Thursday Payton and I loaded up my car with everything it seems in the house but the kitchen sink and set off down the road. We traveled through many small towns and saw many sights. Payton and I had the privilege of seeing a camel in a pasture. I also spotted this sign as I drove, it made me laugh.. these type things are only in tiny East Texas "Redneck" towns. : )
Notice their sign reads Licker instead of Liquor. Lovely spelling folks.
Freebirds World Burrito is where we stopped for lunch in Aggieland, College Station, Texas. Payton had a steak fajita quesadilla and a taco, I sampled the fajita tacos as well. It was so yummy!! Payton was entertained for a long time looking at all of things people had sculpted out of their foil burrito wrappers. All I can say is people are really talented! Payton loved "bird free" and couldn't wait to go back again. After a good 30-45 minutes, we were on the road again.
We drove another five hours or so before we arrived at the house where we would stay for five days. It felt so good to step out of that car and see a sweet smiling face. It was even better to see Payton so excited to be there. We had a pepperoni pizza for dinner and called it a night.
The next day Payton and I just enjoyed the morning together. Later on Payton was invited to go swimming with the neighbor's children. They had a big time trying to outdo each other with stunts into the pool. Payton would run about 30 feet, then basically do a flip into the pool. It was scary to watch, thinking he could break an arm or leg, but really cool at the same time.
Payton's feet are sticking up out of the pool :)
I'm happy to report none of the kids ages 4,6 and 6 were injured in the fun. : ) We then visited a tank of blue crabs. Payton had great fun trying to scoop them up with a dip net, to get a better look and holding one that had it's pinchers removed. Later on, we got Payton dried off and we went to see Ice Age 4: Continental Drift.
The movie was super cute. Payton really liked the lion, for the time being, his name has slipped my mind. He really liked when Manny, Sid and the lion took over the pirates ship and I'm sure much much more.
Saturday we loaded up and headed to the beach for the day. We arrived on the beach about 10:45/11:00am. We stopped to buy bait so that we could fish. Apparently this stop was well worth it. We had so much fun catching the 10 or more Whiting we brought home to eat. We spent all day playing in the waves and fishing. Payton found his first hermit crab and marveled at how little it was. We spent the next hour and a half looking for more and looking at the differences in their shells. This trip was so greatly needed. I was truly happy and couldn't have been more relaxed. Around 4:00 we had finally been in the sun long enough and headed home for some time out of the sun.
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| He couldn't wait to go fishing! |
Sunday was spent mostly indoors until the late afternoon when we went fishing on the local jetties. Payton cast the first line and was the first to catch a fish. He caught a 21 inch Speckled Trout!
Everyone was so incredibly proud of him! I think this would have made his day... he had no clue what else was to come. In the next couple of hours , we caught another big Speckled Trout as well as are you ready for this? We caught 4, let me repeat myself, 4 Black tip sharks!! Payton caught one on his new fishing pole he had just gotten for his birthday! Each of these sharks were at least 3 feet in length. It was really neat to be that close to a shark, to see one up close and in person. Payton can't wait to tell his friends, although he thinks they won't believe him. At least we have the pictures to prove it!
Our whole trip was awesome! I can't wait to do it again before long! Hope you all have a great week!
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