destination- RI  and home base.  We are on the road by 12:30 after a really good breakfast at IHOP! 
Definitely mixed feelings about returning home.   Really happy we can drive into our driveway and no "SNOW" sitings!!!!!