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.

Beaufort Twilight Run

Jamie and Lindsay brought their kids to Habersham to participate in the 5K race that supports one of the local schools. Jamie, Connor and Austin ran the race. Things were happening pretty fast and I didn't get a good pic of Austin. Sorry buddy. The boys finished in the top 1/4 of the pack, Jamie not so much. Their time was pretty impressive considering that the 3.1 mile route was the furthest either one of them had ever run. This might become an annual event.

Home in Habersham

I'm a day late posting this. Things get pretty hectic moving back into the house. The big freeze knocked back a few plants but most of Jenny's favorites were in the garage or in the shed and they appear to have faired pretty well. The MP has a few issues that we will need to address but if we didn't that would be weird. Here are some trip stats. 2424 miles. We filled up 11 times and we were forced to pay $3.98 once. We were out 30 days, camped in 5 state parks, 4 commercial camps, 1 National Park and 1 city park. We used nearly 5 gallons of DEF, and I really need a haircut. I was sick when we left and I needed a haircut then but couldn't get one. Jenny likes it but I don't. Davejennyjournal will be off the air for awhile. We really have nothing planned until next summer and we really don't have any plans yet for that trip. We are thinking California. Signing off.