The sand in your toes, the salt in the air; nothing beats a trip to the beach! We had the most wonderful time last week in Gulf Shores, Alabama, or as we like to call it, "our beach". We could venture out, but we know where we are going, we know the good places to eat, we know the good places to stay and shop, and for this type A mom, that is a little slice of heaven!
Note to self: check Trey's bag and make sure there is no harmonica next year!
PERFECTION!
We ate at the Pink Pony Pub as soon as we got settled in our condo.
Love these two!
He was the most excited to be out of the car!
He's the best :)
This was his idea 💕
Seeing your name on the back of 4 chairs and 2 umbrellas means it's gonna be a good week :)
The best view with my little fine-feathered friends
One day Trey talked us into going out on the banana ride. I thought, "oh yeah, that looks pretty tame". That was not the case. The four of us along with two older ladies (probably in their 60's) were in for the roughest ride I could have imagined. Carl ended up in the floor along with the two older ladies. We were all thinking the guy on the jet ski would ease up after a while...wrong again! He didn't let up until we stopped! We laughed so hard the whole time. It was good for us..even if we were sore the next day :)
As our resident historian, Makena made sure that we had a historical site to visit. In all of our years of going to Gulf Shores, we have never gone to Fort Morgan. It was very educational and a lot of fun too.
Even Trey enjoyed it!
This was a replica of the soldiers quarters.
Makena was our guide :)
As we were leaving the Fort, we spotted this little crab.
After walking the Fort (outside), Trey was ready to leave. Makena, however, was just getting started and insisted that we go inside the museum. Trey should really know better when going with her. It was a nice museum. The staff were friendly and knowledgeable, and they had a pretty cool gift shop. We discussed taking the fairy over to Dauphin Island but decided that it would take too much time and we really just wanted to go back to the beach.
This is a lantern from the lighthouse that was at Fort Morgan.
It was beautiful in person.
We made a quick stop at the market, then headed to the beach.
I don't know where Trey was at this time, probably in the water, throwing a football with some guys he made friends with.
Like I said, I really didn't take many pictures, and I was hardly on my phone. I looked at it one evening at dinner and I had 58%, and that is very unusual! Poor Carl should have left his phone in the condo or car the whole trip because he was bothered with work almost every day. That was super annoying.
It was a fun trip. Everything is different when you have big kids. Not bad different, just different.
I am thankful that we had this trip together. Everything really is better at the beach :)
Much Love,
Beth
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