Sally's Scribbles

Today was supposed to be thunderstormy, so we decided to not go to the Everglades. We were a little concerned how the kids would handle the 3 hr car ride, so the weather made the final decision. When we woke up, it had stopped raining, and was just cloudy (and warm). So we decided to spend the day traveling the 20 mile long barrier island we are on.

We first went down to a bird sanctuary, and saw a bunch of different kind of birds that they are rehabilitating. They had a bunch of pelicans out by the shore, so we sat and took pictures of them - Alysa walked very close to one and took its picture. I was afraid it was going to fly off and scare her, but he didn't.

Then we drove all along the island, it was very pretty. Lots of little beachy towns, a couple of them very touristy and busy. Then we crossed a couple of bridges and went to an old Fort, that has been here since the time of the Spaniards. That was fun and pretty. It was very very windy out, and it was spitting rain a little bit, but by the time we left, it was decent weather. We drove back up and went out to lunch, and then we headed north to a little scottish town. Along the way, we missed a turn, so we took the backroads for a ways, and ended up driving thru a ritzy ritzy town. Huge, gorgeous houses. We were later told that Tom Cruise, John Travolta, and Hulk Hogan live in some of those houses.

So we finally made it to the scottish town. We walked along the trails for a bit, and walked around the cute downtown. The kids enjoyed that. Then we drove over to Honeymoon Island - was highly recommended in a bunch of tourist things I read. But we had to pay to get in, and it was only a couple hours until sunset and we weren't planning on staying long, so we turned around. After we crossed one bridge, we saw several people fishing, and then we saw the pelicans eating. So we pulled over at a little roadside beach and had fun watching the pelicans dive for food.

Then we drove back home, and we watched an incredible sunset as we drove....We found a public beach minutes before the sun set, so we were able to stop and watch it set. Then we drove the last couple of miles to our cottage and went and hung out on the beach for awhile. I was taking Brennen and Alysa's picture, when we realized Aiden was gone. Thankfully I saw him running, quite a ways down the beach. When he realized I was chasing him, he kept running and was laughing by the time I caught up with him. *sigh*

All in all, it was a good day and the kids had fun and didn't fight or whine LOL.