Vacation notes

Heron on Caddo Lake
James in the water at Gulfport
Alligator at Avery Island
At the Naval Aircraft Museum
At a small historic village near Big Thicket
We're back from vacation. We were gone 10 days and visited something like 5 states.
We spent the first two days at Caddo lake here in Texas, going to church at a small branch. Then headed to Corinth, Mississippi, and visited Corinth and Shiloh battlefields. Then we headed to Gulfport, MS where we went to Ship Island. We got to see dolphins and jellyfish and stingrays. We also played in the water. Somehow, even though I didn't swim, my legs got severely burned. The rest of the vacation, I could barely walk because from my knees down, my legs were swollen and very painful. Still, we managed to go to Pensacola, Florida, where we visited the Naval Aircraft Museum and a small city museum where Craig was trying to find out if an ancestor was in a battle there. The Naval Museum turned out to be one of the best finds of the trip. It was FREE and HUGE! We were only able to spend about 3 hours there and only saw maybe one-third of it. From Pensacola, we headed back to Texas. We went to church at a small branch in Jennings. Monday, we visited several places in Big Thicket National Preserve. Then headed home, making one last, short stop at the State Forestry Museum.

Whew! We got home late Monday night, and Tuesday, James had his wisdom teeth pulled! He is doing well today, complaining that he can't do anything for 24 hours!

Remember to check out the websites Denisa and I sent for the family reunion location and tell us if the second week in June works for you. School is out June 4th for us. We need to make reservations soon.