Back from Vacation

I have taken a few days off from blogging because we went on a little family vacation.

Day one of the vacation had us driving to Little Rock, Arkansas where we stayed in the Peabody Hotel.




Chase loved the view from the hotel.


If you didn't know The Peabody is famous for its ducks. They have a tradition that started in 1939 at the original Peabody in Memphis where at 11 am the ducks march down from their home on the roof and walk along a red carpet to a fountain in the lobby. Then at 5 pm they reverse it and march back up to their home on the roof where they stay until the next morning. Here is a picture of the march back up to the roof. The boys loved this.


A funny story about this happened 10 years ago when Shelley took me to Memphis for the first time. We went to the Peabody that morning to see the ducks and we were a little early so we decided to go and see them on the roof. After viewing them for a few moments we noticed it was almost 11 am and we needed to get back to the lobby to watch them march into the fountain. So, we went to the elevator, selected the lobby and when we arrived at the lobby, the doors opened and we were facing a red carpet and at least 50 people staring at us and expecting the ducks. We were embarrassed and they were disappointed.

I'll write about Day Two of the vacation tomorrow.