Beach Greetings Baby!
We arrived at Sugar Sands #227, Orange Beach AL at 6:00 p.m. Sat. evening. 11:06 hours after leaving Dallas. According to my iphone timer which I apparently hadn't reset since last year, we cut our time by a whopping 24 minutes from last year.
This year we drove from Wichita to Lewisville, TX on Friday evening. Wichita to the northern edge of Oklahoma City was uneventful. In OKC we hit a traffic snarl that was one lane all the way from Memorial Blvd to just north of Norman. I think it took us an hour to get across the city. I have never, in about 45 years, been through OKC when there hasn't been construction on I-35! Dinner was at El Chico's--a fond memory from the past that really didn't hold up. The food was ok but nothing to write about (so why am I writing about it?) From Norman to the TX border we drove in and out of traffic jams--ridiculous! Between road construction, the casinos and minor wrecks it took about 5 hours to get across the lovely state of Oklahoma.
Yesterday we drove across Texas and northern Louisiana, through Mississippi and into Mobile. Not one snarl up all day! The roads and rest stops in Louisiana are very scenic and nice. I was impressed. I was not impressed with the people we saw at the McDonald's we stopped at however. Ken and I have decided that we should start a "People of McDonald's" website. Let's just say that when you weigh 250 pounds and are about 5 foot 3 you should not wear skin tight lime green terry cloth short shorts and tube top out in public. Your sister shouldn't wear her ultra tight polyester mini dress with her silver 4 inch wedge sandals either. It just does not look good together. I don't think you were working girls since you were with your mother but you certainly gave a good impression. I know the skanky men who were talking smack to you liked your outfits but really? Really?
Dinner was at our favorite hangout called the Hangout. It is a mega restaurant "where the highway ends and the beach begins." Only had to wait 35 minutes for a table and got to listen to a pretty good garage band on stage while we were waiting. There was a minor glitch with our server once we were seated. After complaining to the manager we were waited upon by a very nice young man named Cole. I felt bad because the manager chewed him out for not waiting on us sooner but it wasn't really his fault. The girl who was supposed to wait on us wouldn't wait on us even though we were at her assigned table. She said it wasn't her table and didn't do anything to find another server for us. Cole got a great tip from us--Irina would have received nothing. Ate some Frickles for Meghan while we were there.
Today has been beautiful. We ate breakfast at "the best place for breakfast in Orange Beach." There must not be that many places to eat if that was the best. Bought groceries and came "home". Hit the beach about one and stayed out until after five. The weather was perfect! Just enough wind to stay cool and just the right temperature. The beach is not crowded at all. Hope it stays that way although it isn't good for the economy here. It might just be because it is Sunday. I didn't get too sunburned. The worst is a strip on my left foot where I apparently missed with the sunscreen. I was curious to see if there is any sign of the oil spill left and didn't see any. The sand is as nice as ever and the water is clear blue.
The COOLEST thing just happened! The Blue Angels just buzzed our beach on their way back to Pensacola!! It looked like they were right at eye level . Loved it! Tuesday or Wednesday we plan to go over to Pensacola Naval Air Station to watch them practice.
Well, it's time to make spaghetti and meatballs. Tonight is our eat in night.
Love and sea shells to all.
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