Nick's Visit

Nick came down to visit me (WooHoo!!). The first night we did Miami, and the next day we went to Shore Club and got hooked up with chairs and umbrellas on the beach.  It was soooo hot, within 2 minutes of getting out of the car we were already drenched : / But the beach was so nice.  We went to get in the water and everyone was standing on the edge. I didn't realize why, until after I got in and realized I got stung 3 times by Jellyfish!! Ahhh. Stunk.

After that, we walked around South Beach area and did some shopping, got Tattoos, took pictures, ate custard and saw some crazy statue people! Shake Shack, realllly good burgers, met up with Natasha too.

Up all night, pool, hot tub, pizza, etc.
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Day 2- Keys Day

Accidentally slept in too late to do Key West so we did stuff around the area...

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Day 3- Key West!!

We drove down to Key West, and didn't make very many stops on the way down due to the fact that we did some keys stuff the day before.  Key West, on the way down there were a few heavy patches of rain but when we arrived, we found a parking lot and parked for the day.  The weather was beautiful, and we did a lot of Duval Street.  Lunch was delicious at Hog's Breath Saloon, and lots of street fair type shops.  We walked around the town and saw some sweet houses, did the most southern point in the Us, with the traditional photo opp there. Also, Mile marker zero and more keys shops. 
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Night 4- Back to Miami!! Dinner on Lincoln, a nice place that mixed Italian and Greek.  Hung out until 2:30...long story short we found a hotel for the night and then the next day (unfortunately) Nick was back venturing to NY.

Spontaneous Keys Day

Today both Kylie and I (ORC) had the day off so we decided to venture down the isles to Islamorada and venture through Theater of the Sea today. We did the open bottom boat ride with dolphins that came up in the center and alongside the boat.  Also, we saw a parrot show and a dolphin show. I got to volunteer for the dolphin show and get a kiss from one! We saw a variety of animals there, such as a sea lion named Wilbur, a number of dolphins, sea turtles, stingrays, parrotfish, parrots and exotic birds, nurse sharks, and iguanas. 

We went to Robbie's and fed the huge tarpon (and when I say huge, I mean like 4-5 feet). We layed on the dock belly down and the fish jumped up and grabbed the fish out of our hands! The man working said the past weekend they were so busy they went through 2,000 pounds of feeder fish!! I bought a bracelet and a sweet hair clip at Robbie's (they have a little artisan village there).


We also did some beach pulloffs (I believe one was by Indian Key) and got some sweet photos!  We swam in the crystal blue waters and we even think we saw a shark (fin in the water)! Which led to our finale...SHARK WEEK!!!

A great day, led to a great night...flight is booked for my vacation. The fastest flight I have ever booked, I searched about 5 minutes, picked one and bought it on the spot. 36 days!! Woohoo!

Lots to look forwards to...Nick is coming the 16th, then Identity Fest is the week after, then just about a week or so afterwards I go on vaca! Great way to begin August!