Monthly Archives: July 2014

Urgent care trip #2 trip avoided: Judah’s foot was as good as new this morning, no red line, no more pain, walking normally, and, added bonus, the bottom of his foot is an incredible, bright yellow from the golden seal. He thinks that’s really awesome. Today was our power day up to Richmond, Virginia, where […]

We woke early to play with new friends. I saw only glimpses of the kids for a few hours, and did some laundry and enjoyed the peace and quiet. The kids eventually got hungry and came back to camp, and so we ate and got ready to go to Fort Gains. You can read all […]

We’ve been through California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and now Alabama, and I think we’ve decided that the folks claiming that people form the South would be fine with our multi-colored family and a missing adult male are right. We’ve run into no problems at all, and this is our last stop in […]

At some point, The Lion will get it that there are adventures just as exciting around every bend in the road, and we don’t have to stay in one place in order to have a great time, it was far easier to uproot him from Lincoln Parish with the promise of great things than it […]

Again, I promised my kids rivers and lakes on this trip, and I am doing my best to deliver on that. This campground is a county campground, but like nothing I’ve ever seen before. It is a jungle forrest of pine and deciduous trees, vines, all sorts of cool bugs, worms, and frogs, a nearly-cared-for […]

Today we made a lazy departure from Willis Point/Canton. We all would like to have stayed a few more days, I think, and I have this odd, unusual feeling of wanting to stay and talk to Brittany for days on end. I don’t want to talk to ANYONE for days on end! She’s one special […]

It’s the Forth of July!!!  We drove from the middle of Texas all the way to Willis Point, Texas. This was oil refinery day. We studied oil this year in 3rd grade science, but I don’t think it really stuck because I didn’t show the kids the best pictures, and no video. But here it is, […]

Like yesterday, the kids woke up and immediately got into the water. Like yesterday, they squatted around their secret place, conjuring plans with their new friends. But unlike yesterday, we had to move on. So we said goodbye, and we were off by 9:00 am.  But before we left the wilderness, we made the trek […]

We slept at Gila last night, and it was COLD all night long. Even with Bunny Boo and The Screamer snuggled around me all night, sweating up a storm, it was freezing.  Upon waking, the kids immediately headed for the river to swim (morning bath?). The two girls from next door (10 and 4 years […]