Vacation Update

Spent the morning on the beach, but this is peak jellyfish season and the kids were a little nervous after we spotted five in the first five minutes, so after we played in the sand and sorted shells for a few hours, we moved on to the hotel pool and hot tub. There were two older European ladies there, and Randy and Ian had them wrapped around their little fingers instantly. They do have a way with the ladies, regardless of whether they speak the same language. Then we caught a late lunch at a local seafood restaurant (crab cakes....yum). This afternoon we napped and afterwards went to W*lMart--we can't get away from that place even on vacation. We stocked up on our meal provisions, beef sticks, microwave popcorn, and bottled water, you know, bare necessities. When on the road, we keep restaurant meals to one per day, we're cheap that way. The kids really don't mind the snack-and-graze method of dining; they fervently believe Slim Jims and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are gourmet food at its finest. The five oldest are now taking one last swim in the pool with their daddy. Cara says, "Enough of this insanity! Give me back my schedule!" Tomorrow, we board the retired aircraft carrier, The Lexington, and then we make our way back north.