St. George Island (Copy Cat Trip)

Three times in a row to St. George Island didn't sound like too much when I made the reservations.  I chose three times because I wanted to be sure Amelia got in a camping trip to the beach since she loves it so much.  Our girls camping trip was great.  On July 10, Bubba and I headed back to SGI for three nights just us.

It was very similar to the outing with Amy and Amelia except this time I rented three Red Box movies for me to watch instead of Amelia.  The first one was "I Saw the Light".  It was the Hank Williams story and contained a lot of the old country music I listened to as a child.  I did not realize that he was only 29 years old when he died.  The next night I watched "The Lady in the Van" starring Maggie Smith.  I'm a fan of hers after "Downton Abbey".  It was a sweet, but sad mostly true story.  Then I watched "The Choice" which was a Nicholas Sparks book that I had read at least twice.  The book evoked copious tears but the movie didn't portray the angst of making the choice nearly as well as the book.  Not even a tear was shed for the movie.  As I've mentioned before, there is usually not any tv reception at SGI other than PBS.  Bubba can be happy with that, but I need more.

We had two really good days at the beach.  The umbrella worked great for Bubba and we were able to read under its shade when we weren't in the water cooling off.

We ate at the Blue Parrot which we both enjoyed and at BJ's where we had a good pizza.  So we enjoyed two good meals out, but I must say that when I did this trip with Amy and Amelia, we had ice cream.  When I mentioned ice cream this time, I got the looks that says, "How can you possibly hold anything else?"

Grouper Fingers

Popcorn Shrimp

While eating out on the deck at the Blue Parrot, Bubba said "Did you see that girl in the skimpy bikini?"  "The one with all the tattoos?" I asked.  "She had tattoos?" he responded. (He's all mine!)

While we were enjoying the pleasures of the beach, Amelia was attending volleyball camp at the high school where Amy teaches.  One of Amy's fellow teachers who helped with the camp told Amy that Amelia said, "I'm taking down my ponytail so I can have a great sweat."  (I'm recording all the funny Amelia stories until Amy resumes her blog.)

We were supposed to return to SGI this week for another three nights, but the weather didn't look favorable for spending time on the beach so we stayed home.

Amelia had her first piano lesson Monday.  Amy sent a video of Amelia playing her first piece.  It was precious.  She was counting by nodding her head.

Precious

Amy has been busy working on things for the writing lab at school which she will be starting this year.  Students complete with cute "writing" t-shirts will be helping other students perfect their writing skills.  This will require more time at school for Amy, but she seems to be excited about the potential for high school students to hone their writing abilities.  I'm excited for her and I wish her well in this endeavor.

Love their t-shirts!  School name is on back of shirt.