Florida 4/5 - 4/9

We had a great time in Florida the last 4 days. We got to meet our new nephew Lincoln, who was born in march. He is such a cutie. While we were there, chris's dad and step mom were also out visiting from California. It was a lot of fun! It was mostly down time but we really enjoyed it. We all went out miniature golfing one night. Florida has some amazing golf courses to play at. Noah had a blast having his uncle Chris around. They had sword fights and played video games for a day. Chris and I gave mark and Keri the night off last night (Monday) and took care of the baby for the night. We had a fun time with that :) We work well as a team, and Chris does a good job at changing diapers, just gotta work on his swaddling skills :) we still aren't sure if we are really to have sleepless night though. It was really hard to leave them all today. Wish we didn't have to.

Monday we got some bad news after taking the bus in for a valve adjustment. Long story short, they mechanic said we are driving a ticking time bomb. He didn't know what really was wrong with it but she isn't running at 100%. We had to make a hard decision and take out the trip to key west,fl. :( we were both really upset but couldn't risk putting an extra 900 miles on the bus. So we decided to to start heading back north and starting our trip home. We are still keeping the same route home and going up to Canada but we just aren't pushing her and doing long drives. Say a little pray for us that she finishes the trip as planed and she gets us back to Idaho.

We are heading to Birmingham, AL for the night. We made a stop in wildwood, FL and did an airboat tour. We had so much fun!!!! We got to see some pretty birds, turtles, and alligators too. We were on one of there smaller boats which was was louder and faster and came with the warning of "you might get wet". It was pretty cool to see the gators. Once we get into Birmingham we will be exploring the civil rights museums and MLK memorial site. After that we have a short drive into Nashville where we will have 2 days to explore :)

Hopefully the post from here on out will about the places we see and not about how we have to find a way to tow the bus home