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A Lazy Family Day After Travelling

Monday, February 21st – Destin, Florida Spent the morning updating the blog. Officially up to date. I’m writing about now, now which is the first time that has happened. 

 Aisling had a nice conversation with her Uncle Darren, Auntie Rachel and cousins. It was really nice to see my beautiful little one year old niece Izzy! Can’t wait to get back in the summer and spend some time with them. Maybe we can bring the trailer over and set it up on our way back. We also had a nice little conversation with Mary Catherine. The kids are always so excited to talk to her. We keep meaning to do video chats with more people but the time always seems to pass. 

 We have just had a lazy day around the campsite. The weather is nice enough to sit outside and relax. Some laundry got done. Gen organized a few areas of the trailer. It was a really nice relaxing day after moving so often. The girls set-up their tent because they wanted to sleep outside but as the day passed by and it got colder, the plan went out the window. 

 We needed groceries so we set-off to Walmart but along the way Gen wanted to stop in at a Goodwill to buy something for one of the kids. The kids and I waited for a while but then a quick google search revealed a play structure nearby so off we went. This is probably the best play structure we’ve seen so far on the trip. It was massive with a smaller play structure for little children, swings, a netted climbing pole nestled amongst baseball diamonds, a skate park and football field. The kids were happy. 


 After a while we got the call from Gen, picked her up and went to a local Publix. It was a bit expensive, overall, the groceries have been pricey on the trip. We committed to eat vegetarian as much as possible because our fridge isn’t always the coldest, meat will go bad quicker, I’ve been playing around with vegetarian recipes for a while and, of course, the health benefits so it saves quite a bit of money not buying meat. We have a ton of dried beans, rice, chickpeas and lentils and I’ve been rotating through them each week. Make a big batch of beans with our instant pot (we did bring an instant pot which has been great when we have electricity) and then store them and make different bean receipes for 4 or 5 days before switching to chickpeas. Beans and rice recipes are burrito bowls/wraps, chili, jambalaya and enchiladas. 

 On the way back, we drove through the town of Grayton Beach. It is a beautiful little vacation rental town with a nice beachfront. I was hoping to stop for a meal there but we never got around to it. Gen and the kids hopped out to check out the sunset while I drove around looking for parking (which I didn’t find so I peacefully read about the Raptors in the car which was a pretty good outcome).

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