Holly and I were ready to leave about 4 pm on Monday afternoon. We were going to drive through the night and get to her parents house in Naples, Florida, really early in the morning. That is when the master brake cylinder decided to die on Holly's car. 2 hours and $250 later we were on hour way.
She drove I slept, I drove she slept, we listened to many Mark Driscoll sermons, and finally we arrived in Naples.
We hung out in her parents pool (their house is beautiful), and went to bed early seeing as how we were exhausted from our trip.
Wednesday we went to the developments club house, and enjoyed the pool and waterfalls. Awwww, we are so myspace.
Thursday, we drove to Clearwater, and picked up my folks from the airport. We then attended my sister's graduation from nursing school. It was great. SoeYun handed the announcer a card right before she read SoeYun's name: SoeYun "The Awesome" Song. Yup, she read it just like that too!
The entire fam outside the graduation.
The next morning we woke up at 5 am and went deep sea fishing:
SoeBeck tried to kiss Holly, but Holly wasn't having it.
soebs being slick however, whispered sweet nothings in her ear, and she relented.
How did they do that?
Look at my Mom and Dad! They are so cute!
Finally after about an hour on the boat we started fishing. And SoeYun started catching, and catching, and catching fish.
Puffer fish...
Trigger fish...
Sushi fish...
Then Holly started catching the species known as microscopic fish...
Then soebs got into the act...
SoeChun really dug the puffer fish... He kept pissing it off to make it puff up.
Look at all the fish that soebs caught!
Never fear, the fish were put to good use! We had a fish fry, and ate fish tacos to our hearts content!
The next day was spent at the beach...
and buried Soech...
We then started the long journey home. Holly's car was acting up, so we had a mechanic friend of mine come look at the vehicle. He was nice and fixed the part for us so that we wouldn't have to buy a new part. We ended up leaving about noon on Monday, and were excited to get home and sleep in our own beds.
Unfortunately, we should have bought the new part.
100 miles outside of Evansville, at about 3 am, the car died.
We tried to start it.
Over.
and over.
and over.
Finally we called Triple A, and got a tow to a firestone.
Where we napped for 3 hours til they opened at 7 am.
Finally, 5 hours (and $275) later we began our final 100 miles home.
We missed the exit though, and ended up in metropolis, IL.
We got turned around and began our last 100 miles home.
Throughout it all. Holly and I never fought, never got sick of each other, and after we got home Tuesday afternoon, we got cleaned up and spent some more time together. What's up now, Toad?
Fin.
3 comments:
Oh my gosh, best post ever!
Where do I begin? I think I'll start with saying how much Brian and I used to roadtrip when we were first dating. After the first couple drives to Florida, though, we vowed if ever we had the money, we're flying every time. I'd never replace that time because we got to know each other on the road, but I sure do like me some planes.
Second of all: i got all misty-eyed at Soeyun's graduation and at the proud/cute faces of your parents.
Thirdness: I love Songs At The Beach! I love that your parents are fully-clothed and under an umbrella!
Fourthy: Soech is SO BIG. Wah! Baby's all growns up.
Fifth of Jack: Holly is gorgeous and you two are cute together.
I miss you.
cronk
Dude. That was a quality, quality post. I'm not sure why you called me out but I'm guessing because it is one of the chapters in the book or because I hate fish.
Would you have preferred, "What's up now, Les?"
Baca-daca-dac-dac-dac!
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