Thank goodness for a break!

we stepped out of the car to wait for our ferry

Nakia made a friend

watching the water on the ferry

posing on the ferry

we made it to the beach!

group picture on the beach

we waited at Lambert's for a long time for dinner... so we played checkers

Well, today was our rest day. We slept in this morning til about 8:30. Had breakfast in the hotel and had a leisurely morning getting ready to go to the BEACH!!!! We rode a ferry across the Mobile Bay and got to swim at Dauphin Island. We saw the white sand beach and swam in somewhat chilly waters... but we had so much fun that we didn't notice. We then tried to eat at Lambert's where they throw the bread at your head but the wait time was too long and there was a lot of confusion. So we ended up eating at Chic-Fil-A. It wasn't a packed day, but a well deserved and necessary day of relaxation and just play. "Girls just wanna have fun!" The following entries are from a few of the girls.

Walk through the pages of Tynae:
[Yesterday's pages] "Today we went to a school called LFS. There were all types of different cultures and some other girls were nice and one of the sixth graders took me to meet all different people from all different cultures. And then she took me to meet her teacher. It made me happy to meet new people. It was fun meeting new people."
[Today's pages] "Today we went to the beach. And we had a good time. we jumped on the waves and one of the LFS students was teaching me how to swim under the sea water. and Damiyon was washed away by the water and Ms. Davio scared us because she said she was not getting in the water and she did. Then it was time to go home and we took 3 pictures. and then we had to wash off the sand but the water was real real cold so i went in the bathroom where the water was warm. but then i realized that i left my shirt on the table so i went back and got it then we all met up at the van to go to dinner. I felt happy today and I was excited to go to the beach."

Walk through the pages of Damiyon:
[Yesterday's pages] "today was fun and exciting. We went to a school called LFS K-8. We learned about school integration. We met up with our partners and met their teachers and we went to their class and the teachers were asking us questions. Then we went to lunch. And we had sloppy Joe and then we went to recess. then we went back to the class then did the I Am From poem then we went to the cafeteria and we read out our I Am From poem. Then we did a self portrait and then we did a step routine. Then we had to clean up, then we left."
[Today's pages] "Today we went to the beach. First we put on anything to go down and eat breakfast, then we went back upstairs to do stuff. Then a student from LFS called and told us she was downstairs ready to go to the beach. Then we had waited with Ms. Villaluz to come back with the van cuz we couldn't go to the beach without it. When Ms. Villaluz came we got int he car and drove off. First we drove to the big ship that carried your cars and stuff. And we rode from one side of the water to another side of the water. when we got to the other side of the water we drove to the beach. I felt excited about today."