Washington, DC

Well, we started off great this morning. We left camp by 8am, right on time, which doesn't happen too often. Grace, Justin, and Amy were very excited to get to DC and see Gary. We just had 509 miles to go! Poppa was in the zone and we were doing great, Lola (GPS) told us we would be there by 3:30 or so. About lunch time we stopped at an outlet and Poppa and Gramma went in and got some cigars while Amy, Justin, and Grace ate lunch. We then stopped for gas in North Carolina and Poppa comes back into the RV and asks Gramma to come outside so we knew something was up. Turns out that the front tire had a bubble and was set to blow out at any moment. Poppa got us to a rest stop and called his insurance and they told us they would have a guy out within an hour. It was more like an hour and a half but the changing of the tire was only suppose to take about 20 minutes. Well, that turned into about 6 1/2 hours total wait time in North Carolina. We ended up not getting into DC until almost midnight that night! At least we would have the next day with no driving as we were touring the city.

Charleston, South Carolina

We left the happiest place on Earth to head to Charleston, SC. We visited our old homesteads while we were there. We did some shopping at the Air Force Commissary (Cereal cheaper by $3 a box). Gary flew in to Washington, DC today but Jenn picked him up and will show him around a bit until we get there tomorrow. Of course Amy wants to leave by 4am tomorrow to get to DC at a decent time. Tomorrows drive would be the longest to date so far, 509 miles to get to DC.

Disney World

Sorry, you probably thought we were lost at Disney World. We had a great time and we're hoping to add a slide show of Disney World. Grace was treated like Royalty at the Magic Kingdom. They gave her a birthday button and a first visit button (Justin got one of those too) and they loved to sing to her there. She got free dessert at almost every meal. The longest wait time was about 20 minutes but otherwise we went on rides multiple times. Grace's favorite was Splash mountain. Grace went on Space Mountain for the first time and was a little scared, Gramma and Amy asked if she was OK and she said "NO" but right after she got off she wanted to do it again....and did! I think that was Amy, Gramma, and Justin's favorite ride. Poppa rode Splash Mountain and Thunder Mountain and then took a nap :)

Orlando Florida.....DISNEY WORLD

We made it to Disney World for Grace's birthday. We rushed right out and went to Downtown Disney to eat dinner at the Rain Forest Cafe. The wait for inside was 2 hours long but decided to sit around back on the covered patio over the water and it was great, except for the runaway squirrel. This squirrel was climbing above us as we were waiting for our dinner....Justin has it on Video...I'm hoping to add it sometime. They brought dessert for Grace's birthday...The Chocolate Volcano! We walked around a bit and it's almost midnight here and we're getting ready for a day at the Magic Kingdom! Justin has had a run in with a mosquito and looks a bit like Frankenstein (I am hoping to add a picture but shh...don't tell him). The rest of us are pretty much insect bite free so Justin is great to have around! :)

Panama City Beach Florida

The drive here was really rainy and gloomy. Poor Poppa had to drive about 7 hours. We stopped at an outlet mall in Gulf Port Mississippi. Justin got some shorts and Grace got a necklace and Amy got some board shorts....gotta love the buy one get one free sale! We stayed at a beautiful RV Park today in Panama City Beach. The pool was closed when we came in due to lightning storms but by 8pm it was open and Justin and Grace went swimming. The pool was packed within 10 minutes. There was about 20 kids in the pool! We are heading off this morning about 9am. Justin is getting really good at hooking up and unhooking the RV...he can almost do it all by himself. We all have our own jobs on the trip and the kids actually LOVE to do them and don't complain. Well, we're off but I did hear something about a surprise for later today....

Baton Rouge Louisiana

We got up and did a little exercise this morning. Poppa went for a run and Grace, Justin, Gramma, and Amy went for a 30 minutes walk. We made it to Baton Rouge this evening. The drive in was miles and miles over bridges and we went over the Mississippi River, which we'll pass over again but up north. It looked pretty dirty to me and had what looked like Casino River boats on the water. The KOA is great with a good pool. Gramma, Amy, Justin, and Grace had races in the pool (which Amy was the ultimate winner!). We're planning out the schedule (for Gramma of course) for tomorrow and it sounds like we have a shorter drive day tomorrow but we don't have a reservation anywhere so it's all up in the air. Check back to see where we end up!

What we did on the way to the Alamo