We had a great time at St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, a beautiful peninsula in the Florida Panhandle. The beach was very pretty. One day, Little Kid made friends with a boy named Ben. The next day, Ben and I were digging tunnels and holes together. We built a huge tunnel, but when it was almost done, it collapsed. I spent a lot of my time playing in and working on a huge hole that everyone called “the hot tub”. Right before we left, I made a tunnel into the hot tub. It was super cool! Because it was cold, we spent a little time running in the water, but not that much.
One day, we were on the beach when we noticed a dolphin swimming just past the breaking waves. Soon, we started to wonder how it was going under, then appearing somewhere completely different a second later. We realized that it wasn’t one dolphin, but it was a whole pod. They were swimming around, slapping their fins, and jumping. It looked like they were playing!
Little Kid liked all the college boys on the beach. One day, there were a few college kids lying on the beach. Little Kid walked over, looked at them, then lay down next to them. It was very funny. Another day, Little Kid made friends with another college kid. The kid built a hole for Little Kid and ran back and forth, bringing water to the hole. Ma said, “you can help too, Jay,” and Little Kid said, “no, I like it this way.”
When we left St. Joe’s, we dropped the RV off at a storage place, brought Mr. Bear, my rabbit, to a boarding place, and then hopped in the car and headed towards Connecticut for my cousin’s bar mitzvah.