George - Mary Ruth - Brandon - Michael -- the Taylors came to visit us in sunny Florida. They picked the hottest week of the year to come to see - Tallahassee - FSU - and the Area.
They flew into Jacksonville from Philadelphia because the airline tickets were only 1/3 the price of flying into Tallahassee. They rented a Toyota van - and drove over an empty I-10 to see us. The boys got first pick and chose to stay in the guest house. The parents stayed in our guest bedroom in the house.
Here are a few things we did - toured Florida State University - toured the Old Capitol Museum - went to the 22nd floor of the New Capitol to see the town - went shopping - went to the movies - rode bike down to the coast on the St Marks Trail - went to Wakulla Springs for the jungle cruise - spent a day on the Panama City Beach swimming in the 88 degree water and getting burnt - swam in our pool - went on walks - toured a few houses - and shared old times together.
They left on Wednesday to drive to St Augustine. There they toured the oldest town in America - saw the Fountain of Youth - and even were lucky enough to see launching of the Space Shuttle. They made it home Thursday.
George and Mary Ruth lived just down the street from us in Tamaqua. He is the editor of a local newspaper - she is a teacher at Tamaqua High. Brandon is a journalism student at Penn State - Michael is a basketball player at THS.
The best part of the visit was just hanging out together - swapping ideas and stories. It is hard to name our best friends - we have so many really good ones - but very few times do a pair of couples having so much in common and both the husbands and wives are good friends too. This is the case here.
Yes - next week we are going to Tamaqua for a wedding - and yes - we will see The Taylors again there - but it was fun showing them our new world here. We hope they come back again and again - next time a visit in the winter would give them a taste of Florida at its best.
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