This year the trip has moved south a bit. Okay, actually quite a bit. Instead of being holed up in the car with Mom and Dad for 26 hours, we drove for only 11 hours. Seriously, it's amazing how knocking 15 hours off a trip makes for happier (puke-free) kids. Ahem. Mom and Dad, I hope you remember this!!
Anyway, as I was saying, this year's beach trips took us to the Gulf coast of Alabama. Now, Mom and Dad had warned us that this beach trip would be a little different than our past trips to North Carolina. They said the water would be warmer than the Atlantic Ocean (a plus), and that the waves would be small and calm. (Another plus...I don't like being tossed around by the waves.) Sounded like paradise to me!
But what they failed to mention was a little thing named Debby...a tropical storm forming in the Gulf just south of where we were headed. Not sure what they were thinking, driving us straight into a potentially bad situation. All I have to say is, when we finally got to the Gulf Shores, this is what we saw:
Now seriously, do those look like small, calm waves?! I think not. Seriously, they weren't. In fact, they were the kind of waves that came with riptides and dangerous sea creatures. This is not the beach trip I pictured in my mind. Where are the happy families frolicking in the surf? Where's the sun? And where are the small, calm waves?!?!
Since the double red, no swimming flags were posted on the beaches, we were not allowed to go in. Of course, this didn't keep us from enjoying the surf at the shore line. While some people collected shells, others of us came up with a game...keep away from the crashing waves. It was actually quite fun. Because the waves were so crazy big and strong, they would send water shooting up on the beach super fast. Most of the time we were not able to keep ahead of the water and we ended up pretty wet.
Well, here's hoping tomorrow is a little brighter...in more ways than one. :)
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