We went to Amelia Island last weekend. We stayed on a condo on Fernandina Beach. Dave arranged the trip for my 29th birthday. My Mom kept the kids for us, and we had a wonderful, fantastic time. I was thinking of what a blessing our marriage is, because even though we are coming up on our 8th anniversary, I think we were more excited to leave for this trip, and we had so much more fun than when we went on our honeymoon. I think we have grown up considerably (Lord knows I have) and we love to spend time together even more know, especially since alone time is at a premium with having the two little ones. It was the best birthday ever! I barely even thought about how 29 seems SO close to 30. We stayed at a very nice condo that Dave arranged, and we also rented bikes to ride around, which was fun, although terrifying a little for me. I thought riding a bike was something you never forget how to do??
We went on a really fun, fun, fun kayak sunset kayak tour, and it was a lot harder than we expected it to be, but pretty exhilirating. We almost got sucked out to the ocean in the end when we were trying to make it to the boat ramp in the dark. One of the members in our tour group had to be towed back because the current sucked him out towards the ocean. It was VERY dramatic! The kayak tour was awesome, if you ever go up there,check out kayakamelia.com The tour guides are great and lots of fun. Totally worth the money! Made us want to buy a kayak. Here are some of our favorite pictures of our trip.
Dave is actually driving in this shot. I am so bad about wanting to constantly take pictures.
My birthday breakfast at my favorite place, Jack and Diane, in the downtown district. It was recommended to us by a man we dubbed Crazy Beach Guy. He was down at the beach early in the morning, ready to give us tips and pointers about how to spend our day. He was actually quite helpful, once we got past his craziness. If you stay near Main Beach when you go, look for him. He is very helpful and he always has a large styrofoam cup in his hand of what we can only hope is just coffee. At Jack and Diane's, I ordered the Jack and Diane, which is cornbread pancakes covered with real sweet cream butter. Heaven on earth. So good, the best thing I had to eat all weekend! And they played all Keith Urban songs, all of my favorites. I felt like it was special, just for my birthday, but I do know that the world does not ACTUALLY revolve around me and my birthday. We skipped lunch but went to Mexican for dinner. I had an excellent margarita, it was perfection.
At Jack and Diane's.
I love this picture. He was thinking really hard about something. At Kingsley Plantation.
Downtown, we stopped to say hello to some friendly fish outside a shop.
We had a nice time at this Farmer's Market. We bought a bag full of sugar plums, which were delicious, and a super refereshing mango peach smoothie.
Me enjoying the smoothie.
My birthday eve, on our kayak tour. I did okay, once I stopped trying to paddle it like a canoe. It was really fun.
Me at Fort Clinch. There was a park ranger there dressed up in Union blues, and he answered questions as if he was still in the Civil War. He never broke character, and we don't think some of the other tourists there realized that he was just pretending. It was pretty funny.
This was the loooong Fort Clinch State Park Pier that we could see from our condo's beach. Crazy Beach Guy said he had walked down to it the other day, but it was three miles away, so we decided to drive. Which was a good thing, because we had record high heat that weekend, and we only made it halfway down the mile-long pier before we gave up and turned around.
This dog was named Joy. I loved, loved, loved her. She was a big sweet bear and one of the nicest things about my birthday.
Could not wait to drop the kids off at my Mom's and escape, but then we were also really glad to get back home on Sunday afternoon. Here's me and my Jonathan.
Back home with my Anna Banana.
Some more highlights from our trip:
I took this picture of Dave by holding the camera straight over my head (can you see my hair in the foreground)? I love this picture.
We kayaked until we got to this beach, Little Talbot Island State Park, and stayed to watch the sunset, and eat chocolate chip cookies, which were REALLY GOOD COOKIES. And it was a good thing, because we had not eaten dinner, and the whole tour got very off schedule, and we did not wind up back at our cars to go back to our condo until after 10. I am not sure we would have made it without these cookies to fortify us!
Us at the pier. We are so happy, in spite of the fact that it was INSANELY HOT. I have never felt heat like that in my life. It was so beyond normal June weather, in my opinion.
Waiting to get on the kayaks. Aren't we so cute?
On the beach, early morning, in front of condo.
Dave's best sunset picture from the kayak tour. Love it! Thank you, honey, for a wonderful birthday! I'll never forget it!
My birthday breakfast at my favorite place, Jack and Diane, in the downtown district. It was recommended to us by a man we dubbed Crazy Beach Guy. He was down at the beach early in the morning, ready to give us tips and pointers about how to spend our day. He was actually quite helpful, once we got past his craziness. If you stay near Main Beach when you go, look for him. He is very helpful and he always has a large styrofoam cup in his hand of what we can only hope is just coffee. At Jack and Diane's, I ordered the Jack and Diane, which is cornbread pancakes covered with real sweet cream butter. Heaven on earth. So good, the best thing I had to eat all weekend! And they played all Keith Urban songs, all of my favorites. I felt like it was special, just for my birthday, but I do know that the world does not ACTUALLY revolve around me and my birthday. We skipped lunch but went to Mexican for dinner. I had an excellent margarita, it was perfection.
At Jack and Diane's.
I love this picture. He was thinking really hard about something. At Kingsley Plantation.
Downtown, we stopped to say hello to some friendly fish outside a shop.
We had a nice time at this Farmer's Market. We bought a bag full of sugar plums, which were delicious, and a super refereshing mango peach smoothie.
Me enjoying the smoothie.
My birthday eve, on our kayak tour. I did okay, once I stopped trying to paddle it like a canoe. It was really fun.
Me at Fort Clinch. There was a park ranger there dressed up in Union blues, and he answered questions as if he was still in the Civil War. He never broke character, and we don't think some of the other tourists there realized that he was just pretending. It was pretty funny.
This was the loooong Fort Clinch State Park Pier that we could see from our condo's beach. Crazy Beach Guy said he had walked down to it the other day, but it was three miles away, so we decided to drive. Which was a good thing, because we had record high heat that weekend, and we only made it halfway down the mile-long pier before we gave up and turned around.
This dog was named Joy. I loved, loved, loved her. She was a big sweet bear and one of the nicest things about my birthday.
Could not wait to drop the kids off at my Mom's and escape, but then we were also really glad to get back home on Sunday afternoon. Here's me and my Jonathan.
Back home with my Anna Banana.
Some more highlights from our trip:
I took this picture of Dave by holding the camera straight over my head (can you see my hair in the foreground)? I love this picture.
We kayaked until we got to this beach, Little Talbot Island State Park, and stayed to watch the sunset, and eat chocolate chip cookies, which were REALLY GOOD COOKIES. And it was a good thing, because we had not eaten dinner, and the whole tour got very off schedule, and we did not wind up back at our cars to go back to our condo until after 10. I am not sure we would have made it without these cookies to fortify us!
Us at the pier. We are so happy, in spite of the fact that it was INSANELY HOT. I have never felt heat like that in my life. It was so beyond normal June weather, in my opinion.
Waiting to get on the kayaks. Aren't we so cute?
On the beach, early morning, in front of condo.
Dave's best sunset picture from the kayak tour. Love it! Thank you, honey, for a wonderful birthday! I'll never forget it!
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Glad to hear you had a wonderful birthday. Your husband sounds like a great guy for making special arrangements for you. Thanks for the insight on kayaking. We're planning on taking a trip up there in July or August and we'll have try it out. It will be my first time for kayaking.
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