Back to Illinois

On March 15th, we received terrible news and had to hurry home. Our son-in-law passed away that morning..
Rest in Peace Jason Wood
 

at Doc's with friends from Maine and 'Mardi Gras season'

We met some wonderful people from Maine while staying at Doc's!

They like fires, too!
...and their dog, Benny.

We sure had fun!

The American Legion in Gulf Shores is open to the public. They have great prices, pretty good food and live music.

L to R: Wendall, Rick, Troy and Carol

Mardi Gras 'season' begins and we need some practice!

 Carol 'practicing'!

 Wendall and Carol's niece, Karla and Rick the King!

 Rick and me.
Someone called Rick the 'Burger King', so, we are the burger king and the dairy queen! haha

 We even got Wendall to put on a wig!

 Rick and me, still practicing!

Gulf Shores public beach in January

The beautiful public beach in Gulf Shores!

 

Still January and enjoying the beach after lunch with our Illinois friends, Bill and Fay.

Lunch at Mikee's again. Great food and lunch specials!

...and we say good bye until we meet again in IL.

friends

Rick with his fire and our friends from Maine, Carol and Wendall

 Carol and Wendall

...and their dog, Faith's friend, Benny!

Farewell to a couple of our Illinois friends

Bill and Fay will be starting their journey north in Feb. Before they were to depart we had lunch at Mikees in Gulf Shores.

 Dick, Fay and Bill

Thanks Troy....haha
Donna, Dick, Fay, Bill and Troy.
We met an entire table of Illinoisans besides ourselves.

After lunch we parked down by the beach and watched some kite surfers.

If my back didn't bother me so much, I'd love to try this. Guess I'll have to stick with parasailing...and soon, I hope!

A beautiful day for the beach

We had the most beautiful day filled with sunshine and temperatures in the 70's. It was the perfect day to get down to the beach!

This is one of the public beach entrances in Gulf Shores. They have beautiful beaches!

Another nice Campground in Gulf Shores

While driving around we decided to check out a couple more campgrounds in this area since we love it here so much.
We went through Fort Morgan RV Park but we didn't care much for it. It didn't seem very clean.
The one we did like was Bay Breeze RV on the Bay. It's small and clean.

 This is the beach at Bay Breeze RV.

 The above photo is of the deck that overlooks the bay.

The picture below is of the boat launch. So nice..