We had a GRAYT time, as always. We had our anniversary dinner at Graffiti in Carillon Beach - a place we will surely return to. We spent most every day in our usual routine - up at 5 AM (your time, 6 AM our time), walk on the beach, breakfast, pool, lunch, beach, pool, dinner, beach to watch the sunset. Funny how that never gets old.
Our younger daughter and I spent way too much money (according to my husband) at the shops in Seacrest, Rosemary Beach and Seaside. The coolest thing this year was finding "blue buttons" in the water and on the beach - something we'd never seen before. We LOVED the little Chapel on the Beach in the Rosemary Beach Town Hall on Sunday morning - it was just like our church at home, except closer to the beach, which makes it so much better!
It was hard to leave and come back home. Hoping to return next summer in early June with our older daughter and her new husband (whom she is marrying in October). He's never been to the Gulf!
I really could live in SOWAL. I don't miss Ohio when I'm there!