I recently got back from florida. I went down with the family, my father, mother, sister, brother in law, niece, girlfriend, and daughter.
My father decided that commercial planes suck with little kids, so decided to get one of his business associates to loan us his cessna citaiton express. (lear jet)
We left Green Bay and 3 hours later we were on the beach in florida. no lie.
We got on the airplane, and 15 minutes later we were in the air. 38,000 feet and 400 mph. 2 1/2 hours to florida. They drove the rental SUV right out to the plane. It was a small jet, so it landed in an airport about 15 minutes from where we were staying...
It was an amazing experience. very cool.
Belle learned how to swim by herself. also note: starfish water wings are not the same as plain yellow water wings and two 3 year olds will fight over who gets which ones.
We went to Disney land. It's a small world ride still sucks.
4 bucks for a PB&J sandwich is just wrong.
Lisa and my sister will fight like three year olds over water wings if left alone in disney world for a small amount of time.
We also went to see the mote aqaurium, where you can pet the sea turtles, as long as you don't mind losing fingers.
Manatees are large animals. They look similar to the girl I took to prom...
Swimsuit season all year around and not having cheese curds every meal makes girls in florida much more... "toned" than your average WI girl.
We stayed on longboat key, which is pretty much full of old money people that have retired. there is one condo complex there with actual armed gaurds, and dogs... they start at 1.5 mil for a low level small condo with no veiw.
I saw at least a dozen bentley's. I pumped gas next to a bentley twice.
I saw one of these:
The owner was just out for a night of shopping on st armon's circle. The driver was a 40 something with a 18 year old supermodel sitting in the passenger side. He did not drive well, or the car was pissed off at having to stay below the speed limit and being parked next to a saturn. It could be either really.
Lisa did not yell at me for looking at other girls on the "circle" because she was looking, too. they were that hot.
Ocean fish are meaner and nastier than any type of lake fish you can hope to see.
a 20 ft great white shark doesn't look that big until you stand next to it, and you then have a firm grip on your mortality.
Barracudas are mean.
70 1/2 camaros are cool. I may have to start looking for one... and turbo it.
Ricers are everywhere, but in florida, hondas rev and blow fart cans at bentley's.
NOTHING makes a honda look more craptastic then being firmly beat down by a 90 year old man driving a 4 door 8,000 lb sedan wire spoke rims.
Manatees are dumb. reminded me of the girl I took to prom...
I missed you guys |..| <-- that much... not enough to come back if I could stay down there...
Wendy's and McDonalds can be ghetto anywhere.
Coming home to a flooded basement from melting snow really grounds you back in reality after a vacation...
Mixed drinks cost 11 dollars a glass. and they are not any bigger than here. beer costs 4.50, but the tommy bahamma wheat ale is worth every penny.
I have a new favorite beer.
I still don't like sea food.
Old people still drive stupid.
225 dollars for a fake leather belt seems a bit much to me, but I'm just an engineer.
If you own a bentley, mumus are ALWAYS in style.
On the circle, when you walk into a store there are two girls whose sole job is to hold your poodles, and make sure they are happy.
that's about all I can remember right now, but maybe I'll remember a few more...
