Where in the World were Emily and Rory?

It was warm! It was humid! There were alligators! Florida! We went first to see Rory's grandma in Tampa. We stayed with his aunt Jane, uncle Sam, and cousin Charlie. We got to go to a Tampa Bay Rays vs. L.A. Angels Baseball game with Rory's dad. 

 We went to Tarpon Springs where everyone is Greek. It's famous for its sponge diving and soap making. We had some really delicious Greek food and I got sunburned.

We also got to go to the beach and got even more sunburned!

Rory found a neat conch shell that looked like it only had leaves and rocks in it. Then the leaves and rocks moved and crazy little alien eyes came out. The shell was still occupied! We showed everyone and then let it go back into the ocean where it happily swam away.

While staying with Rory's relatives we got to sleep with rats! Three of them! I actually kind of liked them. They were very friendly but didn't like to go to bed when we did.

We went to Busch Gardens too. The Florida Busch Gardens is an amusement park/zoo. One of the attractions is a train ride safari.

Rory and his Grandma on the train.

This was my favorite ride. It took you up up up and then dangled you for a little before dropping straight down. I tell you what, wow!

The last few days of our vacation we went and stayed with my auntie Sara and uncle Jake and cousin Ruby Roo. They took us to a spiffy swimming hole where we had tons of fun but no camera. We also went gater spotting. Along with a few gaters we saw a mama turtle. She was funny looking.

They also took us orange picking. We had fresh squeezed orange juice every day and the most delicious fresh grapefruit ever!

After we got home I realized I didn't actually take any pictures of Sara and Jake and only got one blurry one of Ruby. We were having too much fun I guess. Thank you so much for letting us stay and pester you!!!