To Mississippi and Back: Part 2 "Lake Forest Ranch"

After a semi-successful execution of another hotel night outside of Atlanta, we loaded up and drove to Alabama.  (I could do a whole post on the joys of staying in a hotel with small children who have ridden in a car for many hours--but all I will say is that I don't think we were favorably looked upon by our neighbors...  Our entries were loud and late at night and alway ended with someone crying loudly.) We stopped in Tuscaloosa for some southern ribs at the original Dreamland location, which definitely looked as sketchy as the neighborhood where it was located.  This place had no windows and the inside was dark and had walls and ceiling covered with license plates.  They only serve ribs, sausage and white Wonder bread but everything was delicious and absolutely worth the stop!

An actual Marcus smile!!

After our finger-lickin' lunch, we drove the final leg to the camp (4 hours total that day)!  We spent a wonderful time at LFR making many new friends!  The majority of the kids at camp were high-school age campers, but there are many families who live there year round with children of similar ages as our family.  This little crew of kids ran around together, commandeered a table to themselves in the cafeteria and spent many hours fishing, swimming, and exploring the lakeside.  Zach loved the sudden freedom to do these things without mom watching him all the time.  For me, there were many hours spent on the porch in rocking chairs visiting with the other parents of the LFR kid gang.

Steve was able to share the messages that the Lord had given him throughout the year, and I really enjoyed hearing them presented instead of only second-hand!