I also don't consider myself a vacation person; growing up my family didn't really take alot of vacations or trips away. If we did, they were few & far inbetween. This was partly because of my basketball schedule, my Dad's coaching schedule & Ben's ability to travel. We mostly took trips to places that we could drive to for the day & come back in the evening. I must say that I prefer those kinds of trips. I'm also not a huge beach person. I never go in the ocean (fish fear trumps that) & the sand gets e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e. I'm more of a pool person - give me a lounge chair, my headphones & a nice big pool & I'm good. =) Like I've told Dan before, my idea of a vacation is going on a ski trip or just taking a week off, staying at home & planning things to do around Virginia. My perfect vacation would be somewhere that Dan, Lexi & I could go together; I really hate leaving her when we go out of town. After all, she's part of the family too.
So when we got to Sarasota, the weather was pretty chilly. The week before we went it was in the upper 80's; the week we were there it was in the low to mid-60's; & the week after we left was back up in the 80's again. Needless to say we brought the crappy weather with us. On our first day of golf we played at The Preserve Golf Club which was a really nice course. I loved how they had the homes right on the course & the cart path drove right around them in order to get to the next hole; they were beautiful homes. Thankfully, I didn't hit any of them, but I came close a couple times. Below are a few photos I took on our first day:
One of the best things about golfing with Dan is that he hates driving the cart; I always get first dibs. =)
Dan's Dad (Don) & Step-Mom (Sue).
When we got back to the hotel, we were able to hang out on the beach for a few hours...enjoying the sun & finding seashells:
The water was freezing but we decided to stick our feet in anyway.
We had a really great time on the beach; it was definitely one of my favorite parts of our trip. =)
Our second day of golfing was at another course, but I can't remember the name of it. =/ It's actually my least favorite out of the 3 that we played on. I only stuck it out for 9 holes because my wrist/grip was starting to hurt me so I mostly was a spectator, cheerleader & chauffer that day. =)
Our third & final day was at Stoneybrook Golf Course & this was my favorite one. It was absolutely beautiful. The wildlife they had throughout was amazing. This was also the course that I got in my first golf cart fender bender; totally not my fault & there was no damage to the carts but it was a little scary. This day was also the coldest day that we had; thankfully Dan packed handwarmers just in case - I wouldn't have been able to feel my fingers at the end of the day if he hadn't packed those. As you can see below, I was quite cold:
Dan was playing in shorts, I don't know how he was doing that.
Just a few of us. :)
Our trip was fun, but I was so excited to get home to Lexi. For some reason I really missed her during this trip; Dan thought I was crazy, he was happy to not have to worry about her. Kelly, my sister-in-law, was sweet enough to take her while we were gone; she also sent me photos each day so I could see her, including this one when we were flying back home:
The caption said: "She's waiting for you." =)
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