Spring Break last Day

 We have both made it home. Seth's family is still on break. They are in Florida and will be passing through here in a few days to retrieve Ruby. Not sure if Ruby will be willing to go with them but they are certainly free to try and convince her. We'll see. The pic is our parting shot taken in front of the house in St Augustine. We all enjoyed the trip and the kids are now ready to return to the grindstone of school. Here's hoping.

Spring Break day 3

This is Easter Sunday. The Easter Bunny brought 45 eggs to our rental house. One of them was a Golden Egg. Somehow Lindsay knew this in advance. The kids scrambled around the yard, assisted by Ruby, until all 45 eggs were located. I didn't hear what was in the Golden Egg. Whatever it was probably got consumed immediately. After that excitement we drove 20 minutes to visit Anastasia State Park. The boys went fishing and the girls went to the beach. 3 hours and a bag of frozen shrimp later we got back together. No fish. This is the first time either one of them have gone fishing. They learned how to cast, rig a fishing pole, tie a fishing knot and bait a hook. There was significant frustration involved but inspite of that they still seem to be enthusiastic about it. I just found out there was $20 in the Golden Egg. Austin got that egg. We both head home tomorrow. We hope I 95 is better heading north because it suxed big time coming here. That picture is a 750 piece jigsaw puzzle that Lindsay mostly put together in 2 days. I think I found 3 pieces. Not bad 

Spring Break day 2

Today was our 2 hour Kayak tour of the waters near the fort. I won't get into the fort other than to say it's downtown and pretty impressive. One thing though, as we paddled near the fort a ceremonial color guard fired a cannon. I think that is done several times a day on Saturday. No cannonballs, just gunpowder. Noise and smoke. This was an out and back trip narrated by our 23 year old female guide whose second job is bartending. She was very talkative, well informed and obviously enjoyed her job. On a different subject, did you know that Opossums cannot get rabies? Something about their blood or their body temperature or something. So, next time you get bitten by an opossum don't worry about it. More tomorrow.

Spring Break 2025

We have rented a house near St Augustine Florida. The house is on an island with 5 other houses. There is a pier that juts out into the marsh that gives us access to the water. At low tide it's mud and no water. Today we did some tourist stuff in town. The main event was a tour, led by a convincing prisoner, of the turn of the century county jail. The prison was forced to close in 1954 because it was considered inhumane. It was really, really bad. The 3 dogs are getting along as well as can be expected. Ruby weighs more than Opal & Dash combined so she doesn't put up with any shenanigans. We have a Kayak tour scheduled tomorrow. We'll see how that goes.

Fort Mill HS Senior Prom

We drove up here to participate in the festivities. Some of the picture taking occurred at the Tega Cay golf course. Observing the golfers it was evident that they were somewhat distracted.