Wednesday - As we did every day, we started out our morning on the balcony enjoying the view. :-)
Once we left our hotel we headed on a road trip towards Pensecola Beach. We stopped for lunch on the way at Bubba's Seafood House. For me, this was my least favorite place. Darryl loved his gumbo though and ranked it as one of his top favorites.
It's kind of fun being so close to Florida :-)
We enjoyed exploring in Pensacola - Something we didn't get to do in April because the bridge was out. This was a Fish Market I had read about. It was pretty cool - cases upon cases of fresh fish coming in on boats from the Gulf!
We stopped at this neat park and saw this boat named "Jacklyn" - sure it isn't spelled the same but it was still cool. From there we found a place to get a coffee drink before heading to Pensacola Beach.
Remnants of the old bridge we think. The bridge from Pensacola to Pensacola Beach was closed in April as it had been badly damaged in the last hurricane BUT it was finally opened again!!
We snapped this photo heading into Pensacola Beach for the kids to see!! I guess I didn't take any other photos! We spent most of our afternoon out on the beach enjoying the sand and the water. It was such a relaxing afternoon.
We stopped for dinner at Carver's Steakhouse in Orange Beach on the way home - it was our "fancy dinner" for our anniversary. I loved my steak - it was amazing! Darryl got prime rib and he's had better. BUT, it was still fun to go out to a nice steak restaurant!
Thursday - was another day of exploring!
We started our day with lunch at King Neptune's. We ate here in April when we came to Gulf Shores for the day and loved it. It was really good but we both agreed we got better food for less cost elsewhere.
We then went to Pirate's Island Mini Gulf . This was a fun place that we really enjoyed and would do again!
We also picked up some sweet treats that were super tasty too.
We headed back to our condo for a while before returning to the Shrimp Basket for dinner since it was overall our favorite food.
Every night we would see people on the beach with flashlights so we decided to go exploring too. This is our condo building at night from the beach.
There are these little crabs that come out at night that you can catch for fun. Don't worry, you let them go when you are done!
These were photos I took earlier in the day of the birds "fishing" for dinner. I just love the ocean and all the wild life that it brings.
Don't worry, we aren't done yet! There is still more vacation to share!
