First weekend in Florida

I flew into Tampa on Thursday night after circling over the Gulf for 20 minutes due to the airport being temporarily shut down because of the massive thunder showers happening all over the Tampa area. I spent the next day getting a drug test and doing paperwork and then I was free for the weekend. I spent the weekend in Jacksonville with Sarah having fun and reminiscing about all the crazy things we did at Cottey.

They look like slugs

 We ate boiled peanuts that we bought from some guy on the side of the road. They were actually super good better than I thought. And stopped at Sarah's Grandpa's house for lunch, it was super awesome to see him and his wife again! After napping we went bowling and had an exciting bright pink bowling ball.

 And then Sarah and I got kind of sad that even our combined score couldn't beat Daniel her roommate.

I got to watch my first ever Florida Gators game. It's a bit blurry but that's how I see football. Blurry and not something exciting to watch.

I guess they won 41 to 10 or something like that. Daniel was happy. Sarah and I were happy because we had this. Captain Jack's Nutty Brother. Chocolatey, Peanut Buttery, Ice Creamy deliciousness.

Sunday we spent a few hours at the beach. This was the second time I've experienced the Atlantic Ocean but the first time I've ever swam in the ocean. It was so warm! Kind of gross though since it was hot out as well. Getting in the water didn't really feel like I was cooling off.

Yup that's right I'm just hanging out in the ocean and it's warm!

Jacksonville was fun! I look forward to going back now that I only live 3 hours from Sarah!

Fun facts about Florida

Since I have become a Floridian I thought I would share some facts about my new state.

• In 1513, Ponce de Leon land in Florida and names it La Florida ("Flowery Land") (I haven't actually seen any flowers yet)
• Florida became the 27th state on March 3, 1845
• It's nicknamed the "Sunshine State" (So far there has just been a lot of rain, it's still hurricane season so we're still in the rainy season) 
• Florida produces about 75% of the U.S. oranges and accounts for about 40% of the world's orangejuce supply. 

 

Not the tallest tree

• Highest natural point is 345 feet near Lakewood in Walton County (to put that in some perspective, the tallest tree in the world is a Coast Redwood at approximately 379 feet, this tree is taller than the highest point in Florida. Poor Florida, you just can't compete). 
• Florida is the 4th largest state with almost 19 million residents.
• The Florida population of over 65 in 2003 was 2,897,383, 17%  of the total population.
• As of 2009 there were believed to be about 1.3 million wild alligators in Florida.

I sadly can't give you any fun facts about where I am living because so far I haven't been able to find any. So here's what I do know.

Lecanto where I'm actually living is a suburb of Beverly Hills, FL and has a population of 5,161.

I am working in Floral City with a population of 4,989. 

Inverness, FL is the county seat of Citrus County and has a population of 7,210 (Fun Fact: Inverness has approximately 42 churches, welcome to the Bible Belt!)