Fairhope – a city with interesting history. It was founded in 1894 as a utopian socialist community and has evolved to be a quirky cute coastal town in AL. We stayed slightly outside of Fairhope at the Grand Hotel – a beautiful property, but feels like it’s clinging perhaps too closely to heritage. We were encouraged to visit a confederate memorial just offsite and they performed daily, military rituals for “entertainment”. Mixed feelings on the location, but we were able to talk to the boys openly about this – and then mostly recharged a bit after a full few weeks. We went into the Fairhope town on our last day and wish we’d explored a bit more. A few great spots and nice walkable downtown area. The boys wore themselves out at the pool – Shepherd went down the slide more than 100 times and they both made friends with other kids. First time we’ve ever met two other Shepherds. Same spelling!