On the Road to Disney | The Adventure Continues

Most of our driving was through Florida today. We stopped in the city of Crestview and made sandwiches for lunch at Twin Hills Park. It was a lovely park with some lively kids' football games going on. The playground was mixed with the splash pad so it was impossible to play without getting wet. This made us cranky. We played on the swings, but another family was hogging the coolest swing so we decided to bid Crestview farewell and go on our way. 

We ate dinner in Live Oak, Florida, where Mrs. Fanny and her family run a delicious buffet at Stoudemire's Restaurant.

Eden loved the baked beans!

We drove for a couple more hours and finally made it to our destination!!!

We stayed at the Art of Animation Resort in a Cars-themed family suite. 

At check-in:

Outside our building.  The A/C was leaking water onto the floor in our room so we were immediately switched to another room.

It was late and we were very tired at this point. Eden and Elise both had very good naps in the car, but after a long walk exploring the resort, we were beyond done. 

On the Road to Disney | Driving Day 1

After stopping in Beaumont, we made it to Baton Rouge. We decided to stop in at the LSU campus for a glimpse at Mike, their tiger mascot. 

Unfortunately, there was a game happening the next morning, so there was a lot of traffic and campus was very congested. But, we did see the tiger. He even took a poo while we were there, which Andrew thought was amazing. Poor tiger. 

 

We found an interesting restaurant near campus to eat dinner at that featured salads and hamburgers. Interesting combination. It was yummy, but made Andrew's eyes burn. The kids enjoyed climbing in the stairs outside and Caleb pretended like he jumped a very large gap to a landing next to the stairs. 

We crossed the mighty Mississippi. 

We made it to Daphne, Alabama to sleep for the night. Baby Eden didn't sleep too well. She and I had breakfast at 5:30am, then we went back to sleep. Then I had breakfast again at 7:00am with Caleb and Eva (Micah joined us a little later). Andrew and Elise ate after them. 

This little bunny was outside our hotel. He matches the one at home at the Conroe Vineyard.