Food, glorious food- Tallahassee

From Crystal River we made our way up to Tallahassee to visit Karen's Uncle Dudley, his daughter Jan and Jan's husband Hal. We met them at  Dudley's favourite restaurant Georgio's. We ate and drank and caught up with Jan and Hal as Karen hadn't seen them in over 15 years. The next morning Tim played 9 holes on a tough par 3 course across the street from the RV park and we met Dudley, Jan and Hal again for lunch at one of Hal's restaurants - Sonny's Real Pit BBQ. We ate like kings- ribs, chicken, brisket, fried okra, corn fritters, hot dogs, corn on the cob, coleslaw, etc. A fantastic meal. That afternoon, Jan and Dudley took us to Wakulla Springs. A state park not far from where they love in Crawfordville. We decided to go for a swim in the busy spring bustling with families, all of us except Dudley and Jan (she doesn't swim where alligators are). The water was freezing but on a hot day everyone was jumping off the swimming platforms into the icy water. Karen noticed the lifeguard had left the roped off swimming area in his little boat to shoo away an alligator that had come too close!  For some reason they never cross the rope? 

Jan and G after ce ream

After drying off and an ice cream cone, we headed back to Jan and Hal's beautiful house right on the Wakulla River just down from the Springs. We were greeted by Jan's 6 pedigree dogs- a mix of miniature schnauzers and miniature long-haired  dachshunds.  Jan used to professionally breed and show schnauzers.  After that we met Hal at one of Jan's favourite restaurants where we dined on onion rings, crab cakes, shrimp and grits stuffed tomatoes, even though we still felt full from lunch and ice cream! 

Uncle Dudley, K and G at one of our many meals out.

Unfortunately, having missed her afternoon nap, G had a meltdown in the restaurant. Tim pulled out the trusty iPad but when he failed to turn it on due to technical difficulties, Gg went ballistic. Dad spent most of the meal outside trying to calm her down. It makes me wonder if we rely on the screen too much. All in all, 3 wonderful meals out and lots of time to catch up with Karen's family. Next time we'd like to visit Janet and Hal in Montana where they've built a log home.

Having fun with Jan and Hal