Mark's dental class thought growing mustaches and having a "Stache" Party on the last day of finals would be a great way to celebrate the end of their 2nd year and 17 finals. Although it was pretty funny to see mustaches, it was not my kind of celebration. For me it was more like a celebration when Mark shaved that thing off! You can see what I mean in this next picture. Who wants to kiss that? :)
When Mark was finally done with school he had a week break and we celebrated for real. We decided to get up extra early and go see the sunrise at Fort Lauderdale Beach on his first day off. It was amazing!
I had a day off from work during that week and we got really lucky because on that one day off, there was one camp spot left at Bahia Honda State Park in the keys! We had wanted to go there for a long time but the campsites were always booked! It was beautiful! The water was so clear and shallow so it made snorkeling so fun!
That night we drove to Key West to see the sunset and have dinner.
We woke up extra early again the next day to see the sunrise in Bahia Honda. We were able to see it on top of the old highway that used to run through the keys.
I was so happy! Everything had worked out perfectly for this trip. Especially since I had heard the mosquitos were bad and I had only seen a total of two the whole trip. I was obviously wrong though because the next day I was in agony!!! I found out all those little gnats that were following me around the whole trip weren't really gnats. There is a little Florida bug called noseeums that live by the beach. They are even worse than mosquitos because they itch for SO much longer. It took almost 2 weeks for the itching to get better! My legs looked like I had the chicken pox and I will probably have scars from all the itching I couldn't help doing. How many bites did Mark get??? Zero of course.
8 comments:
I'm so glad you had a fun trip! Are You going to Utah over the summer?
happy Birthday next week!
Oh my gosh... your sunrise pictures are AMAZING. That stinks about the bugbites! You cracked me up about his mustache!
That first pic of Mark is HILARIOUS. But I'm glad the contest is over! Beth, your pics look like postcards. No wonder you love it there. Nooseeums must be like chiggers here. Are they only on the beach? I hope they're not in your grass like here. They really are the worst! Miss you, Beth! Thanks for the update!
Oh Bethany, Florida seems so dreamy and wonderful! I would love to go to a beach right now! I'm glad you guys are doing well!!
What a vacation! I'm glad it was so perfect for you. Except those bugs. SICK!! And the stach...well, I'm glad for you it's gone ;)
Florida is beautiful, you are so lucky to be so close to the ocean. I'm glad you had a great time.
Really? Like you really got to BE in those places? Those pictures are really really neat. I think I'll say really again. really. So moustaches? ew. bug bites? ew. and I totally hear you. I think when I go back to school, I'll find a way to do a paper on why girls get bug bites way more than boys, thus solving that problem. I expect to get an A. (if the teacher is a girl) Looks like you guys are having the time of your lives.--Katie
Looks like so much fun!!! What great memories you two are making! :) Sorry bout the bites :) Miss you,
<3
Risa
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