Florida is skinny.
It takes 2 hours to cross the state; it takes 2 days to cross Texas.
Florida is green.
Texas is brown.
Florida is flat.
Texas is too, but Florida is lush and beautiful.
Florida has lots of water -- seas, gulfs, lakes, bays, inlets, waterways, rivers, everglades, etc.
Texas has a few ugly man-made lakes.
Texas is bordered on one side by the Gulf of Mexico.
Florida is too, but surrounded by the beautiful Atlantic Ocean on the other.
I think there might be more yachts in Florida than there are longhorns in Texas.
My skin loves Florida, but my hair hates it.
I was happy when I lived in Las Vegas, until I drove out of the city. When I realized I was living in a desolate desert, I’d ask myself, Why am I living here?
I’m happy enough living in Texas, but when I saw Florida, I asked myself again, Why am I living here?
Sometimes the grass really is greener on the other side.
In Florida we experienced the four theme parks, resorts and Downtown of Walt Disney World, saw Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center, rode airboats through the Everglades and water taxis through city canals, drove the amazing Florida Keys, 25 degrees from the equator, ate alligator and papaya, saw beach after beach, water park after amusement park, and fun thing after fun thing to see and do.
There’s very little to do in Texas.
If we had kids traveling with us, they would have been endlessly entertained just in the car by counting the number of toll booths on the turnpikes, of license plates from all different states, of foreign languages heard and people met from Canada, alligators and egrets, and even by playing the alphabet game since Florida seems adept at getting those hard letters on their license plates.
Alas, I am home again in Texas.
The grass isn’t green, but it’s home.
And I got to cross a few things off my list of Things I Want to See or Do Before I Die.
Maybe you are green with envy.
Maybe someday you will get to go to Florida, where the grass is green.
I certainly hope so. It's a beautiful and fun place to go--that is, when there's not a hurricane.
4 comments:
Sounds so wonderful! It would have been a different trip with kids, but I hope to tag along next time!
So, it is time. Grab your husband, move to Florida, and let Micah and I come visit you! Or maybe we should have our next vacation on land in Florida. Good plan?
P.S. Micah is feeling better today (thank goodness) although, not 100%
I'm so glad you're back! And yes, I am green with envy. It sounds like a wonderful trip! My kids loved the post cards and the pics you posted on the family website. They're especially impressed with Grampa holding that alligator!
You'll have to give me more details on Red Fish Blue Fish. My kids have been reading tons of Seuss lately, including that book, so they want to hear all about the restaurant!
I actually feel like this every time I leave Utah to go visit friends and family in Michigan and Illinois. It's so beautiful there (except for the humidity) that when I return to Utah I always feel like I live in a barren wasteland. That's kind of harsh considering how beautiful Utah can be, but the lush green everywhere in the MidWest is comforting and gorgeous.
I've been to Florida several times and it's a whole other world.
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