Sometimes we don't post here as often as we should because we feel like not much is going on, and we don't want to bother you. The last two months have been a different story! We haven't been posting because things have been so so busy! But we are happy to report that we are home now, and finally life is falling back into place.
At the beginning of February, we headed down to Gulf Shores, Alabama with Grandpa and Grandma Giddings. As always, we had a fantastic time!
All days in Gulf Shores have a certain cadence to them. We get up, and both start work on our computers. Luckily both Doxpop and CAHS allow us to work remotely, so from morning to afternoon we get things done. Then, later, we start talking about what adventure we're going to go on that day. We find something to check out, then pack up and head out for some fun! Then, of course, seafood dinner.
One of our trips was to the Wharf where the pelicans were relaxing after a long day of badgering fishermen for their catch. But since they spend all day trying to steal from humans, they were very social and we got pretty close to them. This one was sizing up Grandma and, luckily, decided she was too big for its pouch.
Here's another photo that Nate took of the pelicans. You can see the condos in the background; the one above the left pelican's head was ours!
Another fun trip that we took was to the Gulf Shores Zoo, the "little zoo that could!" It was really really fun! When you first walk in, you see an island filled with ruffed lemurs! They were flipping and playing and teasing each other, and we had a lot of fun watching them! Also at the zoo you could buy a cup of food and take it with you to feed some of the residents. They had six tigers, wolves, bears, capybaras, aligators, livestock, and many more! It was a surprisingly diverse zoo for its size.
One of our unique outings on this trip was to the Nina & Pinta, replicas of two of the three ships that Columbus sailed to the Americas. It was really amazing to learn how the ships had been constructed in a shipyard in South America that still used the same techniques that they used centuries ago to make the originals. Also it was interesting to see where Columbus would have slept (a tiny hold below deck), and to learn that many of the sailors would have slept on the deck for the entire voyage! There is a unique opportunity for people to go live on and sail these ships from place to place for weeks or months at a time, but Nate and I decided that we'd prefer just to visit.
We enjoyed sampling the local eateries (seeing who made the best gumbo) and taking in the Mardi Gras parades. The parade is half trying to catch beads, and half trying to guard Grandma from beads flying at her. As always, we had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa and really enjoyed getting to stop in and see Sarah, Lawanna, and the boys on the way down and back up!
Coming up in our next episode: Our trip to California!
Love to everyone!
-J&N
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