Monday, April 30, 2007
10:22 Fort Wayne, 9:22 Alabama
Sigh, what a hard day. Seriously, I’m just so darn pooped. We went to the pool first thing again this morning, right after breakfast. Katty wanted to try out her new snorkel and fins. Tatum and my mom had the video camera today. That wasn’t good.
We headed to the beach around 11. That’s pretty much what we did all day. Played in the sand, snorkeled- oh, speaking of snorkeling. There wasn’t much to snorkel for but I just dove around with my goggles. I was looking for sand dollars. I love those guys. I did find about five billion little live dudes. They’re everywhere! I found some cool shells and stuff. I went out with my dad for a little while in the morning. Then around 4:30 I went out with my mom because my dad and my sisters had found some dead sand dollars and neat shells. We were out for a while but we needed to leave. I was heading toward shore when I stood up to yell something to my mom. Suddenly (drumroll please), I felt something slither across my foot. I stuck my head down in the water as quick as possible. I saw a flat body and two eyes burying itself in the sand right by my foot. It was a stingray!!!! I’m dead serious! I’ve seen stingrays before and I know what they look like. It was scary. I could’ve died. There’s one of my near death experiences for today.
Ok, back to that morning. The seagulls here are the most annoying thing you’ve ever encountered. They squawk like it’s the end of the world. It was near lunchtime but we weren’t going to go get food for a while. I opened a Ziploc bag full of Sunchips. I was munchin on ‘em when I see a seagull following me. I toss a tiny piece over to him, and right away six more of them appear. I decide to have a little fun and pretend that I’m actually throwing food toward them. Bad idea. Apparently, their squawking is some kinda language because every freaking living bird on that beach started chasing me! I started running. Like really running and their flying after me squawking and chasing me. I’m still holding the chips so I throw the last handful behind me, deterring about four out of the twenty five birds. Since that didn’t work I start running into the water, then realize that they can fly, so water doesn’t really affect them. I finally throw the Ziploc behind me and then they realize that I have no more food for their big mouths. It was terrifying. Dumb birds.
After the beach we all got showers and went to dinner. The restaurant was LuLu’s (the one we wanted to go to Saturday night) and it’s the LuLu Buffet’s restaurant. LuLu Buffet happens to be the sister of Jimmy Buffet, one of our family’s favorite artists. The restaurant was awesome. I had a shrimp sandwich, which was one of the messiest sandwiches I’ve ever eaten, and gumbo and a pina colada. I haven’t had a pina colada in FOREVER and it tasted delicious. My sister’s and mom ordered a seafood platter, a platter that was supposed to feed two. My dad made a mistake ordering and ordered two of the platters so Darby, Tatum, and my mom had a humongous dinner. We still have so much food.
After the ginourmous dinner we shopped in the gift shop for a little bit and my dad bought a t-shirt.
So I hope you guys are happy. I had two life threatening experiences today. And PLEASE COMMENT. Just because you’ve commented once doesn’t mean you’ve filled your quota (*cough cough Ben*).
Smiles!
~Morgan~
Monday, April 30, 2007
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Day 3, and two almost dead
Sunday, April 29, 2007
9:27 Fort Wayne, 8:27 Alabama
It’s sunny here! Yippee! Our campsite is freakin awesome. We’re about 50 feet directly across from the pool and playground. So that’s what we did this morning. It took us about an hour and a half after breakfast to finally get to the pool. The water was freezing at first, but you know us, we finally got in –after about three seconds.
The peoples’ accents here are so darn funny! I’m not trying to be ugly or anything, but they are! I’m already starting to think in the Y’all conversations and have to force myself not to talk that way. It’s so easy to! Just wait till I see ya’ll again, it’ll be something funny!
We lazed around the pool till lunch, and then walked the whole 50 feet back to the RV. What a work out. My mom was worried about us getting to much sun, so after lunch we stayed inside the RV for a bit. Tatum and Katty went across the street to the playground, my parents talked to their mothers, and Darby and I hung around doing squat.
One of the other lovely things about Gulf Shores is that they have a bike trail connecting the town. It’s kinda like the one in Fort Wayne. So we decided to take advantage of it. We rode into town on the bikes, stopping at the same store we did last night. I bought some jewelry (hey, I couldn’t resist, and it was a good price), my mom bought some jewelry and a bathing suit, and Katty got a snorkel, mask, and flippers.
