We are here and at the condo in Gulf Shores. It is sooo nice here!

The trip down was almost uneventful. My parents are staying at their campground in their pop up camper. Their van was completely maxed out on space between their stuff and some of our stuff. A tire wasn't working right.....a bearing or something on the camper trailer. So, we stopped for quite a while to get it fixed. Luckily we stopped at a McD's with a play place and a tire place next to it.

The first night was spent at Oak Mountain State Park in a 2 bedroom cabin. It had a kitchen, bath, etc. It was a very nice place. We fixed a hot dog dinner in the kitchen there and then played some games. Logan and my Dad tried to get a boat to toodle around in, but for some reason the oars were actually 2 x 4's or something and was too hard to paddle. The bugs there were terrible. We are watching Anna like a hawk. She gets one bug bite and it turns into a 3-4 inch around welt/spot. Then the fever follows. Unfortunately she has one bite already and the area is huge. Poor thing. Hoping for no fever.

We got up and made breakfast and headed to the Petting Zoo area of the State Park. Neat place.
We were hoping for an uneventful 5 hour ride to Gulf Shores from there, but the camper got a flat tire. After that, it was smooth sailing to the Gulf. The camper got set up and them unloaded and then we all headed to the condo and unloaded here.

The boys and Barry and Dad went to the ocean to play while Mom, Anna and I got groceries. Then Anna got to go play a bit, too. The rip tides are bad, so we aren't sure how much you can get in the water each day. There was a PURPLE flag, which means dangerous water life....SHARKS AND JELLY FISH. We think it was for just the jelly fish. The boys and the BIG boys had a good time. Logan had a jelly fish brush up against his face......guess that happens when you lay down in the ocean, huh?

The condo is gorgeous. It is perfect for us. It seems huge and very spread out inside. Barry made the comment that if he had to draw the layout, he couldn't do it. You are constantly getting turned around and lost. We can't even hear the boys argue if they are in their room and we are in the living room. It is really funny to have all these doors, etc. to go through. I am sure we will get the hang of it soon. I think it only has 8-10 floors. Not sure and we are on the 6th floor.There is a little over 1500 square feet and I chose this one because it was one of the bigger. There are 3 bedrooms, so the boys are sharing....just like at home. I can't stress how nice it is and it was affordable.

I will try to post pictures, but this connection is horrible.