St. Augustine

This last weekend was an absolute blast. A group of friends and I took a brief (but very fun!) road trip up to St. Augustine, which is about an hour or so up the coast to the north. Those who went included Josh, Casey, Chase, Kelly, Sarah, Craig, Tom, and myself. We got up there about 6:30 pm or so, fooled around at the hotel for a bit, and then went out to eat at a fairly nice restaurant called the Sunset Grille. They had VERY good food!

After going back to the hotel, we bravely tried to go swimming in the ocean, but decided after about 5 minutes that it was a bit too cold for our liking. We ended up just sitting on the seawall and playing charades! Eventually, we headed back to the hotel, played some rummy, and went to bed.

The next morning, we bugged the parrot in the hotel lobby, checked out, and went exploring in downtown St. Augustine. If you've never been there, it's REALLY cool. The streets are very narrow (some are pedestrian-only), and the buildings are all very old. There's probably a billion and one tourist shops and the streets are filled with vacationers. I love it.

Later on, we headed back to the beach for some "fun in the sun!" Kelly ruled us all at volleyball, but at least we tried, haha. We stayed there for a couple hours, briefly visited downtown again for ice cream, and then hit the road home.

The trip was a nice distraction from bothersome little things like, oh, say...finals! Ick. But it was a great mini-vacation and a sort of last hoorah celebrating our friendships before the end of the school year. I love you guys! Thanks for a great weekend!

P.S. Check out the video of this weekend on YouTube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgbxxwz5y8o