Oh, I failed to mention the Surf n’ Style. It is obviously popular here. They have four shops within a block or less of each other. You can see all of them by just looking around! And these aren’t little stores. They are HUGE! Three stories high, and they all have the same architecture, signs with the sales, and from the looks of it, the same interior design. It’s ridiculous.
We headed to the beach after shopping, around 4 o’clock. The water was surprisingly warm for it being April. We hung around, searched for shells, and Katty tried out her new snorkel and fins. They had tons of little sand dollars in the sand. And in mean little. Most were smaller than your pinkie finger nail. Ya, small huh?
We got hungry (big surprise there) and started heading back to the campground, with Darby as the lead biker. We were on the sidewalk at a four way stop, and my dad told Darby to go ahead, since traffic at our side was stopped and the walking dude was light up. Darby pushes off and suddenly a guy in a yellow sports car decides that he wants to make a right turn-right into Darby. We all yell at the top of our lungs, and Darby luckily is able to back up so the car misses her by inches. Literally inches. The guy didn’t even bat an eye. He just kept on going. We were furious.
Considering Darby and Tatum have both been in a life threatening experience the past three days, guess who’s up next? Yeppers, so tomorrow if I don’t blog, you can guess what happened to me.
We got back to the campground safely, and we all headed to the pool to wash of the salty grimy feel of the ocean. I made Jambalaya last weekend and we froze it to take on the trip. My dad heated it over the fire along with making fried potatoes. Yummy! It was delicious! S’mores were up next, with dark chocolate! It was so incredibly scrumptious. If you ever get a chance use dark instead of milk chocolate on s’mores, you’ll be glad you did. Ok, now I sound like a commercial.
None of us got sunburnt today- that’s a good thing. But, we still got a week to go and the sun’s strong. We all got brown, except for Tatum, who just gets whiter. My skin decided to welcome the sun by popping freckles out all over; similiar to every year. I hate that.
SMILES!
~Morgan~
9:27 Fort Wayne, 8:27 Alabama
It’s sunny here! Yippee! Our campsite is freakin awesome. We’re about 50 feet directly across from the pool and playground. So that’s what we did this morning. It took us about an hour and a half after breakfast to finally get to the pool. The water was freezing at first, but you know us, we finally got in –after about three seconds.
The peoples’ accents here are so darn funny! I’m not trying to be ugly or anything, but they are! I’m already starting to think in the Y’all conversations and have to force myself not to talk that way. It’s so easy to! Just wait till I see ya’ll again, it’ll be something funny!
We lazed around the pool till lunch, and then walked the whole 50 feet back to the RV. What a work out. My mom was worried about us getting to much sun, so after lunch we stayed inside the RV for a bit. Tatum and Katty went across the street to the playground, my parents talked to their mothers, and Darby and I hung around doing squat.
One of the other lovely things about Gulf Shores is that they have a bike trail connecting the town. It’s kinda like the one in Fort Wayne. So we decided to take advantage of it. We rode into town on the bikes, stopping at the same store we did last night. I bought some jewelry (hey, I couldn’t resist, and it was a good price), my mom bought some jewelry and a bathing suit, and Katty got a snorkel, mask, and flippers.
Oh, I failed to mention the Surf n’ Style. It is obviously popular here. They have four shops within a block or less of each other. You can see all of them by just looking around! And these aren’t little stores. They are HUGE! Three stories high, and they all have the same architecture, signs with the sales, and from the looks of it, the same interior design. It’s ridiculous.
We headed to the beach after shopping, around 4 o’clock. The water was surprisingly warm for it being April. We hung around, searched for shells, and Katty tried out her new snorkel and fins. They had tons of little sand dollars in the sand. And in mean little. Most were smaller than your pinkie finger nail. Ya, small huh?
We got hungry (big surprise there) and started heading back to the campground, with Darby as the lead biker. We were on the sidewalk at a four way stop, and my dad told Darby to go ahead, since traffic at our side was stopped and the walking dude was light up. Darby pushes off and suddenly a guy in a yellow sports car decides that he wants to make a right turn-right into Darby. We all yell at the top of our lungs, and Darby luckily is able to back up so the car misses her by inches. Literally inches. The guy didn’t even bat an eye. He just kept on going. We were furious.
