Wednesday, February 2, 2011

The Sunshine State

Every winter we head to Florida to visit Papa and Grandma Heimer. Its a nice break from the cold cloudy winter months! This year we enjoyed visiting the turtle sanctuary, Animal Safari, feeding the seagulls, and walking along the beach. The Big Guy really enjoyed the travel to and from Florida, when he could gaze out the windows of the airport at all the planes and trucks. I think he might have preferred this activity over other things!
Go Delta!

Looking out the window before take-off

We visited the Turtle Sanctuary, which is free. They have great turtle tanks with windows looking in, so kids can get an up-close look. This was lots of fun!





And then we went to the Drive-thru Safari! This was lots of fun. We went mid-morning, so the animals were still eating (they put the food near the drive). After the Safari, there is a mini-amusement park (perfect size for little kids), and a small zoo, which was lots of fun. 

Big Guy LOVED the train ride, we fed goats
(they were rather aggressive), and enjoyed a day in the sun!
We had lots of fun with Papa and Grandma Heimer

Lastly, we visited the beach! Fed seagulls (well, Peanut ate the bread....), put our toes in the ocean, watched the boats go by, it was the perfect weekend to get a little sun, and warm weather in the middle of winter!

our little bread eater!

J-man and Big Guy at Juno Beach Pier
Putting our toes in the ocean!