Yes, it’s been well over a year and a lot has happened in that time. But I am back and ready to blog.
I’m starting from Spring Break 2011 and will go back in the past year to catch you up on life in the Jacobs household.
On the 16th of March, Riley and I were lucky enough to go on his first Spring Break trip with some friends of mine from work. We traveled down to Gulf Shores, Al. with my great friend Miriam and her 2 boys. This would be a girls trip + kids. We met our friends Lisa and her mom and of course Amy and her kids down in Al.
What a beautiful place to vacation. I had never been here before and Riley’s only request for a Spring Break destination was “a beach I have never been before!” We found our condo on vrbo.com and absolutely loved it. 3 bedroom/3 bath, right on the beach. 15 floors up with an amazing view. http://www.vrbo.com/117725
Day 1 was a whole lotta driving, unpacking and figuring out what was for dinner.. No one felt up to cooking that first night, so Pizza delivery it was. That was some expensive pizza, but good.
We all got acclimated to our surroundings and house for the next 5 days and relaxed. It was going to get busy in the next couple days with 5 kids and 5 adults to find entertainment for!
Day 2 was me waking up before sunrise and going out on the balcony to watch the sunrise. With my camera and tripod in hand, I was ready. I sat on the balcony for a while until I had the great thought to go down on the beach for a better, unobstructed view. On the beach it was so incredible. Jellyfish littered the tideline, seashells for miles. The seagulls coming out to play. I spoke with my great friend Rebecca on the phone who was watching the sunrise in NC at the same time—was pretty cool! I ran upstairs because it got so light out, I thought I missed the sunrise. Oh well.. Riley was awake at that point, so I asked him if he wanted to go for a walk on the beach with me and he excitedly agreed! Boy I was in for a surprise when the sun started to rise!!!! Riley and I were in for a treat! He LOVED it as much as I did and we got some amazing pictures that morning!
No major plans for this day, so we went to the beach for a while. Tried not to stay out too long, as I didn’t want to burn. The kids absolutely loved the beach and water. Riley didn’t much care for the salt water, but had fun none the less!
I never realized how much I missed being at the beach. We definitely took it for granted when we lived 5 minutes from Lake Michigan all those years! I do wish that we were closer to a beach for Riley’s sake!
On the agenda tonight was leaving the kids with Miss Vickie and going out. We tried a couple local bars but didn’t look too promising so we headed to the Florida Line and went to FloraBama Bar. What an interesting place to go. This place looked like a pieced together trailer—with multiple additions and tents, right on the beach! LOL It was pretty cool though-some really good music playing (and they had a couple different bands-a little for everyone. Couldn’t hang with the young ones (20somethings) for long—getting too old and I was the DD so… we took off a little early and headed back to the condo. Before we left we saw this beautiful sight… It was absolutely stunning!
Day 3
Sunrise today was a bit foggy—but beautiful!
Today was a little low key.. We decided to head to “The Wharf” so we could ride the giant ferris wheel! Riley really wanted to check it out. It was fun. short. but fun! We walked around the Wharf and decided on a lunch spot. We went to Guy Harvey Island Grill and let me tell you. I would NOT recommend this place. It was quite disappointing to say the least. Pretty costly, the food was ok and the service horrid. The best part of our meal was sitting right on Intercoastal Waterways and the guitarist providing entertainment! He was good! When we finished up with our lunch-we were going to shop a bit, not thinking that today is Sunday and nothing much is open. I did score some yummy smelling after sun lotion (think coppertone tanning lotion from the 80’s) and Riley got some cool pressed pennies! Back to the condo for us!
We had been seeing people on the beach at night with flashlights—no clue what they were doing so Amy asked. They were catching sand crabs. Sounds like fun! We were in. We had bought nets prior to go “Crabbing” had a flashlight on my phone and we were off! It was fun.. The kids had a ball. Found 3-4 crabs, small and a couple big ones. I was not daring enough to touch them (OH NO I WILL NOT), but Amy did and he (the crab) got her! LOL.. We again saw a lot of jellyfish washed ashore and enjoyed seeing the different colors of the jellyfish!
Day 4
Today was our Dolphin Cruise! We set out for San Roc Marina (near the Florida line) in the afternoon to hopefully see some dolphins. Beautiful boat ride out in the Bayou.
It was nice to see some dolphins, though they didn’t do any “tricks!” They were really calm and our guide said they were likely sleeping. Once off the cruise we found all these little shops at the marina. Riley wound his arms around this pillar and I had to run & get my camera!
When we got back to the condo we went for a shell hunt on the beach again and of course, Riley got a little carried away in the water 
Day 5
Our last full day at the beach and we were none too e xcited. Today was Lamberts Café! What a fun place to eat. The kids loved it as much as the adults. We paid less for our meals here than the bad place at the Wharf and the food was OUTSTANDING! I forgot my memory card this day, so no pictures from me but will hopefully add some later! http://www.throwedrolls.com/
When we got back to the condo-it was a race to get back to the beach. What a blast we had today. Lots of good pictures from our fun in the sun!
After all of our fun in the sun, we showered, changed, ate dinner and went back to the beach for family pictures. I am not a pro, but I love love love to take pictures.
I am blessed to have had such amazing friends to go on vacation with. Learned that my speed is back to hanging with the kids versus the 20’s and early 30 somethings LOL… We had such a remarkable trip, I definitely can’t wait to go back and do it again. Riley wants us to take dad with us next time though
1 comment:
YEAH, she is back!! I miss talking to you and getting updates on the blog is great! Looks like you guys had a great time!!Wading.....too funny! (your son)!!
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