Virginia Beach

To the beach!!! On the way there we stopped at a servo so i could pee. But i did pick up the greatest invention on earth! A 40oz of Malt Liquor!! This thing was HUGE and it cost less then Casie's 400ml bottle of water! I think it was about $1.45!!!!So it was kinda raining the the afternoon we got there so the beach didn't look all that inviting. The next morning it was defiantly pretty out so we hired some bikes and rode along the board walk that runs just behind the beach. Its about 3 miles long and for that distance there is nearly every hotel in the area along it. On the street that runs parallel to the beach behind the hotels is much the same shops on every block. Each block had a Sunsations(general beach needs) and a subway. Reminded me of the main strip in Honolulu except colder. They did how ever have a really big Neptune statue on the boardwalk that was pretty cool. None of us swam in the ocean as it was a bit too cool and have just been in Key West wasn't as nice. There was plenty of military planes flying up and down including many fighter jets that make plenty of noise! O yeah we also had some really nice sushi there to!

Charlotte

Roll on Charlotte. Well we didn't really see much of it because we went to Carrowinds!!! Its was the theme park the people at the gun store told us to go to and we are glad we did! They were right about no lines! Except for one ride that had a half hour line for some reason, all the other rides we just basically walked onto! The best by far was this rikedy old wooden coaster called the Hurler! You we really scared for your life as this old wooden thing rattled you into oblivion and left the tracks as it went over the woops! No loops but really really scary!

Atlanta

Sorry for the delay in the postings, I'm sharing Internet at the mo. So Atlanta Georgia, i think we had 2 nights there, we were meant to have 3 but speaking to the local gun nuts in Savannah they told us to go to carrowinds instead of six flags. It turned out to be the right decision, but more on that later. Our first day we headed into town via the train as the road was packed!!! the train was quite like the one in Washington DC in the way it was made(tunnels etc). We headed to the park they built for the Olympics. At the end of the park was the Coke experience. Basically a huge advert for Coke. They give you the fun down of the history of Coke bla bla bla. Was pretty cool seeing all thhe old coke stuff but the coolest thing by far was the coke bear!!! It was basically a person in a suite but the anamatronic suite was sooo cool. Dean posted it up on you tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlGA18TWz3I

Day 2 we headed up to the national park near by called Stone Mountain. Its apparently the largest exposed single piece of granite on the planet or maybe North America. Either way it was big. But on the side of this thing was a carving of some civil war people on horses, i think one was general E Lee. We took a lenghy stroll to the top of this thing which was a nice hike. The power lines towards the bottom were covered in chewing gum! But the worst thing about it was that some of the gum up really high was quite fresh! meaning that some people had to climb up the poles to put the gum on!

Savannah

Next stop Savannah! This was one beautiful town! The old part at least. The historic part of the town dates to the early colony days of the US. There are some really impressive buildings that are nearly 150 years old! The first night there we booked into a dinner cruise on a river boat. Unfortunately the boat wasn't a paddle steamer. The food was a buffet and quite delish! The entertainment was some very cheesy stuff, but defiantly got a few laughs! We met a nice couple that even invited us to there place in Virginia Beach, but I don't think we will take them up on the offer.

Me and the 500 Magnum

Me and the Kriss

The next morning was spent on a walking tour in the historical part of downtown walking through the various square learning about the people that have monument/memorials in the square. There was a nice atmosphere as there is a University SCAD that is an arts uni, they own 70 buildings in the area so the whole area is a big spread out campus with students going to and from class. We had lunch in a tea house and all had some nice teas and salads.
Casie and the HK MP5

That arvo Neil stayed in town while the rest of us headed to a gun shop so we could shoot some guns!!!! We went to the first shop and were surprised at the large amount of assault rifles and sub machine guns for sale. We had to travel to there other store 45 mins away but when we got there the guns were awesome. I was all excited and told them I wanted to shoot everything! They gave us an arsenal and plenty of ammo and after a brief few seconds of "training" they were like have fun! So I got to shoot a HK MP5 a Thompson AKA a tommy gun that we got to shoot fully auto from the hip! Kriss 45 cal sub machine gun that was very loud! An M4 that was chambered down to 9mm, FN P90 that was awesome! Then a fully auto glock!!! you can't even buy them! and a 500 magnum revolver! All of the guns we were aloud to go fully auto with! Most of my rounds from the glock ended up in the ceiling!!! It was defiantly good fun!

