Florida

Usually when I write these blogs I’m sitting on my couch with my laptop, or sitting at a desk with my family’s dell, or even at the kitchen table eating and writing; this is not one of those blogs, because today I am on my way to Sarasota Florida for Spring Break. Every year since I can remember I have gone down to this tropical paradise for about ten days to visit my Grandparents in their condo. At the condo my sister and I have a room to ourselves and my parents are right down the hall. My grandparents sleep on the other side of the apartment. When people ask about what the home is like everyone is immediately surprised to hear one fact: an alligator lives in the backyard. This scaly creature doesn’t hurt anyone, but then again no one has ever messed with him. Usually he just sits all day in the sun and at night he bathes in the large pond. On days where we relax all morning –most days- we sit on the screened in porch and watch him. After a little bit it’s quite boring for he never moves, and if he does it’s slower than a sloth. In this tropical palace we also swim at the neighborhood pool for hours and hours never getting bored. My sister and I make up games to keep ourselves occupied while my parents soak up the sun. This year we have a little more planned.
Every couple years we travel to Orlando to visit the parks and I am happy to announce this is one of those years. We are going to Orlando for the second half of the vacation to meet my cousins, Kyle and Evan. Together we are going to stay (in my opinion) at the best hotel in all of Orlando, the Marriot Vista. I’ve stayed there before and there is anything to do from swimming in cool pools, to basketball, you can even rent a paddle boat! After a few glorious days in the sun here we are going to the best (again only in my opinion) water park ever; Aquatica. At Aquatica there are numerous slides, and a lazy river. It is big enough to be exciting but small enough my sister, cousins and I can walk around on our own. I am overly excited for this trip and my only hope is that it doesn’t go by too quickly!