Highlights of our trip

Ahhh… Home sweet home. It was hard to say good-bye to the summer temps, the beach and the pool, but it’s always great to be back home.

Before we left… back when I could just sit around by the pool updating my blog… I put together these highlights of our trip:

1. Spending the day in Disney World with good friends.

We only had one day at Disney, so we started when the park opened and stayed until it closed. It was a long day, but well worth it when we saw the fireworks over the castle. You know the old saying, “if you’ve seen one fireworks display, you’ve seen them all?”. Well, with all things, that is NOT the case at Disney World!

2. Finding more seashells than we ever imagined. We didn’t have to go searching for seashells because they came to us! I would pull my chair up to the edge of the ocean and watch the shells wash ashore with each wave. I would sort through each new batch of shells looking for unusual ones. The water would carry the other ones away.

When we would dig into the sand to build a sand castle, we found that the beaches here are literally made of sea shells. If you look closely at this photo, you can see that our sand castles are covered in shells.

3. CapableDad was in China on my birthday this year. So, for my belated birthday celebration I asked to watch the sunset on Captiva Beach. Captiva is at the very tip of an island off the coast of Florida. This beach is at the end of the island, and it feels like you are sitting at the edge of the world.

4. On one of our beach excursions, we went to Ft. Myers Beach. The beach was gorgeous with the most perfect sand for building sand castles. When we arrived, I was a little alarmed to see a sign warning visitors to move their feet around in the water to avoid sting rays. The sign said sting rays were most often found between May and October.

Well, it was only the first week of May, so I told the kids we probably didn’t need to worry. The water was as warm as bathwater and the sand underneath was unbelievably soft. It was the perfect environment for sting rays.

We didn’t think we would really see one, but we were feeling wary. Then, my son and I spotted something like a small brown piece of carpet under the water. We made a mad dash to get out of the water. We kept watching and saw the sting ray about 10 more times. It got so close to us that we could see its eyes.

I snapped a ton of photos of it, but didn’t realize my memory card was full. This is the only one where you can see it.

5. Jumping in the pool. First thing in the morning. Right after lunch. Swimming until bedtime. Ahhhh….

And now… it’s time to face reality and put away six suitcases full of clothes!

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