Living Life: Our Beach Vacation

We just got back from the beach. We had a great vacation! The weather was awesome and a bonus to going on the off season, no crowds! We left on Friday and arrived in Gulf Shores, AL later that day. We hit the beach first thing. Friday night, we went to the Wharf in Orange Beach where they had a FREE light show and street dance. The kids had so much fun watching the show and dancing in the street. Saturday morning, we hit the beach again. That afternoon, we had reservations for a dolphin cruise. Wow! That was cool. This was our first time going on a dolphin cruise. My oldest son loves dolphins and is constantly researching these animals so he's the main reason we booked this tour in the first place. We went with a company called Cold Mill Fleet and if you go to Gulf Shores, I highly recommend them. They are located in Orange Beach at Bear Point Marina. They are very friendly, make the cruise very enjoyable and guarantee that you'll see dolphins. We ate at Flippers restaurant when we got off the boat and then headed back to the condo. I took the older 2 kiddos out to play putt putt later that night. Sunday morning, we went to the zoo. At this zoo, they have a lot of animals such as goats, donkeys, sheep, etc that you can feed. The kids really enjoyed this part. It was very hot though, so we couldn't wait to get back to the beach. We went out souvenir shopping Sunday night. We found another bonus to going in the off season. I scored t shirts for all 3 kids for only 3.99 each. Everything is on clearance! We headed back home on Monday with a tear in our eyes, we weren't quite ready to come home. Here are pictures from our trip. Enjoy!

Day 1