Just returned from an incredible week at the beach in Destin, FL, a place we love going to. We decided this year to go with mom, dad, Mary, and John to go with us. We had the best time. We were incredibly LAZY to say the least and enjoyed every minute of it. Our day consisted of sleeping in, Doug cooking us all breakfast, laying out/swimming in the ocean, lunch, laying out/swimming at the pool, dinner, and then John bartending for us and relaxing at the condo at night. Doug was our chef and John was the bartender. We stayed at the Silver Shells Beach Resort and Spa and had a great condo. Our elevator opened up into our foyer so we had our own personal elevator too. The resort was huge and had an awesome swimming pool. There were NO SIGHT of tar balls of oil anywhere to be found on the beach just a bunch of YUCKY and SMELLY seaweed. You just had to hold your nose and swim right through it. We had some great seafood and enjoyed every single minute of our beach trip. Can't wait to go back next year. We are already planning it!
Now for an overload of pictures!
The view from our room
The awesome HUGE pool
Mom and Dad doing what they do best - Reading
Our ocean view from my chair
My theme song for the week was "Toes" by Zac Brown Band
"I got my toes in the water, ass in the sand
Not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand
Life is good today. Life is good today."
Our first night at Louisiana Lagniappe
Mary calls it "Louisiana Landpole"
This is what happens when you let Mary take your picture
and she is not use to your camera
Mary and John waiting to eat at Crab Trapp
Our wait was an hour so we started taking pictures of ourselves
This is a tradition for Doug to eat almost 2lbs of crab legs at the Crab Trapp
The aftermath of Doug's crab claws
We played putt-putt golf at The Track
Dad, the golf pro, showing us all how to putt.
Dad ended up winning and I finished next to last!
Doug made a HOLE in ONE
And so did Mom
The Wii traveled with us to Destin
and Doug played MarioKart all night long
The aftermath of Doug's and Dad's steamed shrimp (with heads) at Harry T's
Mary and John at Red Bar in Grayton Beach.
The best place to eat at!!!
Doug and I at Old Bay Steamer in Fort Walton Beach.
This was recommended to us by the waiter at Red Bar. VERY GOOD!
Mary tried steamed shrimp and crab legs for the first time
Mary and John's steamed shrimp got into a battle at dinner.
Look how big those shrimp are!
We are looking forward to next year's trip to Destin and I'm sure I will have more pictures to show!
