Back from Florida

My husband and I went to Florida to visit his parents this past weekend. We had a great time even if it was short. We left Saturday afternoon at 1:00pm and arrived in West Palm Beach around 4:30pm. We picked up our rental car and arrived in Vero Beach at 6:30pm. I watched as we drive to see if there was still visible some damage from the two hurricanes that visited Grandma last year. Along the side of the highway there we some trees broken in half, others trees that were leaning and other signs that a storm had visited them. We had a light meal with his parents and then they took us to the Holiday Inn, on the Beach, where we would be staying. The water was rough and you could tell that the Hurricane further north was affecting the tides.
We awoke the next morning to take in a beautiful sunrise over the ocean. We had breakfast at a little place on Jaycee Beach and walked the beach. We noticed that there were Condo's along the beach that were still damaged and not yet repaired from last years storm. All in all the town looked great, but there were signs off the past hurricanes. Around noon we went over to Grandma's and had a relaxing lunch of baked salmon, rice and "Granny Salad". My entire family LOVES Granny's salad. I am still trying to prefect it. I watch Grandma Stern make her mothers speciality and took mental notes of how it is done. Her newest thing is to use Kosher Salt. You must know that I bought a box yesterday when I went grocery shopping. We talked till we were blue in the face. The "men" ventured off into the TV room to watch baseball while Grandma and I talked about "women's things". She sent me home with a Sterling Silver fork and spoon, with her name on it, for our grandchildren. What a treasure. Later in the day we feasted on fresh baked apple pie and ice cream. Around 6:00pm., I could tell that they were getting tired , so we excused ourselves and headed off to the Hotel. We decided to take a drive before bed. Let me tell you that Vero Beach closed down at 9:00pm. Every store and fast food place closed down for the night. I suppose I am used to Houston and all of it's late hours. At 3:00am. Monday morning we were up, showered, dressed and out the door. We arrived back at West Palm Beach and turned in our rental car by 5:10am. We were home in Houston by 8:30am. and in our front door by 9:30am. I was woren out from our whirl wind trip and slept most of the afternoon. My husband had calls waiting for him and he went straight to work.

I'm so glad that we can take quick trips like this every once in a while. The house was still standing and the world still spinning. Glad to be back.