Stats
Miles traveled: 278
Miles traveled to date: 3528.1
States visited today: 2 – Alabama, Florida
States visited to date: 10
Tanks of gas pumped to date: 11
Meltdowns: 13
Loads of Laundry: 15
Illness: 4
Daily recap
Today, Kevin visited with one of his clients in Birmingham, AL, while Kelsey took the kids to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, then we drove to Jay, FL to visit with Kelsey’s aunt, uncle, cousin, and her family.
Highlights
Eating breakfast at the hotel
The kids like hotel breakfast, because they can eat what they want.
Visiting the Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Sculptures of flowers outside the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.
Balance is key.
The pond at the botanical gardens had some good sized turtles in it.
Wandering, but not being lost
Watch out for pandas!
Game night with cousins!
Other photos from today
Grayson woke up late so had to eat his breakfast in the hotel room while mom and dad packed and the other kids watched cartoons.
We left thank you cards and a tip for housekeeping at each hotel.
Dillon’s going the wrong way on the one way stone road.
I think this is a grasshopper?
Grayson is at least in the photo and looking at the camera, so we’ll take it.
And I do my little turn on the catwalk…
Dillon found a torii in the botanical gardens.
Taking a break.
It’s kind of hard to see, but there’s an owl perched on the branch in the center of this photo.
Breathe.
These kids will turn anything into a balance beam.
Far out, man.
He’s in his own little world.
Water is Ainsley’s happy place.
This bench looks like it was built for a giant.
Dugout canoes seem to be the theme of the week for this crew.
One water fountain, pine cones included.
Even when he’s going for a walk in the woods, this kid does it with gusto.
Dillon found a cool pine cone cluster.
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble…
Look at these two turkeys.
Kim and Alain keep chickens, and they showed Rayleigh and Dillon how to candle eggs to see which ones were suitable for incubation. In order to be candidates for incubation, the eggs needed to have a shell that was free from cracks, in a uniform shape, and not too thick.
And now for your moment of zen…
I mean … that’s kind of what a hill does, right? Even the bear knew that. That’s why he climbed it, so he could see what was on the other side.
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