Gentle Winds Condominiums Gulf Shores

I met my good friend Mark in Gulf Shores to mark the bookend of my trip. We had a great time with his family doing the normal Gulf Shores things like lots of fishing, talking and whatnot. I did get a few pictures here, but at this ...

... any of the ones I had remembered from my first visit but loved the window shopping! We then drove north to Daphne and Spanish Fort through good agricultural land that, until recently, was rapidly disappearing under a crop of houses. There are many subdivisions that have ground to a halt. The close proximity to Mobile AL really is putting pressure on this area. Then back to the RV park via Silverhill, the nearest hamlet and post office for the park ...

We made an early start this morning and continued our exploration of hwy 98 along the Emerald Coast - through Destin and Pensacola. The beaches became more spectacular and the towns more prosperous the further west we traveled. Many of these communities are not more than 50 years old, most of them undergoing tremendous growth during the last five years. Huge hotel complexes now line the coast making one wonder how the current ...

... Charming Charming. You turn off the main road and after a few rights onto gravel roads, there you are! First thing you note are the chickens in their adobe(?) mosaic coop, a turkey is also meandering about and in another field were the cows. Most definately not a factory farm here.... sustainable family farm making incredible cheeses. To add to the charm; the cheeses were named after local towns- I bought Elberta, Baldwin Swiss and Bama ...

... Sometimes you just need to look in your backyard! After a fine afternoon floating around we packed it in and went home. Dinner was marked by my first ever consumption of oysters, hand shucked out in the backyard, fresh as could be. They were great! The next day was a bit more low-key. The first thing that happened was breakfast. Eggs in a hole. A breakfast that I had never even heard of much less eaten. They were great ...

I also went to Gulf Shores with my friends family on vacation only this one was about 1000 times better then the last. The beach was really nice and there was a lot of things to do in the area. The only thing that I didn't like about the beach was the fish. I usually go to the Atlantic Ocean for vacations with my family and this was ...

... HOW I LOVE THE BEACH; THE BIRDS, THE OCEAN, HUNTING FOR SANDCRABS, THE DOLPHIN CRUISE, FEEDING THE SEA GULLS POP CORN UNDER THE BRIDGE, WALKING...DRINKING COFFEE ON THE BEACH...JUST LISTENING TO ALL THE SOUNDS; SEEING ALL THE SIGHTS, LISTENING TO YOUNG PEOPLES MUSIC. ONE THING ABOUT SUGAR BEACH CONDO'S; IT IS MOSTLY FAMILIES...NO DRUNKS OR HALF-NAKED PEOPLE. I REALLY ...

(51) JULY 27, 2009
We decided to go back to the beach early. Invited Son and family to go. They took us up on
it. They will be going to school and our son will be in training as he is a rookie firefighter. So, it will be lots of learning and commitment for them when they get back. We could not get a bigger condo at this late a date. So, we decided to make do and make memories. The weather ...

... Battleship Memorial Park where the U.S.S. Alabama is situated as a visitor attraction along with tanks and some military aircraft.

The final leg of our journey took us south for about 40 miles back down to the Gulf coast and our campground at Gulf State park on the outskirts of the town of Gulf Shores. We arrived around 4.30pm and were shocked to discover that the price had almost doubled from the $12-14 we have been used to paying the last couple of months ...

Terry had planned to play golf at several of the Robert Trent Jones courses in Alabama, the first of which was near Foley. After his first game, he was driving around and he discovered an Alabama State Park a couple of miles away, at Gulf Shores. It was less than a half mile from the Gulf of Mexico coast and had a few lakes where he could fish, etc. I think he only played one more round of golf nearby and the rest of the time he fished. We had a nice camp spot about ...