Wow. We took a lot of pictures.
Enjoy!
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We’re home.
Safe and sound.
Very tired.
Unpacked.
Picked up dogs (thanks, SuperT!)
Dropped dogs at home.
Picked up child #2 in K-town.
Picked up child #1 at friends (thanks, guys!)
Ate dinner.
Came home again.
Now it’s 10pm. Eastern (gotta get used to that again)
We’re settling in. In our bed. In our house.
It was an awesome trip. Highlights and pics to come soon. We’ve got some great stories that we can’t to share… just not tonight….soon tho, very soon.
Night, people.
Driving, driving, driving…
We’re on the Dallas route to home. Didn’t get to see friend L in Dallas, cuz she was @ a baby shower and left her phone in the car…sucks, but ill see her next time i’m in her neck of the woods We waved at her exit. hee. Miss u, L.
We plan on stopping soon. So we can eat n enjoy some tv and beer. It’s the last night of our great adventure. It’s been so great.
We’ll have more for u later. I’m using the cellphones for maps n internetting. My phone is already dead for the day. Jake’s phone will make it to our stopping point. But, I better not push it… Bye till later…
Slept till 10…eggs benedict n mimosas for breakfast..bought some new hats…rode a bicycle taxi down to to festival (walked enuff yesterday)… currently enjoying music and trying to stay hydrated…texas heat, baby… woot! lots of day left. we’re having fun.
On our way to Austin this morning. It was so great to visit with my aunt. she’s awesome. Friendswood had hurricane ike. It’s a mess…got some pics. Her house wasn’t hurt, just her fence. Got lucky.
oh… and my baby brother’s baby decided she wants to be delivered today. J’s water broke at 430 am…and she’s already pushing..as of last update. wow. AND…. it’s my bro’s birthday today. Happy birthday, C!!!!!!!
stay tuned…
Last night, after work, consisted of cleaning house, packing kids, packing dogs, packing us, feeding cats n hedgehog, dropping off dogs, dropping off Wildcat, grocery store snack run, dinner, dropping off Dragon…. a couple of drinks with friends, home… bed. We were on the road @ 6:03am this morning. Picked up James n hit the highway. We have 1000 miles to go today. As of now, we’ve gone 270… with a couple of breaks. It’s good tho. It’s a beautiful day. We’re all coffeed-up. Cd’s playing. Music n friends make for a great drive.
OK, we’re back home again. Our beach trip, not counting driving, lasted a mighty 36 hours. Add that to the 16 hours of driving, and it equals the vacational equivalent of going to visit your brother in the Florida state pen.
Not that my brothers there, yet.
This is a pictorial account of my vacation, by me.
As you can see, the youngest really didn’t suffer much of a sunburn. I chalk that up to a lifetime of drinking Oak Ridge water. Its those early years that really add to the mutation.
Here are some real pictures, for those who are into those things and stuff:
So we went and breakfasted at “Hot Stack”, which, as it turns out, had some kickass pancakes. All starched and sugared up, we got it on at the beach. It was freakin sweet. We’re taking a little time out at the hotel currently, counting our sunburns, and taking showers and beers. Bell is looking a bit lobsteresque, the 11 yr old (we haven’t settled on names yet for the kids) has a nice chafe on the side of his leg, the 5 yr old is looking bronzed, and my only problem is that apparently my knees burn before the rest of my body. Go figure.
Oh, and I seem to have lost my room key. Good thing my lovely and talented wife is more responsible.
We’ve spent something like 4 hours at the beach having a high time. Theres a lifeguard with lemon-bleached hair down to his shoulders , driving around sidesaddle on an ATV, and every time he drives be the Lady and I are compelled to sing “Fabulous Lifeguaaaaaaard”…the music would have a boom-chicka somewhere in it.
Guess it makes more sense if you hear it.
We woke up this morning about 180 feet above this.
Pretty freakin’ sweet, huh?
