Florida

Rob did the driving from Brunswick, Georgia to his grandparents' condo in Cocoa Beach, Florida. On the way there was an exciting view:

Nana and Grampa Stenger have a spacious condo overlooking the open ocean. 

Unfortunately, it never got above 40 degrees while I was there but that didn't stop Rob and I from going for a run on the beach.

We ran down to the pier and dodged the raindrops for a couple minutes. 

Rob's cousin Amanda, her husband Jeff, Rob and I went bowling the next day. We had a ball! (Or many of them). Then on the way out we played many rounds of air-hockey. It was a marvelously fun way to spend an afternoon!

That evening I after a lovely dinner with Rob's family at a tasty restuarant with a ridiculous name, Fish Lips, I drove the hour west to spend the night with Ariel and Aaron.

The next day (Sunday, January 10) Ariel took me to work with her at a local greeting card gift shop. The customers came and went and we chatted away the the hours catching up on a couple years of life story. It was blissful.

That evening a posse gathered at the Regal Cinemas in Winter Park, Florida. We all went to see the 3-D version of Avatar.

For all the hype, I really enjoyed the movie.  It was long, and Cameron quoted himself and other movies over and again, but still it was captivating.

If I find myself within 30 miles of a state capitol on my way thru, I'm making it a point to stop and see it. We passed real close to Tallahassee. This is the historic capitol building. It is now a museum, with the working capitol in a massive skyscraper behind.

We took the elevator up to the 22nd floor. We could look out on 360 degrees of Tallahassee. We couldn't see the ocean but the view was still spectacular.