9-8-08 SHORTBUTSWEET WAS OUR TRIP TO ORANGE BEACH!
Trip Start
Dec 07, 1999
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16
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Trip End
Sep 11, 2009
Orange Beach,
Alabama,
United States
Saturday, October 4, 2008
WOW, WHAT A WONDERFUL TRIP WE HAD! YOU COULD NOT HAVE ASKED FOR PRETTIER WEATHER AT ORANGE BEACH. HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS ON HIS WAY TO THE GULF COAST FOR SURE. I DO KNOW ALOT OF PRAYERS WENT UP TO ASK THE LORD FOR PROTECTION OF OUR PEOPLE. I EVEN PRAYED FOR OUR OIL SUPPLY. AS FAR AS I KNOW THERE WAS NO LOSS OF LIFE TO AMERICANS AND THE HURRICANE PASSED OVER THE OIL RIGS AND REFINERIES. PRAISE BE TO THE LORD! ALSO, A BIG THANK YOU, FATHER!
OH, THE ROYAL REDS AT BUBBA'S WERE SO GOOD! THE SEAFOOD AT HAZELS WAS EQUALLY AS GOOD, ESPECIALLY THE CRAB LEGS! WE DID NOT SEE AS MANY PELICANS, SEAGULLS OR SAND PIPERS...IN FACT, I DID NOT SEE ONE SAND PIPER! THE WATERS WERE CALM THE FIRST DAY BUT THE SECOND DAY YOU KNEW WHAT MIGHT BE COMING OUR WAY. WE MET AN EXPECTANT COUPLE FROM ANDOLUSIA, ALABAMA. HE WAS IN THE MILITARY SO I GOT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IRAQ. HE SAID IT IS NOT AS THE MAIN MEDIA AND NEWSPAPERS PORTRAY. HE SAID WE ARE WINNING THE WAR OVER THERE. YESssssssssss! WE DID PLAY CARDS AND I WON FOR THE MOST PART! I ATE THE WHOLE BIG BLOCK! MEME AND CECE SEEMED PRETTY CONTENT THIS TIME
OH, IT IS SO GOOD TO HAVE ARRIVED
. I FOUND THEM A GOOD LODGING PLACE. I DID FINALLY TAKE MEME DOWN TO THE BEACH. THE OCEAN MUST HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMING TO HIM BECAUSE HE SURE WAS FUSSING. I WAS SURPRISED THAT HE DID FINALLY SETTLE DOWN AND JUST ENJOY BEING WITH ME. I EVEN PUT HIS FOOT IN THE SAND. I TOOK THE BIG FLASHLIGHT AND WATCHED KIDS CHASING CRABS. IT SURE BROUGHT BACK GOOD MEMORIES OF OUR CHILDREN, AT LEAST OUR SON, RUNNING AND LAUGHING AS THEY CHASED THE CRABS. I DO SO TREASURE EACH OF MY TRIPS TO THE BEACH WITH THE KIDS AND FOR THE GOOD TIMES WITH MY HUBBY WHO TAKES ME! THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, FATHER GOD. ANYWAY, GOVERNOR RILEY ASKED ALL TO EVACUATE...SO WE LEFT OUT AT 11:10 SUNDAY MORNING. IT WAS 5:56 AND WE HAD NOT REACHED MONTGOMERY. WE STOPPED IN GREENVILLE AT THE CRACKER BARREL AND ATE SO THAT WAS AT LEAST AN HOUR OF THE TIME SPENT OFF THE ROAD. I CAN NOT WAIT (OF COURSE, I WILL HAVE TO) TO GET BACK TO THE BEACH ONE MORE TIME...AS THE LORD WILLS. 
