After a week of sun, surf and sand in Myrtle Beach we kept on heading south. We loved Myrtle Beach.....well, at least the beach part, not the highrises that we could see looking to our right or left. I seems so wierd to see all this development along the coast in the US compared to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Richard spent most of the time surf fishing. He caught a robin fish, a skate, a blue and he hooked 2 sharks! Jenna got really good at throwing the net which is used to get the bait fish. She caught so many she shared with other fishermen or threw the big ones back in.
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So now we are in Savannah, Georgia. It is warm and the night is alive with sounds of crickets and frogs (reminds us of home). All the trees have Spanish Moss drooping down from the branches. It looks like nature is decorating for Halloween....creepy. We are staying in a beautiful state park. Today after school we headed into town and went on a Trolley Tour of the town. The history here is incredible and the old houses are beautiful. The porches are ornate with wrought iron. There are wood Colonial houses and limestone mansions. Lots of huge oak trees everywhere covered in Spanish moss. We stopped on River Street where the candy shop hands out free samples of prailine (we love that price). The road is made out of the old ballast rocks from ships......it was VERY bumpy. All throughout the town of Savannah there are beautiful parks, 24 to be exact. They are about the size of a city block with beautiful houses built around them and the parks are full of old oak trees. The squares also have statues in them of leaders in the civil war. Most of them are facing north....toward the enemy. All of Georgia was burned in the Civil war. There are no more plantantion homes left. Only Savannah was spared because Abraham Lincoln accepted it as a Christmas present.

Today we had a quiet day around camp again, venturing out only to the library to catch up on emails (hint, hint). On the way back to the campsite Richard spotted an alligator. We drove around to a place where we could park and then went to see. Lo and behold, it was an alligator...see photos. So now we know it is true when they say alligators can be in ANY body of water. That pond was not so big! The kids were thrilled although Matthew was a little frightened because he knows that he is a good size snack for an alligator. They can run up to 30 mph on land for short bursts. Needless to say we kept our distance.
On Wednesday we left Savannah and headed for Florida. Our first stop on our way to the Keys was St. Augustine. It is hot here! It was 85F today with about 100% humidity. I don't think I will ever get used to the humidity. Give me the west coast or Nova Scotia anyday. Today after school we headed to the beach. We were at the beach for about 2 hours when we noticed some pretty black clouds in the distance and some wind. Richard figured he should pop back to the trailer and get the awning in.......he's a little anal about that. While Richard was gone I noticed that the clouds began moving incredibly fast. I started packing up and got the kids out of the water. By the time we got the stuff packed up and ran up the beach to where Richard could pick us up.....he can drive right on the beach....the heavens opened and we were caught in a deluge. I used the sun umbrella to give us some protection but because it was warm getting wet wasn't such a big deal. Richard finally drove up and we scrambled into the truck full of sand and soaked to the bone. After the rain storm the weather cleared and it is still nice. Tomorrow we will continue south because we have booked a State Park in Key Largo for the 22nd.

Our trip along the coast was uneventful (just the way Richard likes it). We past many places we have all heard about. Daytona, Cape Canaveral, Maimi Beach, Coaco Beach and Hollywood....who knew there was a Hollywood in Florida. We are in South West Miami. There are avacado trees, orange trees (not ripe yet) and mango throughout the campground where we are. It was 90F today so we spent the day around the pool. We are thankful for air conditioning. Tomorrow we will head to the only english speaking CRC in the Miami area. The other 4 are spanish. After church we will drive 45min to Key Largo.