On The Road Again Heading South

 These are highlights from our trip to the beach as the Gratsch's helping hands.

Fueling up at the coffee shop for the day.

This girl loves her some iced coffee.

Blakeley and Boone are in their new, swanky, very nice seats.  They love them, and so do I.

I think Bridger was the one who was supposed to be sleeping.

sunrise

Bailey is digging for treasure.

Getting ready to go fishing.

The all-terrain transportation wagon.

He was able to catch one but came back as the Mayor of the beach.  He talks to everyone and finds out some pretty good information.

Bridger loves the sand.

Looking down the beach and listening to the thunder.

Another beautiful sunrise.

Pappy even joined us this morning.

My favorite shot of the morning.

He's now an official pirate of the seven seas.

And we even have a mermaid.

And we all went out for special milkshakes.

And you know I ate the entire thing.g

Josie sent pics of the dogs!  Too funny.

It rained or misted on us our entire visit, but we didn't care.

The only snake that has eyelashes.

Alligator feeding time!!

Albino alligator...check out his eyes.

No, thank you, she says!

more rain

What do you do when it is raining outside? You have a baby photo shoot!

Sun is out...floaties are out!

This little fish doesn't need floaties.  She swims in the deep end.

All three of them are water dogs!

I stopped by the Dollar General and got some rainy day activities.

Nothing like a good bunch of stickers.

I got a phone call from my neighbor saying that she had Claudia.  She escaped from our fenced yard to their fenced yard.  I call out the troops.

And the hole in the fence is temporarily fixed.

More photos from Josie.

Those dogs look like they're living their best life.

Meanwhile, back at the rainy beach, we are painting shells that we collected.

Our meteorologist is letting us know what we can expect weather-wise today.

Movie night

Books before breakfast.

Josie had a pretty successful photo session with the dogs.

Our last sunrise.

While we were packing up and getting ready to come home, Jon was painting our hallway.  I say it again...I LOVE our little village!  They are all the best!!  Hands down the best!

Thanks, Josie, for caring for and loving on the dogs all week.  Thanks, Jan and Bill, for the dog rescue.  Thanks, Rockhold's, for coming to the fence repair so quickly.  Thanks, Murpy, for keeping a watchful eye on the garden, and Amanda for making sure the flowers survived the heat. And Jeremy for the dirt in the new raised beds.