Considering Darby and Tatum have both been in a life threatening experience the past three days, guess who’s up next? Yeppers, so tomorrow if I don’t blog, you can guess what happened to me.
We got back to the campground safely, and we all headed to the pool to wash of the salty grimy feel of the ocean. I made Jambalaya last weekend and we froze it to take on the trip. My dad heated it over the fire along with making fried potatoes. Yummy! It was delicious! S’mores were up next, with dark chocolate! It was so incredibly scrumptious. If you ever get a chance use dark instead of milk chocolate on s’mores, you’ll be glad you did. Ok, now I sound like a commercial.
None of us got sunburnt today- that’s a good thing. But, we still got a week to go and the sun’s strong. We all got brown, except for Tatum, who just gets whiter. My skin decided to welcome the sun by popping freckles out all over; similiar to every year. I hate that.
SMILES!
~Morgan~
I will Play for Gumbo
I Will Play For Gumbo
April 28, 2007
11:24 Indiana/ 10:24 Alabama
Busy day today. Really odd- for a driving day that is. I woke up as we were driving through the very last of Nashville. Anguiano-you’re a nutball. Ya know how you said if we drove through Nashville we would see the Rascal Flatts tour bus? Ya. I thought you’d remember that. Well Einstein, I hate to pop your bubble or anything, but it was simply a semi truck with a Rascal Flatts ad on the side of it. Not the tour bus. My parents thought it quite funny.
After we passed through Nashville I saw one of the most shocking things in my life; the Tennessee river. It was blue!!!!! Seriously, it was beautiful. There were five speedboats flying across this gorgeous blue water. Why is it blue? You might ask. Well, maybe because they don’t dump there poop in it! Geez. It was just wrong. We have three rivers in our city and we dump our poop in them. Arg. Ok. Moving on to something else.
If you remember last year, around this time, we happened to blow a tire in Alabama traveling from Florida to California. Well, Alabama isn’t a good state for tires. We blew another one. My mom was driving and suddenly there was that familiar popping/exploding noise. Luckily, there was a tire place at the next exit, about five miles ahead. We slowly got back on the road and made it there, only to find out that they were out of the tires we needed. Swell.
While we were there, we also discovered that when the tire blew, the piece of rubber flew back, catching the sewage pipes and loosened them. Then, when my dad went to drain the sewage, the sewage pipes completely fell apart, spilling “stuff” all over the ground. Use your imagination. And this is just another example of how the movie RV relates to our every day life.
We found another tire mart and they fixed us up in a jiffy. While they were repairing the tires, what else can you do but wait? Or shop. So my mom, Darby, Katty and I went to a nearby strip mall to shop for a swim suit for my mom, which she forgot. The tires were on again in about an hour and a half, and we were back on the road.
Alabama is absolutely GORGEOUS! Wild flowers grow on the sides of the highway, making Alabama one of the best smelling states I’ve been to. I’m not joking. Those flowers are extremely aromatic.
But, Alabama does have one, not so pleasing trait. Road kill. Yeppers, I saw around 22 armadillos, 4 raccoons, 1 turtle, and 4 or 5 unidentified objects. And my dad ran over a baby squirrel. That was horrible. I was in the front seat and suddenly there’s this squirrel standing right in front of the RV, he runs one way, then the other. Then squish. It was horrific. I screamed. I literally screamed. Obviously, my father didn’t see it. My stomach turned. Literally. And ya’ll know I can handle some pretty gross things. Just the sight of this innocent little being getting squished was just a little much. Ya, I gotta be done with this subject now.
We finally got to the campground around 7. My dad started working on the sewage problem. It killed my sisters and my mom to not be able to pee freely all day. We had to stop. Unless they wanted to pee on the road, which Darby decided to do. Of course, the tanks held some of it, when my dad went to work on it pee spilled all over his head. It was disgusting. It’s fixed now.
We wanted to go to LuLu’s, where there was a guy called the “Sauce Boss.” The dude sings the blues and makes gumbo, and then serves the gumbo after he’s done. Awesome huh? But by the time we got around to it was too late. He had already started and the wait was atrocious. So we went with plan B. The restaurant was called Sea n’ Suds and it was a small beachfront restaurant. I got the seafood platter to share with Tatum, including gumbo (I love that stuff), popcorn shrimp, hush puppies, fried fish, crab cakes, Cole slaw (yuck), and oysters. Yum yum yum. I love seafood.
