Day Trips and SunBurns

 Taylor had Spring Break a few weeks back, so I took a couple days off and we did some random day trips. What fun to spend time with the boo.  He's quite the catch.

We live near this preserve called "Payne's Prarie" and ....it's pretty sweet.  Nothing like Washington's greenery, but fairly pretty in its own right. There weren't too many bugs out yet, and it doesn't feel like I'm walking around in a shower...or somebody's mouth so. Hey, it's not that bad.

 

 

Our second day trip was to Honeymoon Island State Park.  Taylor said we'd have to leave at the crack of dawn (it's 3hrs away) to miss all the Spring Break crazies...yano' stake our claim on a nice piece of beach...so when we arrived at 8 AM, this was our view:

 

This is my 8 AM beach face look, except it really was 5 am.. because that's when we got up to leave.
At least one of us is always perky = )

Hey, we beat everyone else, that's for sure.  Actually, it was super peaceful and relaxing to get there so early. We literally had the beach to ourselves.

...We ate over-priced chicken fingers, laid on the beach, swam in the gulf, and strolled. Best.Day.Ever...until the burn.

So, spf 4 is a no, so is spray tan, so is forgetting to reapply.. so is white-reflective sand. Hello, feet burn?

But, we've since recovered. I'm sparing all of you the Aloe bottle usage, reddened, blistered, peeled pictures that could have been taken.

Yah, for beach days in Florida! We're prepared for next time.

I wish I took at picture of the Garden-Taylor found this uber-cute restaurant in St.Petersburg with delic food, and jazz entertainment. We ate on a patio and were serenaded with some Otis Redding classics...fav.