For Mark's vacation, we decided to go to Gulf Shores. It was awesome.
We went in the middle of the week so we pretty much had the place to ourselves.
First time in the ocean
Free!
One of the ways to get the girl to smile at the camera is by first sticking your tongue out.
Feeding dad Cheetos.
Also, I gave one little cheeto to a seagull who was bothering me and suddenly hundreds of seagulls are flying at me. It was terrifying. Never feed the birds.
We went to Target and Evelyn saw this ball. She had to hug it. "Ball" is her favorite word after "cat" and "dog."
We watched the sunrise on the beach. That was my favorite part of the trip. So beautiful and peaceful.
There is a little zoo in Gulf Shores that we had to check out. It was good. You could feed the farm animals, so they'd come right up to the fence to beg for food. The girl loved the cats.
It was very sticky there. You can see Evelyn's hair is plastered down.
Mark did not approve of feeding the animals. Especially since Evelyn let them lick it right out of her hands. She thought it was hilarious.
Tiger kitten
She refuses to hold hands most of the time. Good thing we weren't fighting crowds.
Afterwards, we went to the beach again, so we made a sand lion.
Evelyn collected a whole bucket of sea shells. She found some pretty awesome ones.
EVERY single time we left the beach...
No one has to teach you how cool this is, apparently.
We went shopping at the outlet mall. It was not a bargain mall. I suspect the difference between an Old Navy and an Old Navy Outlet is its location next to Banana Republic Outlet. But we did get a balloon, so that was good.
USS Alabama in Mobile.
Also, "Mobile" is pronounced "Moe-bee-yull" very Southern.
One of us did not like the creepy steep ladders and echoes of school tours trouncing around.
We only went on a third of the tour because Evelyn couldn't handle it anymore.
Steering the submarine
Evelyn wants in on that fun
She didn't like this part, either.
Very cool vacation.
