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Days 17 to 22BATON ROUGE to PANAMA CITY BEACH – Ok, first of all I should offer my apologies for not posting for over a week. Of course that assumes that any of you wanted to know how we were doing to begin with, which is arrogant on my part. I also acknowledge that any apology on my part would be weak and maybe even disingenuous. So how about I dispense with saying I’m sorry, and just bring you up to date.
We left Baton Rouge and drove across Louisiana and Alabama without much incident. The 10 freeway is suspended for miles above the bayou. You just drive on and on, looking down into all of that swampy water and wonder how the early settlers were able to travel through it in the 1700’s. Actually, seeing it does help answer the question of why the French agreed to the Louisiana Purchase for such small amount of francs.
We passed this really … interesting van on the way. Then about 50 miles up the road, we took a nature break, and there was the van filling up its thirsty tanks at the gas
station. I asked – and was granted a family picture in front of the thing on 4 wheels.
 We arrived in Florida, to the delight of Ray and Sandy (we think they were delighted). Here’s a portion of the gang, in front of the house. 800 feet to KC’s left is the Gulf of Mexico.
 PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA – Life has been pretty kick back the past week. We’ve spent time in the sand…
 … walking through the quaint towns along the coast…
 …shopping in the quaint little towns… (Notice that KC is clipping a clothes pin to Paige’s dress in this shot. Explanation to follow shortly)
 … car shopping in snooty quaint towns…
 … and just watching the sun go down while squeezing gulf sand between your quaint toes.
 NEW GAME – OK, all you families looking for a new game to play. We’ve come up with a good one. Well, we think it’s a good one. I guess it just depending on your perspective, and what you’re trying to accomplish – but anyway, here’s the game
ITEMS NEEDED: A common clothes pin, which you mark to verify that it is indeed, THE game pin.
OBJECT: To secretly clip the clothes pin onto the clothing of anybody that is participating in the game, without letting them know you’ve placed the pin there.
WINNER OF THE GAME: Actually, there is no winner, only ONE looser: The person who has the pin clipped to them just before family devotions starts is the official… “winner”.
In the picture below, you’ll see a devoted and kind Uncle Doug, standing next to his niece, Eva. Note the closeness of relationship between them, the bond they share together under the umbrella. Also, note that Eva has clipped the pin to her Uncle Doug’s shirt. How long will he wear the clip? Seconds? Minutes? Hours? Depends on how well placed the clip is, and how obvious it is that the laughs are directed towards him. No more can you trust a hug from a relative, or a close conversation of a nephew asking for advice. What does the looser have to do? Sing a song at the end of family devotions for everyone to hear. Tonight it was “God Bless America” by K.C. Yesterday it was the theme song to the Brady Bunch by Slash. Night before, The Hokey Pokey by Brian. And the night before that I (yes, I actually “won” the contest one night) had to sing the Star Spangled Banner.
 I guess all that’s left is to close the day with another great evening together (I wonder who’s clipping the clothes pin on somebody’s back in this picture).
 And now we will leave you with an inspirational new music video. We have no idea what this song is called, but Brian decided to do a little interpretative dance to it. Enjoy….
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