We awoke Day 5 in Florida to a beautiful day! The weather was just wonderful while we were here this year. Our day was filled with walks on the beach, playing at the beach and surfboards, dogs and horseshoe crabs.
Florida – Day 4, Crabs and Sea Stars
We are having so much fun in Florida! It is just the vacation that we need after a fun but long winter. Today we found more fun crabs and beautiful sea stars on the sand bar.
Florida Day 3 – Osprey, Shark, & Lightening Whelks
Day 3 arrived with a beautiful morning! We love camping here at the beach! This community is so much fun and our children love to greet people as they are walking by. They just step out the door in the morning and have lots of sand to play with and dig in until breakfast is served. As we eat breakfast we are wondering what wonderful things we will discover on our walk this morning on the beach. Every day is different and it is exciting to see what has washed up the night before onto the sand. Today we found lots of lightning whelks, saw two osprey fightning in the air over a fish and watched a shark fisherman catch a shark.
Florida Day 2 – Stingrays, Egrets, Pelicans & Sunscreen
Day 2 in Florida we woke up and got ready for our day, which entails putting sunscreen on everyone!
The first time we came to Florida we went on a walk in the morning on the beach the first day without sunscreen. We stayed out too long as the sun rose higher and higher, and then by the time we got back to our camp the children were already covered in sand making it so hard to put on the sunscreen. We all got so burned the first day of our trip that year.
We Drank Our Orange Juice and Headed for the Beach
Day 1 - Florida 2018
There is something so fun about the long drive to the Florida and going to get your free fresh squeezed orange juice at the Florida Welcome Center. Kind of like the "free water" at Wall Drug in South Dakota. These are the fun things to look forward to on a long road trip.
Headed To Florida 2018
Our children were up early the day we left and were so excited to ride in the RV. We drove to Tennessee, to a small town just north of Nashville, went to a fun park to eat dinner and run and climb and get some energy out, and then slept in a Walmart parking lot that night.
Camping In The Snow With Children
We received our first big snow in several years. School was cancelled the night before because of the impending snow forcast saying this was going to be a big snow. By the end of three storms we had 13 inches or more on the ground. My three boys had wanted to make a snow quinzee (aka igloo, “snow tent”) for some time but weren’t getting enough snow. I had made several quinzees pre children and even post but it was the years my boys couldn’t help. This year what ever reason my boys decided let’s build a snow quinzee. I have slept in the snow numerous times but never in a snow quinzee.