Anniversary in Savannah

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil...so I read the book, and we had to take that trip to Savannah.  Very beautiful city, and we toured much of it.  River Street Sweets, Juliet Gordon Low house, all the sights from the Good and Evil tour...and even a late night ghost tour.  I think this was for our 2nd year anniversary, but may have the dates a little off.  We did visit Paula Dean's restaurant, and memorized the maccaroni and cheese recipe from her cookbook...shhhhh, don't tell her.  Cleary's café was made famous in the book as the restaurant where one of the characters often told everyone in their that he was going to poison the city's water system.  So we later toured the local cemetery, weird, but it seems to be normal around there, and out to tybee island before heading home to Dothan.  Oh and our hotel had windows that you would climb out onto the balcony from...something about an ordinance charging hotels by the number of doors, so they just changed them to windows.  ...and man, I look chunky in these pictures.   Right?

 

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Wow, not a care in the world.  College days flying off to San Juan for a Chemical Engineering conference, I knew there was a reason I ran for office in AICHE.  I did have to buy Magan's ticket and I think we stayed one extra night in the hotel, so there was some expense, but not much for these crazy college married kids.  We flew out from Jackson, MS, and stayed the previous night with the Storms (family name...9 kids...crazy big house) in that area. 

 

Don't remember much from this trip, as most memories have slipped on by.  We had a very short walk to the beach from our hotel.  I tried to order McDonalds in spanish, and I think the lady just told me to give it up.  "Tomo un numero uno y un cherry pieyo".  Me and Magan roomed with Transito and Marcia (Storm...#3 of 9).  Don't remember a thing about the conference, but it was great getting to visit old San Juan.  We also skipped the Bacardi factory tour for the El Youngue rainforest, which was OK. 

 

The Pool at the hotel was pretty great, and had fun with friends from college.  And...I am 100% positive I did not take the picture of the long blonde haired, bare chested Frisbee guy.  I don't remember his name right now, but he was super cool...back to the picture...that was not me...so surely it was not..."Magan, Magan, do you remember taking this picture".  Just a small giggle from her at her computer when she is confronted with this 15 years later.  Hmmm....  Anyway, a fun trip.  Lots of virgin pina colodas, and fried bananas seem to make the memory bucket. 

 



 

The Ride

"Do you want a Countdown?"  "What are they going to do honey?"  "Three...Two...ARRRRGGHHHH"...and thus began a video still available on youtube courtesy of my good bud Rod Cude. 

 

Magan and I were on our honeymoon, and decided to try this reverse bungee while down in Gulf Shores.  Magan was adjusting something from her hair and ended up jabbing it into her finger when we were shot into the air.  Haha, this is one of those memories that has completely left my brain, but glad we captured photographic and video evidence that Magan and I once were crazy...then we became a serious couple with 4 kids within 8 years....ARRRRRGHHHHHH....Magan watch out!  We are still in that bungee together...bouncing thru life...screaming...terrified...but after awhile...wait for it...smiling and laughing with each other.  

 

 

Christmas 1999