I wasn't really looking forward to driving home. The vacation was over way too quickly, but home was beckoning and so was the unfinished shed. So, we packed some stuff in Jonathan's car, and loaded the essentials in ours, making sure to keep the umbrella, bathing suits and change of clothes.
Jonathan headed straight for home, but we decided to take a ciruitous route via Rockport. It was a 2 hour drive from Corpus Christi, but we were not disappointed. The entry fee was nominal, only $4, and the beach was pristine. I didn't see a single scrap of paper or scraggly cigarette butt the entire time we were there. At first the girls didn't like it because there was sea grass waving about underneath the waves, but the sand shelf extended for over a 100 yards out to sea, and there were people beyond that where the waves only came up to their knees. We splashed and played for a couple of hours, and when the girls showed signs of being tired, we cleaned up and went to Subway for lunch.
About 3 hours into the drive we stopped at a second beach and let the girls run around. Then around 7:00 we made a final stop at Sonic Burger for dinner. That seemed to settle the girls down and we arrived home at about 9:30 to the news that Jonathan had gotten lost on the way home, and it had taken him seven hours to get home.
So, Tanner finished the shed the next day, and we've started to move all of the tools outside. I am looking forward to having the back room cleared out and ready to take on the role of family room. I wonder how long that will last.
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