One thing have I desired...: January 2017

In June Derek, Jase and headed to Florida for a week and a half trip. We headed to Kentucky for the wedding of my cousin Kyle Gerst on May 31st. We spent the day exploring Louisville and then the wedding was outside that evening followed by a southern bbq reception. Jase was 3 months at this point and still sleeping quite a bit. The next day we said goodbye to family and headed to the Creation museum. From there we got a hotel for the night in Tennessee. The hotel was clean, but cheap. Cheap in the way that it wouldn't have taken much for someone to bust the door down since it opened to the outside. It was all around a little shady so when Jase woke at 5am to nurse I opted that we pack up and hit the road early. Monday was a big driving day. We wanted to make it to Beaufort, South Carolina in time to be able to enjoy some time there. Jase slept like a champ through this leg of the journey and we made it in great time to check into our hotel and go out for supper along the bay. The history and charm of Beaufort was so cool and we enjoyed walking the town more than once. While walking along the bay we saw someone pull in a stingray with their fishing pole. We loved looking at the old southern mansions, churches, giant willow looking trees and even the graveyards. It made me want to go back in time. We very much enjoyed our time in Beaufort, but the next day it was time to move on to Savannah Georgia. We stopped briefly in Savannah and walked the old cobblestone streets and rode a ferry boat along the city. We ate lunch and then continued on to our final destination St. Augustine Florida which was only a couple hour drive south. We made it to the beach house we would be sharing with Derek's family along the beautiful, non crowded Butler Beach. We unpacked and headed down to the beach. The crashing waves, the sand, the sun starting to dip down in the sky....it was worth every bit of travel!