vacation log - home again :(

Well, our vacation is over sadly (we had such a relaxing and enjoyable time). We decided to prolong getting back and we stopped last night about 3 hours north of home. We could have pushed and made it in around 12:30 or 1:00 but we decided to stop. We did a LATE dinner at Cracker Barrel around 9:45 after checking into a nearby hotel. We slept in, grabbed lunch, then took our time driving along the ocean before hitting the interstate this morning. Kevin had worked in the town that we stayed at and Kay and I had gone with him a couple of times last year. We so enjoyed the small, beachy town atmosphere so we enjoyed being there again and driving around. (It was the same exit where we went to have the tire replaced on the way up ironically.) We got home around 4:30 this afternoon. I was a little overwhelmed over the thoughts of unpacking. We normally fly when we go anywhere very far so that kind of narrows unpacking down to 3 suitcases, and some carry-on bags. This time I had all kinds of junk to take care of. We tried to put most of it in the rooms where it would go as we carried it in. That helped so I didn't have one great big pile of stuff. I had 2 coolers of stuff, a [small] box of uncooked food, 2 bags of snack foods, boxes of gatorade and water, our suitcases, bags of dirty laundry, several bags with travel stuff for all 3 of us (overnight bags for the motel and bags with puzzles, books, movies, etc.), and then you know how it is when you drive - anything you have that you're not sure what to do with or didn't get put in a suitcase, you just throw in a plastic bag so I had a couple bags of assorted things. All that to say, I am quite proud of myself because I have everything taken care of, all of the suitcases back "together" and in the closet and my last two loads of laundry are in the washer and dryer as I type. The house is in decent shape though Kaelyn has managed to have a bunch of stuff strewn all over the living room in the few hours we have been home - she works as fast as me! :) AND... I am blogging and it is not even midnight yet. Here are a few (or not a few) more last pictures from vacation.



This is a picture of the picture of us on the chair lift.
You can't see Kay's face but you do get the idea of
how sandwiched in between us she was! The pic.
is a bit distorted because of trying to get a close up
shot of it.


Kay-Kay in bed in the room she slept in at the resort.


This is her entourage of "friends" that she has to have
everywhere she goes. (Notice her cross-dressing Mickey)


This was one of the outdoor areas right near our building.
There are grills and a picnic table nearby that you can't
see in the picture here.


Another shot from a different angle. There was actually
a little stream flowing under the bridge.


This is the creek that flows through the edge
of the resort property.


The top patio here is the patio out the bedroom
door of our condo.


This was at the entrance to the resort



Kay-Kay slept for the first few hours of the trip and then
she happily watched movies for the next few hours. We
didn't expect it to go that smoothly with her.