are we on vacation again?

So, this time around I didn't have to be involved, but we did pack a bag and fly for hours and make it to my niece's wedding.  She lives near Dallas, TX and on Delta it takes about 6 hours to get there.  We made it though... that's always the important part.  It was a great day of seeing some family (my sister, 2 nieces and a lot of great nieces and nephews and even a great-great niece and nephew.) All in all, it was a good day!  I met my sister's first husband for the first time since I was a toddler... no I didn't remember him.  Most of the younger kids I never met before.  There are a lot of kids. It was a good day

Yesterday we went on a mini speed boat tour of Boston harbor.  It was a lot of fun.  The tour starts at the dock to the right of the New England Aquarium.  They were two person speed boats and we followed a tour guide around.  We had two way radios in the boat and that was how the tour guide communicated with us.  After the tour of the inner harbor, we went past the "no wake" zone and got to open up the little boats.  It was a lot of fun!  It's hard to see out the front if you are like me and a bit vertically challenged, but thanks to my niece who became my eyes, we managed to not hit anything.  That was one of my goals, the other being "don't fall out."  It was really a lot of fun and despite the bruises and my aching butt today, I would do it again.  Maybe next time I'll bring a cushion!

We spent Monday at SeaWorld in Orlando.  It was HOT HOT HOT!  I don't think that kind of weather is for me.  My guess is that the people who live in Florida aren't crazy enough to go to an amusement park on a day when the "feels like" temperature is about 100... YUCK!  We did find one very cool or cold spot.  The new Antarctica ride ends in a room that is 32 degrees Yikes!  Now, on a normal day that is cold, but after standing in the sun and heat and practically melting for over an hour, it is now DAMN COLD!  The penguins were cute, especially the fuzzy baby one. That's one big baby! We had a lot of fun at the Shamu show, again it was too hot.  I can't wait to go back in the fall. 

Today one of my brothers turned 50.  That puts us at one in his 70's, two in their 60's, one in his 50's and me still in my 40's.  Boy are we getting old!  We spent the day at Universal, and we got to see our nephew again.... 21 This growing old doesn't seem to slow down at all.  Universal was fun and we went on the new transformer ride.  We stood in line twice, the ride was broken the first time and after waiting about 45 minutes we left.  We went on the mummy, and that broke too.  Oh, and we went on ET and that broke down too... Were we just having a bad day?  The second time in line we waited about 90 minutes.  It was a good ride, but not worth all that time!