Monday, July 13, 2009

Florida!

So Saturday, me and my older brother (he's 17) Luke are going with my friend and her family back to her house!! It's like an 18 hour drive.. but it'll be ok I guess. Don't worry, we'll be stopping. It'll be a 2 day drive I think. We're gonna be stopping at my friend's Aunt and Uncle's house for one or two nights, not sure.
Then we'll be spending 7 days at their house, and flying back that Sunday I think... ok I'm not sure what day, lol, but I'm pretty sure we're flying back Sunday. We'll be landing the 2nd plane (yeah it's a two plane trip) at 7pm something. When we land our first plane in Atlanta, mom and dad says it's a really big airport *gulp* so I hope we'll have enough time in case we get lost or something.


The plane tickets cost $156.55 each, or something like that. And we have to pay for them.. which sucks because I'm trying to save up for a really nice camera, and just saving up so I can have money in case something like this comes up again. It's so awesome that I pet-sit! I don't know what I'd do if I didn't.... Fortunately, my awesome Poppa who lives next door gave me and Luke a HUNDRED dollars EACH to spend on the trip!! So that pays for most of the plane tickets :) And I just finished up a pet-sitting job today, so I'll get paid for that soon :) Every bit of money left over of the $100 is going STRAIGHT in the bank!

Guess what we might get to do while we're in Florida? We might go to Disney World for one day!!!!!!!!!!! I've never been to Disney World, or Land, or Six Flags, or anything like that! I've only been to one amusement park before, and it was kind of small, and I've been to a couple fairs but that's about it. :) I hope we get to go!!
OH! And guess what ELSE we might get to do??? Go to the BUSCH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY!!! :D:D Won't that be SO cool! I think they have Wolves too... omg I can't wait :) And me and my friend are going to go bike riding around her neighborhood everyday, and maybe even ride bikes to Starbucks even though it's kind of far.. but we might get to :)

And we'll probably go to the mall and go to American Eagle and other places. :) I am so excited!! And we'll get to go to the beach and all kinds of stuff. I can't WAIT!




And of course I'll get to see ALLIGATORS AGAIN!! I can't wait for that part :) It was so cool last time. We counted how many we saw (forgot lol. 11 maybe? or was it 7.. I don't remember). I got really interested in Alligators after that :)
By the way, I took all those pictures last year when me and Luke went to FL. The first one is my friend, me, and my friend's little brother being weird in the car lol.
The second is my friend riding a bike at a national park i think it was.. we saw two baby alligators there.
The third one is of the beach. I love that picture :)
And the fourth is of me holding a baby alligator at the place we went airboat riding at. That's the guide-alligator-expert guy. Let me recommend that if you ever go to FL or wherever and you ever have the chance to go on an airboat ride.. DO it! It was SOOOO cool!
We saw so many alligators, and the guide (forgot his name) told us all so much about alligators, and he is so nice, and the alligators come up RIGHT next to the boat (some of them that is). I could have reached out and touched one. For some reason, the REALLY loudness of the airboat didn't scare them away. They just slowly come up to the boat and sit there while everyone is taking pictures, then when the guy turns the boat back on, they just slowly swim away.
The guide had his own Alligator call, lol it was FUNNY. But it worked. And our guide did some filming for Animal Planet! He said he was swimming in some water with the gators, and laid on top of a 10 foot male alligator! He said the only time it really scared him, was when the 10 foot alligator was under water, and then came up RIGHT in front of his face. He said that scared him a little lol. He also said they might not put it on Animal Planet because they don't want other people thinking they can do that too, lol.
Ok, well this is long enough, so toodles!
Until next time, my friends!

9 comments:

Shelby said...

YIKES! Alligators? Holy cow. That would scare me half to death.

Sarah said...

Lol. It was really cool though. Everyone in the airboat was leaning over to the side to see the alligator (I was on the edge, closest to it), and the guide was like "Don't lean too far, we don't want to all fall in!!"

Bella said...

Lol, I that sounds really awesome!! About the airboat ride thing... I would be scared half to DEATH about the alligators! OMG!!!

By the way, if you do go to Disney World, I would recommend NOT going to the "Magical Kingdom" (the original one). It has so many baby rides, it's not even funny. And it doesn't have that many good rides... For teens and stuff. So go to like Epcot or SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE MAGICAL KINGDOM!!! OK? OK.

Elizabeth J. said...

Hello there! Through the "Twin for God" blog, I stumbled across your blogspot. I see you went to Florida-that's one of my favorite places to visit. If you'd like, drop by my blog.

Sarah said...

Lydia: lol, it's actually really cool! Just don't lean to far over! lol

Ok, thanks :) My friend has been there twice, so her and her family will probably know which one is the best. but i've never been, so thanks for the info :)

Shelby said...

Whoa. Yeah, I would have been smack dab in the middle if I had been anywhere on it. :P

Sarah said...

Lol :P yeah, it's scary on the edge. And dangerous! Because we go really fast on the airboat, and the grass on the banks of the "river" slaps me in the arm and face and it HURTS!!!

Shelby said...

Ouch! No way I'd get one that thing. :P

Sarah said...

Lol. It's REALLY cool though! Their's even a spot that's shallow enough that alligators and snakes were not there, and the guide said we could get out and walk around. but no one did... I was about to, but then since no one got out, he started the boat back up, and kept going.

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