We walked along the beach afterward; and went into this ginourmous souvenir shop. They had around eight whole rows full of jewelry, each with around three or four stands. I was in heaven. I thought of you V, they had flip flop bird houses, picture frames, necklaces, beer bottle openers!
Smiles!
~Morgan~
April 28, 2007
11:24 Indiana/ 10:24 Alabama
Busy day today. Really odd- for a driving day that is. I woke up as we were driving through the very last of Nashville. Anguiano-you’re a nutball. Ya know how you said if we drove through Nashville we would see the Rascal Flatts tour bus? Ya. I thought you’d remember that. Well Einstein, I hate to pop your bubble or anything, but it was simply a semi truck with a Rascal Flatts ad on the side of it. Not the tour bus. My parents thought it quite funny.
After we passed through Nashville I saw one of the most shocking things in my life; the Tennessee river. It was blue!!!!! Seriously, it was beautiful. There were five speedboats flying across this gorgeous blue water. Why is it blue? You might ask. Well, maybe because they don’t dump there poop in it! Geez. It was just wrong. We have three rivers in our city and we dump our poop in them. Arg. Ok. Moving on to something else.
If you remember last year, around this time, we happened to blow a tire in Alabama traveling from Florida to California. Well, Alabama isn’t a good state for tires. We blew another one. My mom was driving and suddenly there was that familiar popping/exploding noise. Luckily, there was a tire place at the next exit, about five miles ahead. We slowly got back on the road and made it there, only to find out that they were out of the tires we needed. Swell.
While we were there, we also discovered that when the tire blew, the piece of rubber flew back, catching the sewage pipes and loosened them. Then, when my dad went to drain the sewage, the sewage pipes completely fell apart, spilling “stuff” all over the ground. Use your imagination. And this is just another example of how the movie RV relates to our every day life.
We found another tire mart and they fixed us up in a jiffy. While they were repairing the tires, what else can you do but wait? Or shop. So my mom, Darby, Katty and I went to a nearby strip mall to shop for a swim suit for my mom, which she forgot. The tires were on again in about an hour and a half, and we were back on the road.
Alabama is absolutely GORGEOUS! Wild flowers grow on the sides of the highway, making Alabama one of the best smelling states I’ve been to. I’m not joking. Those flowers are extremely aromatic.
But, Alabama does have one, not so pleasing trait. Road kill. Yeppers, I saw around 22 armadillos, 4 raccoons, 1 turtle, and 4 or 5 unidentified objects. And my dad ran over a baby squirrel. That was horrible. I was in the front seat and suddenly there’s this squirrel standing right in front of the RV, he runs one way, then the other. Then squish. It was horrific. I screamed. I literally screamed. Obviously, my father didn’t see it. My stomach turned. Literally. And ya’ll know I can handle some pretty gross things. Just the sight of this innocent little being getting squished was just a little much. Ya, I gotta be done with this subject now.
We finally got to the campground around 7. My dad started working on the sewage problem. It killed my sisters and my mom to not be able to pee freely all day. We had to stop. Unless they wanted to pee on the road, which Darby decided to do. Of course, the tanks held some of it, when my dad went to work on it pee spilled all over his head. It was disgusting. It’s fixed now.
We wanted to go to LuLu’s, where there was a guy called the “Sauce Boss.” The dude sings the blues and makes gumbo, and then serves the gumbo after he’s done. Awesome huh? But by the time we got around to it was too late. He had already started and the wait was atrocious. So we went with plan B. The restaurant was called Sea n’ Suds and it was a small beachfront restaurant. I got the seafood platter to share with Tatum, including gumbo (I love that stuff), popcorn shrimp, hush puppies, fried fish, crab cakes, Cole slaw (yuck), and oysters. Yum yum yum. I love seafood.
We walked along the beach afterward; and went into this ginourmous souvenir shop. They had around eight whole rows full of jewelry, each with around three or four stands. I was in heaven. I thought of you V, they had flip flop bird houses, picture frames, necklaces, beer bottle openers!
Smiles!
~Morgan~
I Deserve A Medal
Friday, April 27, 2007
9:10
Ok, first day on the road. Right now we’re still in Indiana. I swear, once we were out of the Fort Wayne district, we could see a sunny horizon heading our way. By the time we entered Indy, it was all sun. It was so horribly nice.
