Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
The inside story: a Jonah’s eye view the Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival The Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival is always on Fathers Day weekend. Last year Chris really wanted to go, but that was when the Goodbaby hollered his head off if he was in his baby car seat more than about…
Swimming lessons at the University of West Florida are going just swimmingly…most of the time. Tuesday night Captain Goodbaby cried loudly the entire time. I guess he wasn’t quite over that cold. Last night he was back to loving the water as usual. This Goodbaby loves the water more than is good for him. Memorial…
How do I get in? Captain Goodbaby was hooked before we even made it inside the Ft. Walton Beach Gulfarium. Chris waited in line for tickets while Isaac and I peered through a porthole into the dolphin tank. “A DOL-phin!!” Isaac would exclaim with great delight each time he saw even part of a fin. “Daddy…
Hitting the road, full of hope and possibilities! “Comparison is the death of joy.” -Mark Twain I hear people talk about tossing their multiple kids in the car and taking off for fun and adventure. I want to do that. We live along the gorgeous Emerald Coast. This place does festivals seriously right. Our baby…
the Goodbaby was quite charmed by the National Museum of Naval Aviation Sunday “Bike! Bike! Bike! Hello? Oh du brr,” ~GB Set the Pace…get it? We live in Pace? Nevermind. We had a fun, low key weekend. Chris flew Friday night so Isaac and I joined some friends for Bands on the Blackwater, where about…
Memorial Day is serious business. As is watermelon. We joined some friends for hotdogs, watermelon and kayaking down at NAS Pensacola Monday to celebrate Memorial Day. The base has gorgeous beaches just down the road from the aviation museum, and the water is usually very calm. Last time we went to Pensacola Beach it was…
Oh hey, buddy, how’s it going? Chris and Aaron in Tallahassee So after all that cross country (CCX) flight planning, Chris and his students ended up rerouting (surprise) to Savannah. High winds, weight to fuel ratios, something like that. Then Chris ran into his college roommate, Aaron Kinsey, an Air Force guy in Mississippi, in…
