Happy Easter

Hope you all had a good Easter Sunday service this morning.

I said I would add some photos once I got back to MO. Here they are.

It was Lydia's turn to pick where we she had breakfast with Papa Bert on April 1. She picked McDonalds. She did eat most of her breakfast but she was much more interested in the play area.

Stopped for a quick bite to eat on the way to Gulf Shores.

We stayed in a nice, fully furnished, 3 bedroom, 2 bath beachhouse about 14 miles west of Gulf Shores. All you had to bring with you was your clothes and food. The living room and every bedroom had a wall mounted TV.

The kids in the pool. I don't think there were ever more than 5 other people in the pool. There are probably a LOT more there once the weather warms up. Daytime highs were low to high 70's. We might have hit 80 on 2 days. It was mostly sunny every day.

 

The beach was withing walking distance but we drove to it more often than we walked. I took this one of the nights the kids were "crabbing". The lights are 17 oil platforms out in the Gulf. The bright lights on the left are a platform that is so close to shore that you can almost count the different floor levels.

This was the line waiting to get into the seating along the airfield so that we could watch the Blue Angels practice. There were a lot of people in line behind us. Once the gate was opened the line moved fast.

Once we got back to Gulf Shores we had a late lunch at a seafood place then walked down the "boardwalk" for ice cream. Lydia is in the Batmobile, down the Boardwalk on the left.

She had to drive with one had because she was still eating her ice cream cone.

Nolan thought it looked like fun.

 

So he climbed in.

They also did some alligator riding.

Breakfast with Papa Bert yesterday.

And then some time at the park in California, MO.

God is good, may He bless you & yours.

Leaving Gulf Shores in the Morning

Tomorrow we head back to Missouri. The weather has been great, a little to hot for me but just warm enough for Kathy & the kids to be able to enjoy the pool.
Sunday night & tonight we went "crabbing" on the beach. The first night  the largest one they caught was about the size of a silver dollar, tonight Andy netted several that were almost plam size. They chased them across the sand, catching them in small hooped nets with handles. The crabs were amazingly fast. Watching Lydia chase & net one was a riot. I was the keeper of the crab bucket. All crabs were released before we left the beach.
Today we went to Pennsacola, Florida to the Naval Aircraft Museum. We spent a brief amout of time in the museum because we wanted to see the Blue Angels practice, We got a bonus because today the French Aircrat Aerobatic team was at thr airbase & they also did a show.
I will post some photos once we are back in Missouri, it is a pain to do it using my tablet instead of a computer.
God is good, may He bless you & yours,

Arrived Safe & Reasonably Sound, after 900 miles in day & half

We got to the rental office about 4:45 yesterday, to pick up keys. Then it was on to the beach house. It is about 15 miles west of Gulf Shores, on Fort Morgan road. We are prob as only only about 5 miles from Fort Morgan.
The beach house is in a rental complex. We are in a nice 3 bedroom 2 bath unit. The units are fully furnished.

After a breakfast of eggs, sausage, toast, juice & coffee everyone one but me is down at the pool. I walked down with them & stayed for a few minutes before heading back to the house.

This is the first time I've done a blog post using my phone. It's not as easy as with my laptop but it appears doable. Didn't want to bother with laptop. God is good, may He bless you & yours.

April 6th - Leaving for Alabama

This afternoon, after Lydia gets out of dance class we (Kelsey, Andy, Lydia, Nolan, Kathy & I) leave for a week at Gulf Shores Alabama.

We have finally received enough rain that we are starting to get some runoff, at least at our house. The water level in our pond is raising faster than the amount of rainfall we are receiving. The level is still nearly a foot below the overflow pipe. With only a 50% chance of rain one day out of the next ten there isn't much danger of it overflowing in the near future.

Temperature was in the low 40's last night and is supposed to be in the high 30's tonight. After than only 2 nights out of the next 10 with overnight lows as low as the high 40's. It is time to finally retire the outdoor wood boiler for the season. I will leave a fire in it when we leave this afternoon but unplug the forced draft combustion fan. It will simmer for awhile but eventually go out because it won't get enough oxygen to support continued combustion.

Anthony was here Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. He taught a class in the St. Louis area on Wednesday so he took the opportunity to come for a visit. It was good to see him.

Not much news from here.

God is good, may He bless you and yours.