February 02, 2009

St. Augestine, FL




Saturday was an adventurous day. My parents and I headed out to my cousins house for a nice day together. Our cousins lived on Redington Beach, but we did not go on the sand and in the water thanks to the freezing 60 or so degrees weather. After visiting for a moment we went out and ate lunch.
After the fabulous lunch we headed down to the Military Museum, one of the best i have ever been to. It was filled with real trucks, tanks, jeeps, RPG's, guns, bombs, and much much more!!!
After the EXITING museum we went to the not so exiting Holocaust museum. I did like learning more about what happened during that time of world trouble but there were no artifacts. I am like a kid, without the real things left over from the holocaust it is just boring. To end the museum there was an original train cart that held over 160 passengers, now that was cool and it ended the tour very well.
(TOP)the entrance to the museum...cool!!
(BOTTOM) A real tank...can you just imagine if that was on...and loaded...against your AK-47

























This is a 100% authentic uniform of Suddam Hussein. It is the only uniform that is based in America and well.....i would rather burn it but hey we have to remember our kids!!!




















Me with my only friend Ryan. haha yes i know we do use the same facial expressions for pictures:)....(his whole body is seen in the first picture)



We stopped going to museums and decided to go to a mall....sitting on a dock. Walking up the dock we saw 2 beautiful dolphins swimming together. They were not there for long but whenever i get a chance to see them i get so exited cause dolphins are the greatest ocean animal ever!! i have been great full to have a couple experiences with dolphins before:)
When we got to the front of the mall we walked right through a pelican feeding station...BAD IDEA!!! The pelicans waited until we were in reaching distance until they took off....RIGHT IN OUR FACES!! If you have not seen a pelican before than ill just fill you in.....

Wingspan of a pelican..around 6 1/2 feet
The pouch on the beak can hold 17 pints of water...i don't know how big that is but it is probably about the size of my head!!!
height..4 feet high





As you can see you would be scared when these wings are about to smack your face...kinda like i was.
Anyway after that experience we went into a couple shops. In one the nice store clerk talked to me about the different items in the store. After using a different sales pitch for about 6 items he gave up...right before i left he pointed me in the direction to a real?? meteorite. The rock was average size but was very deceiving. He asked me to lift it and when i tried nothing happened!! I realized that meteorites are triple the weight of a normal rock in the same amount of space!! amazing:)
so than we went to dinner with all the super bowl maniacs and had a blast. BTW the whole city was filled with Steelers fans the whole day and there were parties glore:) some big some small. THANKS FOR COMMENTING!!!!

5 comments:

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It;s just your boring mom commenting, but nice blog sean! Since you haven't, I will alert your brothers and sisters about the existence of your blog, thus displaying your many computer skills.

Kimberly said...

Yes, great blog. Thanks for sharing your fun, educational filled day! It's always neat to go to a new place and visit some fun places. That's great you were able to see your cousins!

You are missed here!

Anonymous said...

Sean, guess what? I blinked and it still isn't over. Just kidding, nice blog, I will add it to mine.

Nielson said...

Sean, I bet you screamed like a girl (or Michael Jackson) when the pelicans took off :).. Bridger is mesmerized by your football background and Kennedy was dancing to your "miami" song. Nice blog--oh, and the best way to get comments is to comment on other people's blogs! :)

Brinkley said...

Sounds like a pretty exciting day!!! I think i would freak over the pelicans.....and the holocaust museum....and the big army tank...scary stuff!!! Oh and the steelers fans as well!!! hahaha AZ should have won:)