#26--Visit the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine.

This blog is going to be a lot more than crossing off #26 on my Florida Bucket List, so maybe I should just start where we left off!!

Terry's mom & sister got here just in time for Hurricane Sandy to really pick up the pace.  One minute we were on the back porch talking about how it was windy, the next I realized something had changed and suggested we should go inside just in time for the porch to be drenched and the wind to go crazy.  Instead of going out for dinner like we had initially planned, we stayed in and made chicken fajitas. We did walk down to the dock and took some pictures--yeah, sure it was kinda stupid to walk outside during a hurricane, but it was also reallllllly cool :)

The next day the weather was a little better, so we went to Daytona to look at the waves and ate lunch at Bubba Gump's.  I also renounced my Georgia Bulldog fandom and switched over to the Florida Gators (I have caught much hell for it thus far from my GA peeps lol)....anyway, that night we all dressed up in our 80's outfits (Hazel had suggested earlier in the week that we bring the 80's back, and I agreed that it was an outstanding idea), Ryan in his Batman costume and went to the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine for their Trick-Or-Treat Night.  It turned out to be a really good idea because we got to tour the whole farm (and see the albino alligator), pet hedgehogs, skinks, bearded dragons, gators and if we so chose, a snake--which I didn't--and we took our pictures with an baby alligator.  On top of that, Ryan got stickers and candy and stuff while we walked around.  I'll definitely keep my eye out for next year....

Sunday we went to Marineland which was also really cool.  We got there in time to watch some groups interact with the dolphins (we got to see them doin' flips n' shit lol).  Afterward we went to Mezzalunas for lunch and chilled the rest of the night...They left Monday and I still miss them!!!

The rest of the week has been filled with Ryan activities-- the book store, Halloween stuff at the library, the other library's festivities, etc. and we've spent some time with one of our friends.  In case I haven't said it in a while, I absolutely love it here....