We returned Saturday from a lovely one week family vacation in Gulf Shores, Alabama!
As we set out on our trip, 602 miles and over 9 hours (that turned into 12) loomed between us and the beach, so we left very early in the morning. As Jackson sleepily said as I carried him to the car "you get me out of bed when the moon is still out, mommy?"
He was too excited to sleep much in the car though, and pretty soon he was helping with the navigating. He had a tough time finding Alabama on that Texas map though...
At 8:30 a.m. and 3 1/2 hours down the road, we made our first stop at the Cracker Barrel in Sulphur, Louisiana. The boys were very excited to meet up with their Grammy and Pop there!
After filling our bellies, we hopped back on I-10 for the next leg of our journey. Jackson was happy to ride with his Grammy and Pop in their car, so we just had little man to keep us company. This was by far the longest trip we have taken thus far with Andrew and he did really well. We are lucky to have two kiddos who are really very good travelers. We stopped at a McDonalds near Mandeville, Louisiana for lunch. Jackson was enticed to eat his chicken nuggets with the promise of an ice cream cone after. He decided he was all done with the ice cream cone though with a few bites left, so little brother was more than happy to assist.
My brother was a couple of hours ahead of us on I-10 and he reported that traffic was horrendous as you neared Mobile. So we made one more stop outside of Mobile and then braced ourselves for the last 50 miles that ended up taking nearly 3 hours.
Jackson wanted to pose with the "rocket". =) |
12 hours after setting out, we finally made it to the beach just before sunset and no one was more excited than this kid!
"Come on mommy! Come splash in the ocean with me!" |