Rob and I had a great time at the beach! We went to Santa Rosa Beach, which is sandwiched in between Destin and Panama City. No douchebags to be found! We stayed at a B&B that actually didn't serve breakfast anymore. (Bed and Beach?) Upside? It was cheaper, and it featured a full kitchen and two grills where we could cook our own meals! Yeah, we take old people vacations. It was really nice though, to just walk down and make breakfast (okay, coffee) and to have a place to make sandwiches for our days at the beach and whatnot. We grilled out a lot, and went out to eat only once. It was delish, but Rob and I make some pretty good food ourselves. Plus, we had a balcony with an ocean view, so we loved eating our meals out there!
We spent tons of time at the beach, and Rob tried to fish, but it didn't go that well. Either way, it was really relaxing, and only a 4:30 hour drive away from Birmingham. Shorter drives are key when you have to ride with a pregnant lady. We might go back next year with our baby girl! Because I imagine shorter drives are even more key when you have to ride with a baby.
Our balcony at night.
Yummy grilled porkchops and pasta salad for dinner the first night.
Easy boardwalk access to the beach, complete with ocean sounds-ahhh.
We tried to go on a hike. But didn't get much further than this.
Turns out it's hot in August unless you're at the beach.
Go figure.
Cheesy sunset photo-I swear I didn't lift this from a picture frame!
Our little corner of wonderfulness, view from the boardwalk.
Rob blew up this raft.
So for our long day at the beach, we actually drove down the road,
where we didn't have to carry our stuff as far. The state park
beach was nicer and less crowded, anyway.
Our villa by the sea-yeah, we're high maintenance.
Rob's 5 minutes of fishing.
Beach day, hurray!
So when the wind started to blow and it threatened to rain,
we lowered our villa into a "storm shelter".
Luckily it only sprinkled, the wind let up after a while,
and the sun came back out :)
I guess it's always good to be home, but one more day wouldn't have hurt!
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