The Moments That Make Up Our Journey, Will Lead us to a Beautiful Destination: January 22, 2008

All of us at St. Vincent Island

Travis and Emily left this morning and I've spent the day trying to catch up on my chores, etc. We would much rather have them back so we can continue showing them all the great things about our latest stomping ground.

Friday night we caught up over a few drinks around the cozy fire bowl and believe it or not, it has been cool enough to use it. After a rainy start Saturday, we ended up having a really nice day in Destin capped off with dinner at our favorite Irish restaurant, McGuires. Sunday, as predicted last week, we enjoyed watching the Patriots kick some Charger booty! We had a full house as usual and we always love sharing our game days with friends. Jim made a bold statement last week about buying a big screen LCD TV if we made it to the Super Bowl. We'll see if he follows through.

Monday Jim initiated a trip to St. Vincent Island which is about a half hour drive from here. It was a 5 minute boat ride to the island which was only about 7 miles around. It started off really windy but once we got to the interior of the island it was beautiful for hiking. We definitely saw deer tracks and Emily and I are pretty sure we saw some bear tracks too. The beach side of the island had some of the best shells we have come across so far in Florida. Rhi and I could have spent all day there collecting new treasures; like we don't have enough already. The jelly fish were enormous too! I am looking forward to going back there in the Spring when it is a little warmer and we have more time to lounge there all day.

It is a bummer our friends had to leave so soon but we really enjoyed having them here. This weekend my cousin Jane passes through so I am off on a mad dash to get the place ready for our new guests. Can't wait to share my homemade wine with ya Jane!