Day 1...The Beginning

Yesterday we left on our vacation to Florida. We woke up at 4 AM in order to give us 45 minutes to get ready and spend some time with Nala before leaving. We were so busy gathering last minute things that I didn't have time to be sad about leaving Nala for 5 days. I think I was more sad the day before. Goodbyes are always hard for me. We drove to the airport and got a parking spot, we remembered to take pictures of our parking station as to not forget when we return. We saw the bus at the stop so we ran trying to make it but the bus was to full so we had to wait for the next one. We arrived to the security line which was very long. I was glad the it moved at a steady pace. We got through it with no problems and got to our gate in plenty of time. Our flight to Denver was uneventful and easy. It was only about a 50 minute flight. When we were landing another plane in front of us did not taxi off in time so was had to go back up and make a loop around in order to land again. We got off at gate B87 and in order to get to our connecting flight gate to Ft. Lauderdale we had to go clear to gate B18 which was about a 20 min walk. Adam's suitcase handle is broken so it doesn't allow you to pull it up in order for it to roll so he had to carry it the whole time, poor boy. By the time we got the gate we both need about 2 naps to get our energy back. Good thing they had moving walkways to help ease the brunt of it. We had about 2 hours until our plane began boarding. We got lunch at Pizza Hut Express and I got some magazines (an essential for long plane rides). We boarded the plane sitting close to the back but not all the way to the back. We ended up sitting on the runway for 40 min before taxing out to take off. The TV's were a great distraction but when we took off they turned off unless you paid $7.99. We got through the 3.5 hour flight and once again had to walk forever to get to the rental call place. We had not reserved one before coming so we were not sure how it would turn out. They had many to choose from but we ended up going with Thrifty. They were able to get us a 2010 Toyota Corolla for a great price. We had nice 1.5 hour drive to our hotel. Man is it breath taking here.  We arrived and got our room #915, we got on the elevator and go to press 9 but there was no 9 so we go to 8 thinking there might be a way to floor 9 but there wasn't we went back down and asked one of the bus boys. They said it was the penthouse floor so we are staying on the penthouse floor which feels very expensive lol. We love our room its amazing!! Once we got settled we went to the grocery store to buy snacks for the beach and stuff for breakfast. We decided to have dinner first and the Outback Steakhouse was right next to the store so we went there. It was great for our first real meal of the day. We got our groceries and headed back to the hotel. We watched National Treasure while listening to the waves crash outside. We decided to leave the sliding glass doors open but the curtains closed so we could still hear the beach. It was nice drifting off to sleep with the waves as my lullaby. I am excited for us to begin our vacation and can't wait to see what it has in store for us. I can't help but miss my NaNa (Nala) but I know she is well cared for but my sister-in-law Erin. It has been a stressful past couple of weeks with the fence project going on. It we will be nice to get away from the sometimes mundane day to day things and to explore a new part of the USA. I have never been here before but I have heard nothing but great things and so far they have exceeded my expectations. We are excited to be here celebrating our 3rd wedding anniversary on the 31st. I am grateful to have the opportunity to have time with my hubby and to build more memories together. More posts to come and pictures!!