So sorry this is a week late, you know how it is when you get home from vacation, I have been playing "catch up" all week.
Anyhoo..... I had a really wonderful nine day vacation that started last Thursday evening as we pulled onto highway 55 around ten PM. After a good eleven or so hours in the car and a good old waffle house breakfast, our first stop was the battleship in Alabama (not really my idea, but I enjoyed it) Quite alot of history there, but it was hot as it could be. ( saw a gator)
We stayed at the Ramada in Fort Walton Beach for one night, this place is nice, tropical grounds and a bar on the beach ! what else do you need at this point? My son Tom and nephew Shea caught quit a bit of fish off the pier and we had a hard time getting them to leave, those boys enjoy squid guts I swear to you it's very weird:roll:
On Saturday we had a great lunch at the Crab Trap at the Pier, shopped a little, then headed down 98 through destin
yikes: ) to seagrove. Our rental home (The Heart Of Seagrove) was ready two hours early so we were able to check in around two thirty. This house is HUGE and decorated as beautifuly as could be. The only problem was...da..da...dum.........The boardwalk was boarded up, never fixed from the hurricane, and we knew nothing about it. can anyone say FALSE ADVERTISING????? the pictures on the web site show this particular boardwalk looking ever so lovely.
................I digress.....Ok, so nothing can really bother a big bunch of Show me states when we are at the beach. This part of Seagrove is just wonderful, we had nice hot days, clear blue water and cold beer (that just about sums up my whole week) and the very best part was the people watching !!!!
god I love staying so close to One Seagrove Place....people gawking heaven
(this is funn for us don't ask me why)All the boys went deep Sea fishing on Tuesday on the Miss Kelley out of P.C.B my son Tom caught the biggest grouper
Tuesday night we had our annual beach party with my musical friend Gene Mitchell at Calypsos Tiki bar in P.C.B....good times and one great group shot.
On Thursday which just happened to be ALLIFUNNS BIRTHDAY
I had the pleasure of meeting (very briefly cuz I was late) Allison, cork, sunshine, Tootsie (Luv this gal cuz she is short like me!!!!) Kurt (once again he said he was riv-o) both dargs and......who was in the back of their car??? oh my lord that rum has ruined my memory
I so wish that I could have spent more time with them, but it's hard when you are with such a large group of friends and family, some of whom you don't even see at home.After I saw Allison, my friends and I went to Bud & Alleys and had the best time!!! danced ALL NIGHT LONG ! then went stumbling down the stairs around two thirty....ah....good times, good times...ps. Gordon behind the bar is a little hottie.
Ktschris and company stayed in Pineapple Palace right down the beach from us, had a good time with them and because they had such a great pool and lots of kids....I hardly saw my son and daughter all week, literally they came home to eat and sleep.:roll:
Overall most of my Sowall time was spent at the beach as I think should be, sitting around with my good friends and family, making wonderful memories, sharing long talks, watching the sun set every night and thinking that this place on 30a is quite frankly a little piece of heaven
We can't wait to come back
PS.....YES RIVEROTTER I HAVE PICS !!!!! 185 to be exact;-)
