June 23, 2018

Finished up the Draper Family Vacation complete with all the Draper siblings in Gulf Shores.  Stuff:

• Graffiti in New Orleans was definite art.
• Learned all about Lake Pontchartrain - brackish water.
• Boogie boarding with R C and Kelcie - way fun.  And exhausting.  
• R and C's shell palm tree in the sand was so cool.
• I love drawing in the sand.
• Played some beach volleyball.
• Looking for crabs with D followed by a night crab walk that was a little creepy with all the little crabs everywhere on the sand.
• Watched some World Cup.  It was easier to watch on Central time than Utah Mountain time.  :)
• Kayaked in the ocean with D where I spotted a dolphin.  Pretty cool.
• Lots more boogie boarding.
• Lots of sunburns.  :(
• The water was warm which made it awesome.
• Moon jellyfish catching.  Ry names hers squishy.
• Waffles the blue heron hanging out with us one evening.
• Treasure searching with Ry and Cam.  We found teeny tiny crabs, lots of shells, and a cool little yellow dead fish.
• More kayaking.  First with Clayton where we saw cool sea birds eating and then with Rylie.
• Seafood lunch at Fish River Grill.  Had some swamp soup and tried some of Laynee's alligator.
• Spotting dolphins is always cool.
• Sunset on the beach - also cool.
• Fighting sisters - not so cool.
• Icky seaweed water one day was not cool.
• Danen captured shark footage on his drone.
• Kinda fun watching the jets do some air tricks.
• Reading Conference talks on the beach is a good place to read.
• Found a dead sting ray.
• Drove to Florida to say we went to Florida.
• King Neptune's seafood restaurant with D had good tartar sauce.
• Cousins hide and seek game was entertaining.
• Tennis soccer is always great with the Kynastons.
• Awesome dinner by Cole and Ben complete with shark that they caught that day.
• Watched pelicans dive.
• The girls thought this was the best vacation EVER!