The Crazy Month!

Hold on to your hats, I've got a lot of blogging to catch up on! I know most of you have seen at least a few pictures from our month of travels, but this is sort of my way of 'scrapbooking' things. I often refer back to the blog when I do actually get around to working on our books, for proper dates and small details that get lost in the back of my mind. So after the weekend of Mid-Atlantic History we spent a week in Ft. Lauderdale, where Aaron had some training for work. We spent a lot of time on the beach, of course, but we also took a trip through the Everglades, visited some state parks, learned about new animals and plants, and did some sightseeing among the mansions of the "Venice of the U.S." A cute nickname for Ft. Lauderdale, but we really did enjoy all the intracoastal waterways.

 Ready for the beach.

 State park on the coast, pretty drive and a cool tunnel to walk under the road out to the shore.

 Walking trails, that would have been cool except for all the very large spiders in the trees.

 So impressed to get to tide up front at 5 mph through the park.

 Sea grapes, apparently when ripe they taste like muscadines?

 Shell collector extraordinaire!

 Playing tag with the waves.

 More lessons in science, a washed up jellyfish.

 Baby footprints are too sweet!

 You can see the sunscreen streaks, but at least I got it on him.

 Levi finally just lay down and let the waves wash over him.

 Can you tell what the boys are headed for?

 Wild Iguana!

A couple seconds after this shot Isaiah lost his lunch, with this expression I should have seen it coming. Maybe a bit too much sun?

 Levi got into that relaxed beach groove.

After the iguana I no longer minded that these guys were running around....ALL over the place.

St. Augustine

After a gray morning and lunch in Savanah we drove south to St. Augustine. Another beautiful, historic city.  I want to go back when we have more time to see the sights.  We made a quick trip through some of the old city and the fort. Amazing to think it's been standing for centuries, through wars, and yet if stands!  This was the first the boys saw of the Atlantic Ocean. They loved it!  Isaiah was just in awe. The tide was coming in and the waves were pretty big, one took all three kids down.  They all came up smiling, but Isaiah had been wary of the water since. Also at the forty there were costumed guides, one of whom serenaded the kids with fife music.

The Pirate's House

Aaron has school this week in Fort Lauderdale, so we turned our weekend into a mini vacation. We rolled into Savanah late Friday night, but we were up early, ready for adventure. We spent the morning on River Street, rode the ferry across the river and back, and had lunch at the famous Pirates House.  Oh and on the way we listened to an audio book about ....pirates, of course!