We loaded up the Volkswagen GTI with beach chairs, suitcases, boogie boards and enough snacks to last a few days and headed out at approximately 9:30. My family was headed to St. Augustine for a week long family vacation. We were a little concerned about spending quite that much time with family, but we still could not wait to get to the beach. The seven hour and thirty minute drive was fairly uneventful except for the last half hour when my sister, Emily, and I got bored and began annoying each other. This, in turn, annoyed our parents, so we all arrived a little grumpy, but relieved to be exiting the car. When we arrived at the beach house called “Paradise,” we knocked on the front door and got no reply. We headed around back and found
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Uncle Bill is the comedian of the family, and so is Aunt Sue when they are together. Nana made a lowcountry boil for dinner, and after dinner, we all sat by the water and listened to stories about when Uncle Bill, Aunt Sue and Nana were younger. They talked about my great grandmother and grandfather, Mamoo and Papa, who had recently passed away. Once all of the funeral costs were covered, my Nana had enough money left over for all of us to go on a family vacation in their honor. Some of the stories included the various cars that Uncle Bill had had throughout the years and their varying degrees of stability. He told us about how he showed up to summer camp one year in the back of his parents ' car pulling a rope that was tied to the windshield wipers back and forth since they stopped working and it had started pouring rain. At one point while we were all sitting up there in the dark, laughing until our stomachs hurt, a boat with a young guy in it slowly drove by. My Nana asked him if he had any fish and if he did then to just leave them up here; we’d be here all week. We all laughed even …show more content…
Abbott, Emily, the twins and our grandparents packed Nana 's "stow and go" minivan with a monstrous stroller and plenty of snacks and left the house. Olive and Ivy seemed to enjoy the Farm. We got our overpriced Alligator Farm lunch and headed towards the exit. But, what would a visit to the Alligator Farm be without a trip to the gift shop? Not much, according to the twins. When we got back, my dad taught Abbott how to fish. He was far more excited about learning than my dad expected. I think my dad liked having someone to fish with since it was not something my sister and I had ever really gotten very excited about. Later, Emily, Mom and I went to get smoothies at a beachside shop and walked to meet Aunt Sheri and Bizzy at the
Uncle Bill is the comedian of the family, and so is Aunt Sue when they are together. Nana made a lowcountry boil for dinner, and after dinner, we all sat by the water and listened to stories about when Uncle Bill, Aunt Sue and Nana were younger. They talked about my great grandmother and grandfather, Mamoo and Papa, who had recently passed away. Once all of the funeral costs were covered, my Nana had enough money left over for all of us to go on a family vacation in their honor. Some of the stories included the various cars that Uncle Bill had had throughout the years and their varying degrees of stability. He told us about how he showed up to summer camp one year in the back of his parents ' car pulling a rope that was tied to the windshield wipers back and forth since they stopped working and it had started pouring rain. At one point while we were all sitting up there in the dark, laughing until our stomachs hurt, a boat with a young guy in it slowly drove by. My Nana asked him if he had any fish and if he did then to just leave them up here; we’d be here all week. We all laughed even …show more content…
Abbott, Emily, the twins and our grandparents packed Nana 's "stow and go" minivan with a monstrous stroller and plenty of snacks and left the house. Olive and Ivy seemed to enjoy the Farm. We got our overpriced Alligator Farm lunch and headed towards the exit. But, what would a visit to the Alligator Farm be without a trip to the gift shop? Not much, according to the twins. When we got back, my dad taught Abbott how to fish. He was far more excited about learning than my dad expected. I think my dad liked having someone to fish with since it was not something my sister and I had ever really gotten very excited about. Later, Emily, Mom and I went to get smoothies at a beachside shop and walked to meet Aunt Sheri and Bizzy at the