Well I am sad to say that we are back in Decatur with 20 degree temperatures! It wasn't even a week ago that we were enjoying the up 60s and sunshine in Gulf Shores. It just made me that more excited to retire. I know we have a long ways but now I have something to look forward too!
We left Wednesday evening and drove to Franklin, TN and stayed at a La Quinta Hotel. It was about a 6 hour drive and we pulled in around 11:30 pm. We took showers and it was bed time! We got back on the road at about 7 am and reached Gulf Shores around 3pm. We pulled to to sunshine! We unpacked and then had a nice walk on the beach! Talk about some soft sand! That night we went to dinner at a cute place called Live Bait. Everyone except me had a shrimp poor boy! I just can't get pass the poop in shrimp! I was a good sport and tried a bit of Casey's. It was better then expected!
The next day the guys went golfing and us women went where else.... shopping! They have a huge outlet mall that had some great deals.. Casey scored! That evening we went to dinner at a place called Lambert's.. it is the home of the throwing rolls. They literately throw rolls at you. If you are hungry and want some good ol' home cooking this is the place to go! They come by with all kinds a things that you can add to your plate! Needless to say we all came home with half of our dinner!
The next morning it was a bit rainy so we went out for breakfast at a cute local place called Ducky's. It was Great! That evening we went to Lulu's which is Jimmy Buffet's sister's place. They were having a very cute Valentines Day Celebration. Karen and Randy renewed their vows here! It was a great place and we loved to go back. After this we went to the Barbra Baily Hutchinson concert. It was cute and entertaining. We of coursed stopped for ice cream after wards and heading home to watch Saturday Night Live!
We decided to leave Sunday afternoon because the thought of 13 straight hours of driving on Monday and work on Tuesday just didn't' sound like a good idea. One the way back we stopped at a Go Kart place and rode two different Go kart Tracks! The second one was AMAZING! It was right off of Mario Kart! I'd love to do that one again. Just a side note.. I beat Casey both times! Lets not let him live that one down!
All in all it was a great trip and we can see why Randy and Karen are Snowbirds. We'd love to go back again!
