so. aside from isaac’s birthday occurring and our visit to the uss alabama battleship, our week in alabama was pretty low key. we spent a lot of time at the campground, where there were several other kiddos for our kids to play with. when we first arrived, a bunch of storms has just passed through, […]
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U.S.S. Alabama
we are in alabama for the week. we arrived saturday and will leave saturday, so yesterday (sunday) was our only day to do family type stuff. after a few massive thunderstorms passed through, we headed towards mobile, to check out the uss alabama battleship. but first. food. we stopped at this fantastic place on the […]
fort pickens week two.
and now. a recap of our second week at fort pickens state park. we have stayed in a few state parks at this point. in our experience, they don’t usually have sewer hookups, which means you have to be very thrifty with the amount of water (and other stuff), you send down the drain, or […]
national naval aviation museum and lighthouse day.
monday was martin luther king jr day. so after we watched a few youtube videos about him, we headed to pensacola for a day of adventure on derek’s day off. our first stop was lunch. one of my former youth group students is in flight school nearby so we met up with him at the […]
fort pickens state park miscellany.
and now. for my standard “things that happened when we weren’t on adventures” post about our first week at fort pickens state park… firstly, a screenshot of the map of precisely where we are. pretty sweet, right? on our way to the site, i stopped to stock up on groceries with the girls, since we […]
asheville nc week (long post).
after spending 5 weeks at home with the grandlidboms, getting back on the road was a tough transition for our posse. the super cold and often rainy weather conditions didn’t help matters. but we managed to find a few fun things to do and survived our first week back in the camper, near lovely asheville, […]
five weeks in winston-salem.
this morning, we bid farewell to our “hometown” of winston-salem after a five week visit with derek’s parents. we stayed in their driveway, and overtook their house. we completed some camper fixes and upgrades. we purged some clothes and toys and added new clothes and toys. we ate a lot. celebrated a lot. and spent […]
the big four oh.
while we were in nc with family, we celebrated halloween, my birthday, thanksgiving, hazel’s birthday and christmas. we crammed a lot in. this post is about my birthday. my 40th birthday to be exact. i celebrated a night early with the family. on my actual bday, i went out to the porch (my fave) with […]
gettysburg national military park.
on thursday, my mom and stepdad rolled into town for a quick little visit. yesterday (saturday), we all packed into the minivan like sardines and drove to gettysburg to get some civil war knowledge in our brains. so, it was really cold and really really windy. hazel had a fail proof solution. derek is mad […]
baxter state park (maine).
for our last great maine adventure, derek took off work so we could spend a day hiking and canoeing in baxter state park. but first, we needed to fill up on a big fat lunch at a local restaurant. i’m glad we did, because we were able to purchase a trail map while we were […]