Saturday, June 22

Our family vacation this year was to Orange Beach, AL which is very very close to Gulf Shores, AL, and likewise very very close to the FL line.  We left Saturday morning, stopping at a few rest stops and eating at a Chipotle (which was quite yummy).

Benjamin did quite well, but I did end up in the back seat with him the last hour or so because he had gotten tired of riding in his car seat.  Thus the picture...

After we settled in at Regency Isle, we headed out for a late dinner and then a visit to the local Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market.

Despite sleeping on the way down, Benjamin was still like this by the time we went to dinner at Sea-N-Suds.

He managed to stay asleep during our entire HOUR wait, and we enjoyed this view.

He woke up when we got inside to eat.  Our big boy ate an entire half of a Grilled Cheese plus some things from Mama's plate.  He also drank his own water from his own kiddie cup w/straw (We had inadvertently left his sippy & other things in the Explorer which was parked across the street).  We also enjoyed our food.  I had some Cod for dinner which was good.  Everyone else was pleased with their meals as well.

Overall it was a good start to our trip.  More to come!