Shoreline Towers 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 ...

... The bluegrass concert that delayed our departure from this park did not disappoint. People arrived from far and wide - Gulf Shores, Pensacola and north - from other RV parks and condos, just for the concert. There must have been close to a hundred people in the activity center. The group, the Chestanag Family Band, plays here about once a month and for special events and they share the venue with other groups. They specialize in bluegrass gospel ...

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 ...

After a long drive through the interior of our fine country on Highway 51 and then a shortcut across Mississippi, I arrived in Mobile, Alabama. A place I had never even come close to prior to this trip. I knew about it from Jimmy Buffett songs but that's about it. My friend Jimbo and his wife have a house on the east side of Mobile Bay and that is where this trip gets its start. Our first mini-trip was to Florida (of all ...

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 ...

... AND CORN ON THE COBB (HMMM, SO DELICIOUS!). I REALLY AM SPOILED AND EVERYONE INDULGED ME. YEARS OF COOKING; A VACATION FOR ME IS NOT TO COOK...SO FOR ME, IT WAS A WONDERFUL TRIP!. WE COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER LITTLE ONE. SHE REALLY IS A SWEET HEART. SHE REALLY SEEMED TO ENJOY HERSELF. SHE DEFINITELY DID SOAK UP ALL THE ONE ON ONE ATTENTION FROM EACH ONE OF US. OH ...

(50)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 ...

... retreat from the beach we returned to the campsite. We stopped off at the laundry room as the ranger had told us we could pick up a wi-fi signal there, but unfortunately we couldn't. Next to the laundry were the remains of a campground shop, quite obviously hurricane damaged. As the sun went down the mosquitoes came out with a vengeance and by now absolutely fed up with being bitten, Neil resorted to desperate measures (see photo)! After dinner we ...

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 ...