I saved Tatum’s life today. I’m very proud of myself. Ok, she’s sitting in between the passenger and drivers seat on the engine cover. If you don’t know RV’s, you won’t have a clue what I’m talking about. Probably-unless you’re really smart. Anyhow, she was sitting there playing solitaire with Darby’s ipod, which was playing the music through the speakers. It was connected to the outlet by the way. Ya, so I was in the passenger seat and my dad’s driving. Tatums playing with the iPod. Got it? Good.
I suggested to Tatum that she takes my iPod which wasn’t plugged in, and go somewhere else. She took it and moved to the seat behind the passenger seat. About five minutes later, the TV that is above the engine cover, comes crashing down six feet onto the floor. Right where Tatum WAS SITTING! We were scared to death. The TV’s never done that. It’s plugged and strapped in, and its hard to get in and out of the wall. Nevertheless, Tatum’s head would’ve gotten smushed flat if I hadn’t booted her out. Talk about a ruined vacation. She didn’t even say thank you. Ungrateful child.
So yea, that’s perty much all that’s happened today. Not much happens on a driving day. I sat and looked out the window for three hours listening to my iPod. I haven’t had that much downtime since-well, last year at this time.
We’re in Louisville right now. Beautiful city. There’s a green building here. Like a building with green lights. I want a green building in Fort Wayne. Just entered Kentucky by the big bridge. It looks the same. Just passed the Jewish Hospital and a yellow billboard. Arthur Street is next exit. Gas is $2.99. Kentucky Derby Museum next right. Passed a Cracker Barrel. Taco Bell Billboard. Passing Cardinal Stadium. WOW! We just passed all these hot air balloons. There’s a huge Energizer Bunny Rabbit balloon. There doing a light up. There’s about sixty of them my mom guesstimated. Its amazing! Ok. I’m done now. Kinda bored can ya tell. Thankfully, my dad has some tv shows and movies on the laptop. YAY! MAKE SURE TO COMMENT!
SMILES!
~Morgan~
9:10
Ok, first day on the road. Right now we’re still in Indiana. I swear, once we were out of the Fort Wayne district, we could see a sunny horizon heading our way. By the time we entered Indy, it was all sun. It was so horribly nice.
I saved Tatum’s life today. I’m very proud of myself. Ok, she’s sitting in between the passenger and drivers seat on the engine cover. If you don’t know RV’s, you won’t have a clue what I’m talking about. Probably-unless you’re really smart. Anyhow, she was sitting there playing solitaire with Darby’s ipod, which was playing the music through the speakers. It was connected to the outlet by the way. Ya, so I was in the passenger seat and my dad’s driving. Tatums playing with the iPod. Got it? Good.
I suggested to Tatum that she takes my iPod which wasn’t plugged in, and go somewhere else. She took it and moved to the seat behind the passenger seat. About five minutes later, the TV that is above the engine cover, comes crashing down six feet onto the floor. Right where Tatum WAS SITTING! We were scared to death. The TV’s never done that. It’s plugged and strapped in, and its hard to get in and out of the wall. Nevertheless, Tatum’s head would’ve gotten smushed flat if I hadn’t booted her out. Talk about a ruined vacation. She didn’t even say thank you. Ungrateful child.
So yea, that’s perty much all that’s happened today. Not much happens on a driving day. I sat and looked out the window for three hours listening to my iPod. I haven’t had that much downtime since-well, last year at this time.
We’re in Louisville right now. Beautiful city. There’s a green building here. Like a building with green lights. I want a green building in Fort Wayne. Just entered Kentucky by the big bridge. It looks the same. Just passed the Jewish Hospital and a yellow billboard. Arthur Street is next exit. Gas is $2.99. Kentucky Derby Museum next right. Passed a Cracker Barrel. Taco Bell Billboard. Passing Cardinal Stadium. WOW! We just passed all these hot air balloons. There’s a huge Energizer Bunny Rabbit balloon. There doing a light up. There’s about sixty of them my mom guesstimated. Its amazing! Ok. I’m done now. Kinda bored can ya tell. Thankfully, my dad has some tv shows and movies on the laptop. YAY! MAKE SURE TO COMMENT!
SMILES!
~Morgan~
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