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A photo of Rayleigh and Dillon playing travel Battleship on the floor of the hospital waiting room

32 Days in America, Day 13

Stats

  • Miles traveled: 171.6
  • Miles traveled to date: 2122.2
  • States visited today: 1 – Florida
  • States visited to date: 9
  • Tanks of gas pumped to date: 7
  • Meltdowns: 11
  • Loads of Laundry: 11
  • Illness: 2

Daily recap

Today, Grandpa had surgery (which was a success!), Aunt Traci and Uncle Shawn stopped in to the hospital on their way down to the Florida Keys, Kelsey and the kids hiked 4 Mile Cove Ecological Preserve, Kevin returned from DC, and everyone relocated to Kissimmee, FL.

Highlights

  • Playing games at the rental house
A photo of Grammy and Dillon playing a dice game on the kitchen table
We picked up a copy of Bunco at a thrift store and played with Grammy.
  • Hiking 4 Mile Cove Ecological Preserve
A photo of Grayson, Ainsley, Rayleigh, and Dillon standing on the side of the elevated walkway
Taking a break while hiking 4 Mile Cove Ecological Preserve.
A photo of Rayleigh walking along an elevated walkway in a forest preserve
Rayleigh walking along the elevated walkway in 4 Mile Cove Ecological Preserve.
A photo of Grayson getting a piggyback ride from Kelsey while Ainsley walks along behind
Grayson’s little legs got tired from all the walking.
  • Waiting at the hospital for Grandpa to get out of surgery
A photo of Ainsley and Grayson interacting with a digital keyboard on a display in the hospital
When you’re homeschooled and you’re waiting in the hospital for Grandpa to get out of surgery, you practice your spelling words on their digital display.
A photo of Aunt Traci, Uncle Shawn, and Grammy in the hospital waiting room
Aunt Traci and Uncle Shawn stopped by the hospital on their way to the Florida Keys to be with Grammy while Grandpa was in surgery.
A photo of Ainsley playing a clapping game with Aunt Traci in the hospital waiting room
Aunt Traci taught Ainsley some new clapping games while they waited for Grandpa to get out of surgery.
A photo of Grayson sprawled out across two chairs in the hospital waiting room reading a book
Getting comfortable.

Other photos from today

A black and white photo of Ainsley playing Uno
Look at those curls!
A photo of a swampy area with standing water and exposed tree roots
The exposed tree roots grew in cool patterns in 4 Mile Cove Ecological Preserve.
A photo of a large burl on a tree
The trees in 4 Mile Cove Ecological Preserve had huge burls on them.
A photo of trees covered with burls
It’s just burls as far as the eye can see.
A photo of Dillon standing between two trees shaped like a V to the side of the elevated walkway
Say V!
A photo of Ainsley next to a large palm tree
This photo doesn’t do it justice, but the trunk of this palm tree was huge.
A photo of Kelsey's hospital visitor badge with a very low-resolution photo of her face
Kelsey’s mouth is completely missing from this photo.
A photo of Dillon doing schoolwork in the hospital waiting room
Homeschool? More like hospital-waiting-room-school.

And now for your moment of zen…

A photo of Dillon with a U-shaped cheese puff in his mouth
Smile!

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