The perks included a separate bedroom from the living/kitchen area. So the kids were in their own bedroom and Bobby & I had a bed in the living area. There was an indoor pool with a lazy river. Outside there were two more pools, a hot tub and a kiddie pool. One of the outdoor pools had a two story slide that the kids loved. Even Amos. There was also an arcade, ice cream shop, laundry room and Tiki bar on the premises. The negative is that you could hear the thump & beating of the music from the Tiki bar late into the evening.
Shiloh hated the sand. Hated the pool. Hated the kiddie pool. Hated the waves. But by the end of the week he really warmed up the sand and would wander around, waving at all of the people around us. He was good with the pool as long as I was holding him but his favorite was the lazy river. I would get in a float and he would sit on it in front of me so I could hold onto him. We'd float around forever before he got tired and ready to move onto something else.
I was the most proud of Amos. He has a weird quirk about getting wet, especially his head. He's had meltdowns in the parking of lot of Walmart when we've been caught in rainstorms. He cries when you pour water on his head to rinse out his shampoo. But he really made some progress at the beach. He got hit in the face by a wave and laughed! His head was completely soaked and he didn't want to get out. We were so surprised. And even more impressed that he went down the two story slide.
It wouldn't be a trip for the Clark family without illness or drama. This year it was Hannah's turn to have a double inner/outer infection. We spent one whole day at Urgent Care and then Target for her prescription. The doctor said no ear plugs and no underwater swimming but after several days of medicine we let her use ear plugs and go down the slide. Sammy also caught a cold. And our last day there, Shiloh got a fever, which lasted until we returned home.
But, we were able to go in shifts to see the new Captain America movie. And best of all, we were able to meet up with our dear friends from England, the Jobs. They arrived in PCB as we were leaving so we had lunch with them our last day there. It was a blessing that the Lord worked it out that we would be able to see them during their trip to America.
