Finally here in Marathon!

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August 16th 2009

Published: August 17th 2009

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Sightseeing

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Melissa, Todd, and Mom enjoying a lovely night at the Hollerbach's Willow Tree Cafe (the restaurant Melissa and myself work at! haha!)

Due to internet problems, I couldn't post a blog last night! I was very upset but hooray for today because the internet is up and running! I guess I should start from the beginning.

Friday night was the first night the family all got together. We decided to go to the restaurant my sister and myself work at--Willow Tree Cafe. Thankfully we decided to hang out with the family and eat instead of serve. It was pretty fun. Everyone (except Max and me haha) had great German beer on draft, listened to accordian playing, and ate delicious German food.

Saturday we all woke up early to get on the road. We split into two cars because Todd and Melissa have a friend that lent us a boat! Pretty crazy! So the boys went in one truck and the girls (including Pepper, Melissa and Todd's dog) followed behind. Everything was good until about the second hour when Todd's truck started acting up. Next thing I know we are stuck in a place called Sebastian (which I'm sure I couldn't find again) for two hours at a McDonalds while Todd fixed the truck. That was definitely an adventure. Luckily, the truck

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Mom sure is having fun!

was easily fixable and we were off again. Once we hit Miami, the weather got super bad. It was all stormy and at times we had to go so slow and people had their hazard lights on and everything. We passed lots of car accidents, like a flipped jeep and a hummer that had somehow flipped their trailer. It was pretty crazy.

After our EIGHT HOUR car ride (haha!) we finally made it to Marathon! The house is so gigantic. It has three stories, a pool, and is right on a canal so we can hitch the boat behind it. My bedroom is on the ground floor, which has two bedrooms and a living room. Melissa and Todd are staying there too. The second floor has another living room, a kitchen and dining room, Grandpa's room and Max's room, and an outside balcony. Lastly, the third floor has another living area and the master bedroom for Mom and Dad with another balcony. So basically it's AWESOME!

We ended up taking a dip in the pool and going grocery shopping. It was still kind of stormy out, but we braved the wind and ate out on the balcony! Ended

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Wooo!

up being a nice, peaceful night after the tiring car ride.

NOW for Day 2!

We had a really really relaxing day today! Swam in the pool and lounged about. Todd and Melissa actually have friends that live in condos like...50 feet from the house we are renting down the canal haha. They came over and we went out on a boat ride around the key. It's so beautiful here. Today was pretty nice weather-wise and we got to see public beach and the seven-mile bridge and all that. Afterwards I was soo tired that I took a nap! I haven't taken a nap in a loooong time! After I woke up, I saw that Grandpa, Max, and Todd were fishing off the dock. They caught some nice bait fish for fishing in the ocean tomorrow. Max stayed out there and ended up catching a barracuda!! It was super cool! Sorry I missed out on pictures for that. We grilled out for dinner tonight and plan on just hanging around or fishing around tomorrow.

Also, don't worry, the rest of the entries won't be sooo long or tediously detailed. I always feel like I have to paint