Vacation, la la la

What to say about a wonderful week long vacation to the beach... VA - CA - TION ( said in a loud midrange tone, kind of like Oprah). Where was this glorious beach, Port Aransas Texas. This some what undiscovered town is great for families (or couples) who want a nice beach, nice water, and not a lot of people! This is the 3rd time we have traveled to this destination, and every year it seems to get better. Here are few things that made the trip better this year:

Previous 2 years: Water some what chilly

This year: Toasty waters and no mounds of sea weed between you and the ocean.

Last year: Children were convinced that the water meant death and that they needed to shriek if they got near it.

This year: The boys loved the water, and the beach, and the sand, and the sea weed!!!

First year: We stayed in a hotel that was not near the beach and we had to drive.

Last year: Stayed in a condo that was a few blocks from the beach and had to drive.
This year: Stayed in a huge house on the beach... NO DRIVING!



Some lessons learned...

-- Five day, four night vacations are the WAY TO GO!!!!
-- Hot boardwalk will in fact nearly burn the skin off of your naked feet, and hot sand is VERY HOT on naked feet.
-- Always carry bug spray, it looked like we were an all you can eat buffet table after the mesquitos got done with us.
-- Chew gum while playing in salt water, it helps rid that taste from your mouth.


I also had some realizations about myself, in particular things that I don't like (the first two I was aware of, the last was new to me).

1. Snakes (they freak me out!)

2. Mice (they give me the willies)

3. JELLY FISH

I've only seen jelly fish in captivity and so I was fine with them in a tank. Well one morning we went down to the jetty for a morning walk and some picture taking, and during a picture moment we were looking over the edge and noticed a few jelly fish swimming near the rocks. I was mostly okay because they were down there, and I was up on top of the jetty... but later at the beach... YEP, there they were. One dead one of the beach where we set up shop, and then later when we were playing in the surf we saw some swimming by. OH MY GOODNESS, talk about lose my stomach... just this feeling of fear overtakes me sometimes. I think it is just the unpredictable nature of it all. They move with the water... the surf isn't always headed in the same direction, and then you have the undertoe... I really was all I could do to keep my cool.


In conclusion, this was the best trip we have taken to date!