Beach Vacation

Last week (June 22nd to June 30), Jakob took his first beach vacation to Dauphin Island, AL.  We spent Friday night in Jackson, Mississippi and Jakob slept through the drive-by tour of the capital buildings on Saturday morning (catching up after a restless night!).  We arrived on the island on Saturday afternoon to a rough ocean but sunny skies.  We got to celebrate Lito's 60th birthday on Saturday evening, even though it was a week late.  On Sunday, the police recommended an island evacuation as a result of tropical storm Debby so we booked a hotel in Mobile and drove through 6 inches of water leaving the island.  We enjoyed time in the pool on Sunday night and got a call on Monday morning that we could return so we spent some time in Mobile, went to a nice seafood restaurant for a late lunch, and then returned to Dauphin Island.  The rest of the week brought about sickness for Jakob so we ended up at urgent care on Thursday with a diagnosis of a sore throat.  On Saturday we returned to our house after a 12 hour drive, finding a broken air conditioner and temps of 95 (better than the 105 degree temps outside).  All-in-all a good vacation and one to remember for Jakob's first beach trip!  Let's hope next year is a little less eventful!  He enjoyed spending time with Lito and Noni, his aunts and uncle and his cousins!  Lots of entertainment for the week.