Here's the rest of the story! :-)
Remember that one of the reasons we planned this trip was for my 50th birthday so I planned the day with things I wanted to do!
If you know me at all, you know that I love a really good breakfast. I would almost rather go out for breakfast then out for dinner. I picked Sunliner Diner for breakfast. Darryl and I had eaten lunch at the diner before but this was the first time for my guys. My breakfast was very yummy!
After getting our fill at the diner, we headed to the Mini Gulf Course. It was a bit hot and there were little lizards keeping us company but we still had lots of fun.
The family selfie on my birthday! !
Of course, I also went down to the beach and read my book for an hour (or maybe two!!) The beach is my favorite place to be, as I'm sure I have mentioned once or twice!
I did not want to cook on my birthday (that's the best gift ever!) so we ordered pizza and salad for dinner. We enjoyed eating out on the balcony - because, well, we are at the beach after all!
Nate made sure to get a photo of my since I'm 50 now.
After dinner we headed down to the beach to find ghost crabs. It's kinda cool because these little guys kind of freeze in the light so you can catch them. Don't worry, when we were done, we let them go!
Finally, we ended the night with my favorite dessert - Key Lime Pie from LuLu's. It's just amazing and such a treat! I really loved my birthday and hope we get to do it again!
On Thursday, we started our day like we always do - the balcony and the pool. We had pretty near perfect weather the entire week. Clear blue skies and lots of sunshine!
Our big adventure today was going to the pier. It's pretty neat to watch the people out there fishing and see what the catch. There are also sharks swimming below trying to steal the catch before it gets reeled in and sometimes they do! It's cool to see them jump out of the water too! We also saw some dolphins. swimming out a little further. Oh, and before this we ate at Lambert's Cafe again - the home of the throwed rolls.
We were HOT after being out on the pier for a few hours so we headed to get ice cream at Matt's Ice Cream. The servings were big and the icea cream was good!
Once we got back to the condo, I headed down to the beach and enjoyed putting my feet in the sand :-)
Our last day, Friday. What a great week! When I'm on vacation I really try to enjoy every moment and make it last. I can honestly say that this vacation was perfect. Because we chose to do just one thing each day, to hang around the condo, to use the pool, etc, the days seemed to be long and relaxing in a great way. It was such a laid back trip and we loved it.
Our big excursion today was the fort. Fort Morgan is another historical park where we get a chance to walk on the same ground as so many soldiers before us. It's always kind of somber to walk the halls.
We are still working on our selfies - my arms just aren't long enough HA! I need to let Nate take them all - he does much better!
We enjoyed a late lunch at Shrimp Basket since that is our favorite place to eat.
Saturday morning we were up early, packed and ready to head out by 10:00 because we had big plans!
See! Nate does much better :-) Our last selfie on the balcony! We hope to go back to this same condo next year.
You may or may not know but there was a footbook league that started in the spring and there just so happened to be a game in Birmingham Alabama on Saturday. We surprised the guys (before vacation) with tickets for this game. It is technically kind of on the way home so we planned our day around the game.
It was really a fun time. We cheered for the team from Texas since my brother and his family live there. It was hot because we chose the side in the sun (if we ever do this again we know to sit on the other side where there is shade HA!) BUT the seats were super comfortable and the food was good!
That is the end of my photos! Once the game was done, we headed for just north of Nashville for the night. On Sunday, we got up, ate breakfast and hit the road for the long drive home. We really worked to not take too much time on our stops and got home pretty close to planned which was nice.
It is always hard to see vacation end but we sure had an amazing time!
