Beach Bound and Anniversary

We started the First Day of June at the beach.  Gulf Shores Alabama to be specific. We walked in the sand, splashed in the ocean and soaked up some sunshine.

We had dinner at Lambert's Cafe. We have not been there in YEARS. The food is so good and you get to practice your catching skills when they throw the rolls to ya. I missed Devin, because he was with us the last time we were there.

It's affects me that he is a grown up... and has a job... and responsibilities.... 

While we were at Lambert's, Devin called to tell us that part of the tree in the front yard fallen. Seriously! Of all days for it to pick to fall, it pick's the first day of our vacation.  Uugghhh.

He said that he looked out front earlier and everything was fine. 

He went back a while later and the tree was down. 

No wind...no storms...just decided to break and fall.

 Stroker called his brother and had him to stop by and cut it up so it wouldn't be laying in the yard on the fence and truck all week.

The best thing for us was to carry on with vacation plans.

After dinner, we took a stroll along the pier. 

We watched a guy (almost) reel in a 6 foot shark...but his line broke.

On Tuesday, June 2, we started our anniversary by sleeping in until 9am. We went out to set on the beach for about an hour before a storm rolled in. We watched the dark clouds move in and swallowed all bright blue sky until we were left running for cover from the rain. We went back up to our condo and sat on the balcony to watch the lightening and rain make it's way down the coast. It was a beautiful forty-five minute show. I love having ocean front views at the beach. We wouldn't have it any other way. If the amazing view of the ocean doesn't keep you lost in paradise, there is always other entertainment to sit back and enjoy. We like to "people watch", storm watch, and tune into to other's conversations. It's all a great escape from the mundane.

Morgan and I also took a banana boat ride on Tuesday. It's the first time either of us had ever ridden one. We had a fun time out there bouncing across the waves. The driver even took us over to show us an old shipwreck. Thank goodness we didn't have a situation like the JAW"S banana boat ride.

Our umbrella neighbors suggested Bahama Bob's for lunch. it was just a few yards away from our beach umbrella and the food was good.

After heading back to the beach for the afternoon, Brooke and Morgan found a beach crab.

And by this time, the two of them were beginning to look as red as lobsters.

We were pretty much bums all day until time for dinner at Tacky Jacks.

In order to incorporate a little learning into our vacation, I scheduled a twilight tour of Fort Morgan Tuesday evening. There, we explored and learned about the siege of Fort Morgan in 1865. 

It was interesting and a little creepy all at the same time.

We began Wednesday, June 3, just like the day before, with balcony sitting, people watching and lazy mornings. We eventually made it back down to the beach where we parked ourselves underneath our big blue umbrella for the afternoon while Brooke and Morgan toggled between playing in the waves and digging in the sand.

We had dinner Wednesday at "The Hangout". There was tons of stuff to do there while waiting for a table...and it is ocean side too.

We took a sunset sailboat cruise Wednesday evening, which is always our favorite vacation activity. 

It's relaxing, restful and romantic.

Check out our rosy cheeks...we had all been sun-kissed (or sun-burnt) at this point of our vacation..

We stopped on our way back to the condo for some fresh, hot  Krispy Kreme donuts...yum.

We had the best naps ever under our beach umbrella's on Thursday, June 5. 

Brooke and Morgan even gave up on us and went back to the room to hang out at one point. Thank goodness the waves were loud enough to muffle the snoring. It was kinda like this

We drove down to Flora -Bama and bought some boiled peanuts from some sketchy looking guy on the side of the road. Brookelynn recommended getting some because they are "sooo good" she said. 

Stroker and I agreed that we were both grossed out by the first peanut. If I go my entire life without ever having another boiled peanut, I'm totally okay with that.

Brooke and Morgan, on the other hand, ate out entire $10 investment in them. (gag)

We had lunch at a place called Flora-Bama. Just as the name says, it is right on the Florida/Alabama line. The food was really good, you just had to get past the idea that you were eating at a package store.  

Our dinner was quite a bit more family oriented. It was at a place called LuLu's. Parent's were outnumbered there though. There was about 2 kids to every adult. By the time we were seated and served, it was time to call it a day and head back to the condo.