Georgia

I finally made it out to Georgia this last weekend to visit Stephen after six weeks without seeing him. I was so excited I could hardly stand it as I was in the air. My flight went really smoothly and I arrived on time. I left the airport to retrieve my rental car only to find the guy who helped me was from Murray, UT. He was very nice and after waiting a few minutes for my car to arrive, since they were still trying to park it, he turned around and asked me how I felt about Mustangs. I looked behind me and there was a brand new 2012 ford mustang and I instantly replied, "I'll take it!" knowing that Stephen would love to drive it as well. With the help of my trusty smartphone navigation I crossed the Florida state border into Georgia and met Stephen at the check-in point at FLETC. The first thing I thought to myself was that he looked SO good! He was waiting for me in the office as I got my visitors ID badge and was all smiles. We drove to his hotel room on base where he introduced me to his friends from his class. We all went out to dinner where one of the girls whisked me away from our table to introduce me to all the other class mates at the back of the restaurant. Everyone was so nice and all I heard from them was, "Its nice to see that Stephen's wife really exists", and "I sit by Stephen in class and boy that kid is a talker", "Stephen is so sarcastic; he's going to get himself into trouble one of these days" Haha, it was a lot of fun to see who Stephen has been spending his time and making friends with.

The next day Stephen and I spent the day driving and touring around the Golden Isles and eating REAL southern barbeque. We went to the sea turtle reserve  and drove around Jekyll Island  and ended up at the beach that afternoon. Then we went to St. Simon's Island to see the lighthouse and walk along the pier as the sun was setting. We ended the day at Sal's Pizza which was, in my opinion, the best pizza I have ever had.

 I found a sand dollar!

A gigantic horseshoe crab. It reminds me of Predator...ewe!

St. Simon's Island lighthouse. It has been shining since 1876 when it was rebuilt.

 Sunset

 We walked into a few shops on our way back to our hotel and walked through this candy shop. Stephen found the world's largest gummy worm. Gummy worms are some of Stephen's favorite candy.

Stephen's birthday was Sunday the 30th so I packed a whole bag just to bring his birthday gifts in. we found some Halloween cinnamon rolls and celebrated his birthday in our hotel room.

We went to Fort King George in Darien, GA--this was the first settlement in Georgia. We had a lot of fun walking around getting eaten alive by the bugs. Stephen warned me about the bugs out there so thankfully he brought his bug spray.

I love the South! Now I know why Becky loved living in South Carolina. I love everything about it--the rich culture, the accents, how down-to-earth the people are, the vegetation, everything! One of the coolest things to see on our outings were the Southern Live oak trees and all the Spanish moss hanging from the branches.

I had an awesome little vacation and, of course, the best part was being with my other half even if it was for only two days. It was way too short and only heightened my longing to be with him again. Christmas can't come soon enough this year until the next time I get to see him.