We went to the Bush-N-Vine to pick some fresh peaches. This farm is huge and has all sorts of fruits and veggies for just about every season to pick from.
We are looking forward to go back and pick some apples and other good veggies and fruit. We made a really good peach cobbler with the peaches we picked.
This little guy was able to get his own food
After our Savannah stop we went to Charleston for a couple of days. We found this great water park called Whirling Waters. The county has three different water parks within their parks for you to cool down. We went to the biggest one. It had a Lazy River, Wave Pool, and tons of other stuff. We enjoyed the day in the sun being cooled off by the water fun.
We stopped in Savannah on our way home from Florida. We found Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace right in the center of the historic district. We went in to get a little tour and earn Mia a patch and pin. We were not allowed to take any pictures while in the house since they had several break ins and thefts in the past.
There are puzzles to solve on the way and unique objects to find.
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Our friend Julie sent us a link to http://www.roadsideamerica.com/. For those of you not familiar with it’s an “Online Guide to Offbeat Tourist Attractions”. It has attractions by state but also has some pretty fun oddities. We searched for some of these oddities on our way home. Here are a few of them.
We went back to the Southeastern Guide Dog to take some of the older dogs for a walk to get some exercise.
We decided to take a drive after our puppy hugging so we ended up at the Desoto National Park.
The kids loved this tree and all took turn taking a picture on it. After reading and learning a little about Desoto we took off on one of the hiking trails. Once we finished that up we headed indoors for a movie about Desoto’s Expedition. It was a good way to cool off. The kids enjoyed the park and it was nice that they learned something too.
We went to visit the puppies at the Southeastern Guide Dog facility today. As part of our “Summer of Serving” we planned a few trips to this great place while we are in Florida.
These little guys are only 7 weeks old. There are about 11 total right now that need a little hugging from volunteers.
We will be making a few more visits to play with the other puppies and walk some of the older ones.
We spent another great day at the beach Saturday. My Aunt Yolanda was able to save us a table early that morning. We got up at the crack of dawn and headed out. We reached the beach at 9:00 AM and did not get home until 9:30 PM. Fun filled day in the sun.
Mosi and Asha spent some time on the boogie boards
Then all the kids decided to hang out on shore
Blayke took a little nap, he was having way to much fun.
Then we broke out the watermelon for a snack.We had Mom and Dad, Yolanda and her friend, Kathy and Rachel (from Ocala) and Jr, Aurora with the grandkids join in on the fun.
Off went Blayke to chase away the sea gulls with his sandal (that the Santiago gene in him).
We ended the night with a little child slave labor. It was the kids turn to pull the grownups for a ride. Lizzy pulled Jr. for quite some time.
Friday was a scorcher of a day so we decided to do some indoor activities. We had a late breakfast and headed to the Red barn for some little buys. Nana & Pop had given the kids some money, and it was burning a hole in their pockets.
We spent Thursday at a beach out in Long Boat Key. The kids loved it. Perfect weather with friends and family that came to visit. Here are some pics of all the fun we had.
We had time to kill on Monday afternoon after everyone left Nilda's house and Guy had gone back home to North Carolina so off we went Geocaching with Nilda. Although her kids had been on hunts with us before this was her first time out.
We had a fun filled day with Mimi on the 4th of July even though it rained all weekend.
