The rest of the week was the usual stormy afternoon weather, so nothing really eventful happened. Mom and Dad stopped by on Friday and we went to our cute little ice cream place for a cupcake sundae only for them to be out of cupcakes, certain ice creams and milk...so Terry, Ryan and I basically ate our little scoops of ice cream in front of them since they couldn't have their sundaes or milkshakes they had so had their heart set on. We saw a drunk man fall on the sidewalk on the way home and that was amusing....
Saturday we got up early (that's me, Terry, Ryan, Mom and Dad) and went to De Leon Springs State Park to check out the Old Spanish Sugar Mill and Griddle House we've been hearing so much about. It was a really easy drive and it was less than an hour away. It's $6.00 per carload to get into the park, and once you're in there's a giant swimming area at the spring that goes from 3-30 ft deep, and on the other side of a little bridge is where you can go fishing, canoeing, etc. The Griddle House had a wait time of an hour and half, but they told us we could go swimming or whatever and they'd call our name over the loud speaker when it was time. Funny thing was, we sort of almost brought bathing suits and didn't, so that wasn't really an option. We let Ryan play on the playground, did several laps around the spring, sat down, stood up, checked our status on the list, and repeat. It was the longest 2 hours EVER!! But, once we were called in it was well worth the wait, we'll just have to plan better next time and/or go during the week during the fall/winter.
How it works is you pay around $5 for all you can eat pancakes, with additional $$ if you want fun toppings like blueberries or chocolate chips, or if you want bacon or sausage or eggs. You sit at a table with a griddle in the middle and they bring out 2 large pitchers of pancake batter (one is original, the other is a multi-grain mixture which is amazing despite how it sounds!), and you spray the griddle with cooking spray, pour the batter and make your own stuff :) I obviously got chocolate chips for my pancakes (yes, I shared), and some bacon, and we all ate ourselves silly. My parents got eggs and they had to cook those on the griddle too--Dad said they were good but he wouldn't do it next time (the meats are cooked in the back). All in all, it was a really fun and delicious experience!
We came home and we crashed at one point or another before continuing on with the day--probably from dealing with the heat and wrestling with Ry for so long! That night, Mom and Dad kept Ryan and Terry and I decided we'd go walk over to the European Village and check out Farley's. We ran into Steve the Rattlesnake Guy (remember him?), and he was a little creepy this time, so we carried on our way. Farley's has no food--yet--they said, so we went to Europa, sat down, looked at the menu and decided we weren't feeling it, so we went to our old faithful--Mezzalunas :) We went back to Farley's for a couple of drinks--I tried a "Sex With the Captain"--which is basically Sex on the Beach but with Captain Morgan instead of vodka (gag) and it was delicious :) We tried to stay up for the meteor shower but crashed instead.
Yesterday we went to the beach that morning and the waves were PERFECT for boogie boarding. No rip current, good size, and didn't crash where you scraped your knees the whole ride (though I did get some scrapes since the waves would push you all the way to the shore, but that's perfectly reasonable when you start out in waist deep water!). We took a walk on the beach when the waves died down and then came home and relaxed. I did some painting, Terry played some XBox, and then Ry came home :)
Today's been a lazy, stormy day. We skipped fish taco night for my headache, but there's always next week :)
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