Destin 2008. Best. Vacation. Ever

Well, maybe not ever. I don't think anything can compare to our honeymoon (You can't really beat an all-inclusive resort in Mexico). But it was still a very relaxing vacation and we had a good time. We left Friday morning and drove the 4 1/2 hours to the gulf coast. We passed a giant peach along the way.



For lunch we stopped at Bates House of Turkey and enjoyed some yummy hickory-smoked free range turkey sandwiches.



We finally got to Destin Friday afternoon, checked into our hotel, and headed down to the beach for a little while. After the beach we went to our complimentary "Manager's Reception" aka "free happy hour" at our hotel. Then we went out to dinner at Pompano Joe's. We ended up going out a little later for dinner so we didn't have to wait at all, and we even got to sit on this tiny little deck right on the beach!


Saturday we spent the whole day at the beach. We were under a beach umbrella all day but somehow I managed to get burnt and I looked like a strawberry swirl popsicle for the rest of the trip. Saturday night we went to The Back Porch for dinner. The food was really good and it was another restaurant that was right on the beach.



Sunday we tried to go to the beach, but the double red flag was up which means No Swimming. Some guy came by on a 4 wheeler and said if you even touch your toes in the water you can get a $250 fine. I guess the undertow and the water was just really bad from all of the storms on Saturday. So instead we spent the afternoon lounging at the pool. Sunday night we went out to dinner at The Crab Trap. Here's a pic of us before dinner.



On Monday we woke up and went to Bad Ass Coffee. A coffee chain from Hawaii. It was pretty good. Then we swung by the outlets before we headed home. All in all it was a good trip. Of course the beach looked the prettiest on our last day there. Here are some pics of the gulf on Monday.










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