We kicked off our summer with a week long vacation in Destin, Florida.
We arrived a little after 4pm, so we decided to save our first beach trip for the following morning. We took a dip in the pool and headed out to find some dinner. I got to witness my first beach sunset of the year. Ahhh, all was right with the world.
Parking was a nightmare at Pompano Joe's, so we decided on The Crab Trap, which was about a 15 minute walk from our condo. I got the crab cakes and they were delish! Here is a picture that we took while we waited. (Chloe was behind the camera.)
The next morning, we made a bee line for the beach. For some reason, I didn't take many pictures on this day, just a few blurry phone pictures. Don't worry. I took several over the next few days.
I did, however, get some pool pictures and a picture of Chris grilling out for Memorial Day.
He looks thrilled, doesn't he? Ha!
As promised, beach pictures from the following day...
That night, we went to Fudpuckers for dinner. The last time we ate there, Evan was celebrating his 3rd birthday. I have to say, this was probably the "funnest" meal of our trip.
They still had the creepy albino gator. It was just a little bigger this time.
We paid for a picture with a gator. It was pretty cool. We were allowed to pet it and ask the handler questions about it.
We let the kids get "fancy" drinks.
There was a man walking around offering to make balloon creations. We talked to him and found out that he was from our hometown and was even a member of our church at one time. It's such a small world! The kids really liked his balloon animals as well. They held on to them until I finally threw away the shriveled remnants a week later.
The next day was pretty low-key. Chris and Chloe headed to Big Kahuna's Water Park....
...Evan and I had no interest in going, so we decided to stay back and enjoy the condo's pool. We spent most of the day in the pool. Then, we rode our bikes to The Crab Trap for a lunch date.
Chris and Chloe returned from the water park and joined us in the pool.
Later that night, we headed to Uncle Bucks Fishbowl for a little late-night bowling. I read a lot of online articles about family activities in Destin and this kept popping up. I found a groupon for it and we decided to go. It was a little more commercialized than I was expecting. I didn't realize it was attached to Bass Pro. However, it had the coolest underwater theme. We got the cheese curds as an appetizer. I hear from my crew who gobbled them up before I had a chance to try them that they were delicious.
I hope you enjoyed highlights from the first half of our beach vacation. I will share more of our trip in a follow-up post.
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