Stormy Day

We had been following the forecasts for today which showed high winds and possible thunderstorms peaking in the early afternoon so we called our next campground to see if there'd be any possibility that we could check in early. We could and so we planned to pull out of St. Andrews by 8:30 so that we'd arrive at Geronimo RV Resort in Miramar Beach between 9 and 10 before the winds got too strong and/or sustained. Everything went according to plans!! Brock successfully navigated our beast of a trailer down the road, it was pretty much just one highway all the way. There were some pretty strong gusts of wind that pushed us around a little bit, but we drove during what was definitely the calm before the storm

Once we got all checked in at the campground, we got all setup in our site, and Brock went to work and the kids and I worked on school. Spencer had completed most of his independent work very early this morning, he was up at 6!, and so he and I worked together for a little bit and he was done for the day and ready for his freetime. Heidi barked at the door and it was Brynna's turn to take her so they stepped out of the trailer and in the time it took Brynna to take about 10 steps it started pouring down rain. She and Heidi turned right around and came back in. The nice thing is this storm seems to be bursts and breaks so that isn't too bad. As hard as the rain was falling though, I think it will be a good test for those newly sealed bunk room windows.

Brock was feeling a little burned out, so he suggested we all take a break midday and head to the outlet mall that is only about 1 mile away. (Insert sheets of rain falling for about 10 minutes) He had a window of about 2hours before his next appointment time on his schedule, so we headed out. We walked the mall and into whichever stores interested any of us and a few of us found a couple treasures. The walking area is mostly covered so we missed most of the rain and the little boys especially, had fun overdramatizing the effects the high winds were having on our ability to walk. ;o) At one point, the skies opened up again and it looked like this...

and this wasn't even the hardest rain we saw today...

Brock made one phone call for about 5 minutes and we hit a gelato store with a ton of different flavors. That was fun and yummy. They served it in cute little plastic cups which I guess you are supposed to throw away, but we decided to take them back to the trailer to become our new tiny ice cream serving bowls.

Spence and Sky goofing off.

Spencer as an awarding winning hot dog.

We headed back to the trailer and finished up our school and Brock worked the rest of the evening.

He just headed outside to close our little stove vent thingy that flaps if its windy outside and he came in and reported clear skies. It is still windy, but I think the rain is done. We never saw any lightning or heard any thunder. Tomorrow's high is only supposed to be in the mid-50's which is a pretty big change from 73 today. But cool and sunny is ok with me!