This years summer vacation takes us Panama City Beach, Florida. It is approximately 1,350 miles from Hudson and 24 hours, if we didn't stop. We made it in about 30 hours, stopping to sleep for about 4 hours some place in Alabama. Our family LOVES road trips. Half of the excitement is packing the car and getting our "activities" ready. Thankful for these inseparable days.... Here we go!
We arrived at our condo with lots of energy and ready to go swimming and play in the ocean. But not before we head to the balcony to check out of view. I would have like to spend more than a half of a second to take it all in but before I could realize it, the kids had their suits on and were ready to go.
Our view for 8 nights!
How could I make these cute faces any longer?!
We spent the next 8 days and 8 nights doing as much as we could yet doing as little as we could, does that make sense? We spent time on our boat adventuring around the bays looking for dolphins and sea life. We fished but didn't have much luck and/or patience. The kids had their first snorkeling lesson, given to them by Dad. We went on an airboat looking for alligators, went to Gulf World Marine Park (which was awesome), saw a movie (Despicable Me Two) on a rainy day and saw a magic show on our last night! The in between times we spent together swimming at the pools, playing in the ocean, building sand castles, playing charades in the hot tub, making up games, playing cribbage etc. It is these times I treasure most. How lucky we are to get that time together, uninterrupted time as a family.
We were already planning our next summer's road trip on the way home from this trip. It is something we look forward to each year. Our plan is summer of 2014- Colorado! We are heading out West!
Until then we will cherish these memories we made. I love my family.
~ It's My Life
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