Florida Fun

Well I am finally getting around to posting fun photos from Florida. The weekend of Labor Day and Hurricane Gustav, I went back to Pensacola, where I grew up and my parents still live, for my high school reunion. The Reunion was ok, but my friend Lottie couldn’t make it because of hurricane Fay trouble. She just back to her flooded neighborhood that weekend and so our plans of getting the girls back together didn’t work out quite the way we had planned. My friend Suzie came into town though and I had a blast with her family.

I especially loved getting lost in the woods in Alabama and piling into her dad’s truck after we got her sister’s truck stuck in the sand.

Here are Suzie on the right and me on the left getting my dad to take our photo on the porch before the reunion.

One of the coolest parts of the weekend was that by sheer luck it was scuppernong season. Scuppernongs, or muscadines, are these southern grapes that are amazing. I grew up eating these and haven’t had them in at least ten years. So, when my dad suggested that we go to a pick-your-own farm near the house I did a happy dance. My grandmother, who is a bigger fan of the grapes than I, my dad and I all went to pick and here are some of my favorite photos from the trip.

I love homemade signs.

Scuppernongs on the vine.

My grandmother picking the scuppernongs.

There are two different colors of the grapes. The purple ones are slightly sweeter, but I like the golden the best.

My dad picking the grapes.

My dad picked a lot of grapes. I think his eyes were bigger than his stomach.

I had fun in Florida, but remember not to drive there during hurricane season. I got stuck there for a couple more days than I planned because I had to wait for Hurricane Gustav to pass so I could go home on I-10.

Wendi