~ December Vacation to Florida ~

A lot has happened in the past month since I posted...Joyanna celebrated her birthday, the homeschool club hosted a Nature Night, and our family went on a vacation to Florida.  Daddy rented an RV in PA and we moved it to Orlando, FL.  Everyone helped to pack all the food, bedding, and clothes needed for the 10 days we would be gone.  We left on Monday evening and arrived in Panama City, Florida by Wednesday morning.  Our first day on the beach at the St. Andrews State Park where we camped was absolutely gorgeous!  The weather was perfect and the water so clear!



 There were jellyfish washed up on the beach... 
This is a Cannonball Jellyfish

 And this is a Moon Jellyfish

 :: Crashing waves ::

My lovely parents celebrated their 19th anniversary in Florida!

 

We spent all day on the beach and in the evening we went to Gator Pond...

 

 

We saw one little gator off the boardwalk



See anymore? :)

In the evening we went to Faith Tabernacle for church. 

It was great to see friends we hadn't seen in a while!

We spent Thursday through Sunday in the Panama City area, more pictures to come!!

~Kaitlyn, for the Sanger Family

Hurricane Mountain - New York

We met our friends at their hotel in Lake Placid then traveled to the east side trailhead.  There are three different trials you can take up Hurricane Mountain.  This was Joshua and Daddy's third time up the mountain on this trail but for the rest of us it was only our second time to hike up on this side.


Starting out it is pretty easy...

In the clearing where the watchtower cabin and lean-to was located

Here is a old photo of the fire watchers cabin before it was taken down.


The trail gets a little more intense as you get up higher!

Leaving encouragement and water for the ones bringing up the end of our troop.
 

Finally at the top!!

The fire tower...

To keep crazy people from climbing the tower the first two flights of stairs have been removed...but do you think that stopped Dad, Joshua, and Hope?... nope!

 

 

Joshua, Andrew, and David

 

Lillia, Joy, and Faith enjoy the view

 

 

We listened to part of the Message entitled "The Guide" where Brother Branham tells about his experience on Hurricane Mountain.

 

The whole group!

 

Bro. Stephen & Sis. Ruth

Andrew, and the twins, Faith & Hope

Lillia, Faith, Hope, and Hope

On the way down Joy stopped for a rest :)

Another rest stop....

The leaves were so pretty... there's David running way up ahead!

 

We went to Stewart's Shop for Ice Cream before we headed home and our friends continued on their way to Connecticut.  We had such a wonderful time hiking together!  It was a wonderful way to end our vacation to New England!

 

~Kaitlyn, for the Sanger Family