Vacation "Destin"ation

Why is that I feel like I need a vacation more today than I did before we went on vacation? 

 Does that make any sense?

We are absolutely worn out; however, Brookelynn was only home long enough to get a shower and head back out the door. She had a sleepover planned at her friend Jalyn's and she wasn't about to miss it.

We had a lot of fun in Destin and tried a lot of the local food. We spent time on the beach, time in the pool, time at the harbor, and time on the balcony.

We took two boat excursions, one on a speed boat and one on a sail boat (my favorite).

The fireworks on the fourth of July were awesome.

The first day we were on the beach, Devin twisted his knee trying out the skimmer board and he limped for three days. It's still a bit sore, but it is much better than it was.

We caught the Gulf during Red Tide (again). The two times that we have visited the gulf coast, have happened to fall during the weeks of Red Tide. This time wasn't so bad. There were no dead fish, the seaweed wasn't slimy and it only washed up during the evening hours. It reminded me of the fake plants that you put in an aquarium. It was just pieces that felt like plastic.

Some of the local restaurants that were recommended that we tried were...

• The Donut Hole (Brooke's Favorite)
• Dewey Destin's Harborside (we ate out on the deck)
• The Shed (Bar-B-Que)
• FudPucker's (Stroker loved the fish sandwich...Devin and I just felt like it was a dirty restaurant)
• Lambert's (in Alabama...It was AWESOME)
• The Salty Turtle (harborside)

Here are a few more photos I took while we were in Destin.
You can truly see how Destin gets its name "The Emerald Coast"

 Here is a dolphin that swam by the boat on our Sea Blaster speed boat excursion.

 So much for getting a condo with bunk beds for the kids. 
Brookelynn wasn't about to sleep by herself.

  Under the Boardwalk

  On the Sail Boat (My favorite part of the trip)

    Sunset on the sail boat excursion

 Family Beach Photos...

We barely caught the sun before it set.

There were families everywhere at this beach taking photos...and we were all dressed alike in the traditional beach photo attire LOL.

There was only one family on the beach that went with the black shirt and khaki theme.

 Devin found an cool starfish while we were making these photos.

If you have an extra eight minutes, you can view more photos and video HERE.

You will have to give it a couple of minutes to load since the video is a bit long.