The fort looks really cool! I never even knew sesquicentennial was a word until last year when we heard a bunch of stuff about Lincoln visiting NH. My friend Laura is a historian & was doing a lot of Lincoln work around that time!
I didn't realize it was a word either until I started doing Latin roots for vocabulary with my students. One of the roots is "cent" meaning hundred and one of their vocabulary words is sesquicentennial.
I love the crabs - sorry they didn't have a very long lifespan.
We didn't figure they would last too long, but we were surprised it was only a month.
I cringe every time I see it.
Feeding alligators...
They were just itty bitty ones. On most days I wouldn't dream of letting Connor feed big ones.
Can't wait to see your souvenirs!
Coming up tonight.
Someday Chelsea will talk about that trip to the fort and be appreciative that she got to go...I know, I have done that with many things my parents dragged me to do in my teen years and now I appreciate it so much.
Same here! In fact, I don't think there was a family trip where I didn't complain/pitch a fit at least once, but now I look back on those trips very fondly.
Oh that hat. I have no words. At least it wasn't a tshirt?
You know she has insisted on something like that for a couple of years, and she finally got one. She's quite proud of it.
Poor Mickey and Ponce, I thought hermit crabs lived a long time!
Apparently not at our house. It was so sad because Connor had been such a good caretaker -- feeding them and bathing them and taking them out to explore. It just wasn't meant to be, I guess.
Tybee Island looks so beautiful. I really need to come down South and explore all the historic things, maybe you can be my tour guide someday when I make it down there.
I would love that!!!
Tybee looks like such a beautiful place, Jackie. What a wonderful place to soake up the sun with the family. Thanks for sharing with us! I hope this doesn't mean your PTR is going to close...?
Thanks, Kristen. Not a chance on closing the PTR -- we have to talk about the next trip!
Love the fort! We had many a trip where we visited places like that and I always thought they were so cool.
Poor Ponce and Mickey! I had no idea something like that would happen after a month.
Three out of the four of us really enjoyed our expedition to the fort.
I think the crabs developed an illness of some sort -- I read that they last a long time, but not poor Ponce and Mickey.
Your mornings on Tybee sound so wonderfully relaxing!!
It was a lovely way to start each day just being outside on the porch and watching the world wake up.
The fort looks so neat! Sorry Chelsea complained! Teenagers!
Yes, Chelsea always makes sure to let us know when she isn't having a good time.
Im sorry about the hermit crabs! DS8 kept a several hermit crabs he collected at the beach in a bucket on our front porch. That was until they grew a little to big for their shells and started trying to evict one another to find a new home! ACK!!
Yikes!
It looks like you had a lovely day at the beach on your last day!
We did!
I love your comment about Chelseas airbrush hat! LOL!! I thought they only did that at the Jersey Shore! My favorite is the airbrushed tee shirts that are cut up to have tassels! Yup!!
Oh, those are beauties, too. LOL! Charles and I joked about getting matching shirts with dolphins that say Charles and Jackie 4-Ever! Chelsea did not find us amusing.
Holy moly that is a lot of gators!!! YIKES! I love the Spanish moss in the trees too! Theres just something about it! I cant even put my finger on it!
Cant wait for more!
Souvies coming up next! And lots more!
So glad you got to take the trip.
It was a fun change of pace, but I am ready for some Disney magic!
You did look a bit pink in that last dinner picture. Yikes!
I should have known better.
Sorry about the hermit crabs. I thought about getting some for the classroom, but most people say they don't last long, so decided against it.
Good idea -- it was very hard for Connor to lose them so soon.
My girls are enjoying Panama City Beach this week. They saw dolphins, and Brooklynn got a dolphin necklace to commemorate that. Jill said there have been a lot of dead jellyfish on the beach. The girls have picked a few thousand shells, I think, so they'll have to go through those and choose just a few to take home.
Were they able to narrow down their choices, or did they bring them all home? How fun that they saw dolphins!
Are you and Charles going to get a long weekend F&W trip, by any chance?
Sadly, no. It seems like every time I turn around lately we are having to put money out for stuff. This month alone, I have had to replace my car battery and Bella had to take a trip to the vet ($200 later) for skin allergies.
What a great vacation, well aside from Chelsea complaining about the trip to the fort, that is.
I love history, so it would have been right up my alley!
I love history, too, so I don't get why Chelsea doesn't enjoy it.
I, too, love the look of the spanish moss in the trees. My desktop wallpaper right now is a picture of the oaks at Boone Hall Plantation covered in moss - so pretty!
One of my favorite places ever! Love it!!!
Mmm, your season festivities always make me hungry!!
Did you see my latest pictures?
Love your last 2 days there! Oh Chelsea...I agree with LL, at least it wasn't a shirt? Maybe it can somehow disappear this winter by accident in the good will bag??
Ready to see the souvies!
I don't think I can spirit that hat away. Chelsea loves it too much and would notice if it went missing.
Great updates there Jackie! I really love going to the NPS historical sites! We were just at Harper's Ferry and had a great time. They really know how to design the museum aspects of the sites, as well as great restoration! Neat photos. I know my kids would love that site.
Harper's Ferry would be cool! One day we will make it up that way.
I can't wait to hear how your fall is going. We were SOO cold this weekend!! I hope Jen did alright while she was here!!! What happened to fall??!! LOL! Well they say it is coming back this week.... I hope all is well with you!
Our weather can't make up its mind. We're cold then hot then it's getting cold again. I guess that is October in the South. Are you getting all packed and ready for your big weekend trip? You are going to have so much fun!
Did I miss something about the hermit crabs??!!
They didn't last but a month.
We've had quite a few of those hermit crabs die on us. Sons all had to have a crab when they were growing up. Those critters are just plain ugly when coming out of their shell!
That was Chelsea's feeling, too, but Connor and I thought they were kind of cute.
Love the history stuff, visits to old forts & houses are what we do. We get to partcipate in activities for the public at those types of places.
We were hoping to stay around until they fired the cannons, but it was just too hot.
Tybee is such a lovely place, I want to go there, but I also want more Disney time!
Me too on both!!!
). What a cool place!!!
Morghan would have complained just as loudly.
and I am really looking forward to learning all about Savannah's history. I think I need waaaaaaaaaaay more than one day to visit. I would love to see Tybee Island someday.
Can't wait to hear all about it.
