Beauty and Grace

Yesterday we swam with manatees.

YESTERDAY. WE. SWAM. WITH. MANATEES!!

We have done some pretty spectacular things over the past 6 months.  Yesterday was right up there!  We used the tour company www.snorkelwithmanatees.com called River Adventures or something.  We went out with Captain Anna and she was fantastic.  Even kept P up in the boat and let us snorkel without him for a bit.  He helped her spot the manatees and guide us toward them!  You can't see them well while IN the water until they're right there, so this guidance helped!

It was really wonderful.  Ben pet one, I did not (nor did P).  We also saw 2 calfs (calves?) with their mamas.

There was a decent current, so it was a struggle sometimes.  At one point I was surrounded.  They are very curious creatures!  But, it panicked me a bit and once I was able to swim away, I took some time off in the boat.  I was glad we didn't opt to rent kayaks and snorkel in.  It was good to have  a place to take a breather from swimming against the current.  P also  needed a bit of time to become comfortable.  They are HUGE animals!

Living the dream.

Remodeling!

Having a great time being home, though we definitely miss our nomadic life! We've gone to the movies, spent time with family, had a field trip to the vet, park days with other homeschool families and even went roller skating (ouch)!

Also been doing a lot of updating on our rig and, well.  We are evolving and learning about what works best for us. I'd like to be more organized when we had our again so that set up and packing up doesn't take as long. Once I'm finished painting the inside, we'll shift our focus to the storage compartments, or, basement.

We've got a lot of plans over the next few months! The biggest is a full time family rally near Tampa in february. We'll hang in Florida for a few weeks and then go up the coast before going east again across the Midwest.

Can't wait!

Be you!