Michelle has a real skill of finding amazing places to visit. Today we went to Kelly Park, about 45 minutes away. Kids were a little nervous when they read the sign, but we still spent a good 90 minutes swimming down the river and running back to the start and doing it again. Takes about 15 minutes to go down the stream if you don’t really swim.
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Clearwater is by far the BEST beach we’ve been too for sand. Maria of course couldn’t get enough of our sand castles and as fast as we could build, she would destroy them. Samantha making sand angels Eagle eye Hailey found a small jellyfish (not sure how well you can see it, very transparent)
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When you’re traveling with kids, especially a large crew eating out is very expensive. But a great place to eat at a fantastic price – Steak N Shake. We all ate our own meals (each under $4) and 4 kid meals free for $23 taxes in. Man oh man…
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The people who built this house never put in a front step. So guests have relied on a huge step up or walking on the side rocks. So I decided it was time to solve that. Well, rocks are REALLY heavy 
After an initial frustration, the old Egyptian technique of 1 1/2 PVC pipe rolling the rock (which is 5ft long and I’d guess 500lbs) worked. Hailey was my...
The girls are very excited.
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