Johnni and I have spent the past couple of days settling back in at Ft. Rucker after spending the weekend down on the gulf coast. My parents came down last week to come see us, bring us a few baby things from Johnni's shower in July, and to get a vacation in at the end of their busy summer.
I took a pass for the weekend (Army lingo for permission to travel) and we headed south through the southern-most parts of Alabama and the grasslands of Florida which, according to my mom, remind her a lot of Florida (it was funny because we were actually IN Florida by the time she said it...).
The condo we stayed in was right on the beach which turned out to be the most convenient place. If Destin has a best quality it's definitely the white sandy beaches with clear warm water. We went down to the beach each day, swam with the ocean-dwelling fish, and enjoyed the relaxing environment. I took my swim-goggles along...so I was the nerdy guy(ok, kid) out in the water that swam around on the bottom looking at the fish...and taking a jelly-fish sting right on the nose. Here's a pic of Johnni and I on the balcony of our condo:
Would you believe that she's 36 weeks pregnant in the picture? She looks great!
We spent our evenings sampling restaurants from the tripadvisor.com's most popular list for the area and found McGuire's Irish Pub to be well-deserving of its #1 spot. We had already been there with Deb and Craig a couple months back, but a second trip along with some comparison shopping confirmed what we already knew.
My dad and I spent Saturday afternoon golfing together at Indian Bayou Golf Resort -- he came out the winner with a 77 on the day. Nice round!
We came back on Monday through a couple extra hours of traffic and finished the evening with a stop by our favorite local mexican restaurant for dinner. All in all it was a great weekend and nice relaxing getaway (without the dogs, too!) before the baby gets here.
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