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August was quite a full month…of vacation!\u00a0 Yes, you read that correctly.\u00a0 It is not often that you read that from our family, but we took some much needed time to rest, relax, explore, rejuvenate and be together as a family, thanks to the stimulus checks during the pandemic.\u00a0 Originally, we planned to go to the Galapagos in June, but since the whole family got Covid-19, we postponed the trip until August.\u00a0 We were so grateful we were able to do that.\u00a0 The trip was amazing, so much so, our kids said it was better than DISNEY!\u00a0 WOW!\u00a0 Chalk one up for the parents, right?!\u00a0 Joel and I thoroughly enjoyed it too and it was wonderful to see the kids just enjoying and taking in every experience!\u00a0 Most mornings we would wake up and say, “well, we don’t get to see or do that everyday!”\u00a0 Some of the highlights were being so close to all of the animals including sea lions, marine iguanas, lava lizards, sea turtles and SHARKS!\u00a0 We were able to snorkle every day and most days we walked well over 15,000 steps, some days over 25,000!\u00a0 You can see some of our pictures below and if you check out our Facebook pages, there are lots of fun videos as well!\u00a0 \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\"<\/p>\n

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August was quite a full month…of vacation!\u00a0 Yes, you read that correctly.\u00a0 It is not often that you read that from our family, but we took some much needed time to rest, relax, explore, rejuvenate and be together as a family, thanks to the stimulus checks during the pandemic.\u00a0 Originally, we planned to go to … Continue reading »<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nGalapagos: "a little world within itself" - Delplog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=8355\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Galapagos: "a little world within itself" - 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