Ft. Morgan Beach Club Weekend Getaway

Late Friday afternoon we decided to pack a quick bag and head to the beach for the weekend.  It has been quite some time since we  have left our hillside so it was a fun, quick getaway.  The boys were elated to sleep in the condo and to swim and play on the beach.  The water was still cold but they did not seem to mind.  Despite the wind being really strong the temperature was nice and the waves were 6-8' (that's big for the Gulf of Mexico). 

On Sunday we rode the Ferry from Ft. Morgan to Dauphin Island.  Along the way we were able to see some of the efforts being made to protect the coastline from the oil spill.  The Boom Technology team's were there placing the boom's, the oil pumper trucks lined the streets on Dauphin Island along with other relief teams from the coastguard to Military Convoy's and news teams.  It was a great time to teach the children.  Now, we are saying our prayers that the ocean and wind's calm so the boom's will be effective and that the oil can be contained. The oil is said to reach the Alabama coastline tonight.

Braxton is playing Captain Hook in a Peter Pan graduation play at his school in a couple of weeks. Needless to say the boys had fun pretending to look for pirates as well as checking out the big oil rigs with the monoscope.  They had just watched an episode on Build It Bigger about oil rigs so they were intrigued.