Here is me and the auto glock

Miami

Hi all from Miami home of sunshine and really expensive cars. In our few days there we saw modified Bentley's, porches, Ferrari's and everything in between. Our first morning we went on a bike tour to look at all the art deco that Miami has to offer. Our guide Ricky showed us round at all the buildings with the corner windows, racing stripes, porthole windows and then balconies, these things typify the Miami art deco. While we were riding he was having a good perve at all the hotties that exist in Miami. We headed to a Jewish Holocaust memorial and the botanical gardens. The main shopping and cafe strip in Miami Beach Lincon Street. After our ride we spent the rest of the day lounging on the beach and playing in the tiny tiny waves.
Our next morning we headed up to the botanical gardens as it was closed during our ride the day before. Then some sushi for lunch and some more lounging on the beach. We did want to ride some jet skis again so we headed to the marina to go hire some but we were told by the guy that they were $189 per hour plus a $500 security deposit! Our 2 hour jet ski tour in Key West was only $150! So the rest of the day was spent sunning it up on the beach.
Here is Calli enjoying our bike tour

Key West

To Key West. Playground of the rich and famous! Private yachts with helicopters taking off from the back of them to semi celebrates. Our first night we went to a happy hour for some $3 super margaritas!! then to a spot to catch the sunset where we saw "can you duet's" winners from last year. And then started talking to some Amercians who one of which was last years country idol runner up Gabe Garcia!!! And he was a sparky building switch yards b4 Idol so there's hope for my singing career yet :P We then did a ghost tour which wasn't all that scary but there was a doll that was freaky!!!

The next morning we headed of to do a 26 mile jet ski tour round the island! It was soo much fun! We even saw some dolphins. Casie got some sun burnt legs on it though. But it was defiantly a blast! We headed back to the house to chill out because we had a wine tasting sailing tour that evening.. We boarded our 65ft sailing yacht and set sail. I got to help the female deck hands hoist the main sail, which I thought was pretty cool. Then looking towards the rear of the boat I see Nate at the helm! Then I got to have a go for about 10 minuets and even got to tack! It was defiantly an experience I shall never forget! It was a great day all round.

Florida City/Everglades

To the Everglades! We stopped down in Florida City to see Everglades national park. On the way is a fruit stand Robert Is Here. They do a variety of fresh fruit milkshakes all of them quite delicious. Into the park we headed stopping off at at trail to get a guide tour by one of the rangers. Being the dry season the water was quite low so most of the gators were grouped together, which for us was fantastic! There was quite a lot of wild life on display from a few types of turtles birds and vultures to fish and gators. After the tour we went further down the park to the coast. There was quite a lot of wind so we were only aloud to canoe up a channel past a salt water croc! unfortunately that was the only cool wild life we saw along the way :(

Orlando

Next stop Orlando!! Home to theme parks.... Our holiday house was nice except Calli found a suspectios stain on her sheets :(. Our first day was spent at Universal Studios and then across to the park adjoining it. Universal studios was Petty cool but most of the rides were just simulators or 4D movies. The Simpson's ride was pretty cool though, Was a cross between omni and a simulator of a roller coaster. The park next to it was called Adventure Island I think, it had the Hulk roller coaster which I rode a total of 6 times and also the Dueling Dragons which was a 2 coasters that wove in and out of each other! defiantly worth the extra wait to get on the front row, I think I rode each one 3 or 4 times each! Then there was the good ol log rides and a rapid ride. Each of them we ended up very very wet!!!

The next day we headed to Sea World. Rode the log ride there and Nate and I Sat at the front and got drowned! We then headed to the Kracken! Neil and I waited to go up front and it was worth it except for the fact that i lost my sunnies out of my pocket :( O well I have some new shinny ones now. Went and saw shamooooooo do her thing and again I was up front with Nate in the SOAK ZONE, needles to say we got soaked!

Straight after that we headed over to the water park next door Aquatica. It was a strange combination of Australian and New Zealand themes. The result was quite hilarious with all the announcements over the loud speakers. The coolest thing there by far was a "river" which was basically a loop pool taking some corners. You strapped on a life vest and just kept on floating round and around.