Spring Break 2012 [Florida, Part 1]

Last Sunday, we embarked on our first ever Spring Break vacation as a family. March is a spectacularly busy month for us this year, so I wasn't even sure a trip like this would even be possible, but God pulled all details together for us, and we had a fantastic week!

Sunday after church, we loaded up the car and headed down the road. Here are our awesome road warrior children!

It rained and poured and stormed nearly all the way to where we stopped in Louisiana to stay for the night. The next morning when we got up and got back in the car... still raining and storming. But it was still a fantastic drive. Once we reached Mississippi, we got off I-10 and drove along the coast, travelling through Biloxi, Gulfport, etc. It was so beautiful!

Finally, on Monday afternoon, we arrived at our hotel in downtown Pensacola. I wish I had taken pictures. It was a really cool small 1950's motel that had been newly renovated. Anyway, once we settled in, we decided to get out and see what we could see. We visited the National Naval Aviation Museum and everyone LOVED it! Aaron even said it was the best museum he'd ever been to.

After that, we drove around, checked out an old lighthouse and an old fort nearby that were really interesting. Finally, we headed back to the hotel and decided to walk around the downtown area to see what we could see.

The next morning, while we were waiting for it to warm up outside so we could go to the beach, we headed down the coast to Fort Morgan to catch the ferry over to Dauphin Island. Well, unfortunately, the ferry was closed due to fog, BUT the Fort was right there on the water, so we decided to check it out. Let me tell you, it was AMAZING. Aaron and I loved it. The kids loved it. It was so impressive. If you're ever in the area, you've got to check out one of these forts (there are a few)!

The beach is coming up in Part 2!