After a day and a half of driving we finally arrive at "Beachside", a small community of 12 homes with a pool and tennis court on the beach. When housing 12 people this is the most ecconomical way to go.
The house we rented this year is beautiful and right on the beach. View of galley.
The house
Grandkids try out the net I made from an old volley ball net. You never know what treasures they will find.
My morning walk shortly after day break.
Pool at Beachside
Annual event is building the castle
Granddaughter Chloe showing off her Orange Beach T-shirt that the grandkids dye as one of the evening projects.
Evie burys Michael
Family room from balcony
Grandkids on ramp to Sea and Suds cafe on beach
Mandy, Evie, and Chloe on the front porch
Meeting in the loft
Grandma and Grandpa on the frount porch with Jon
cleaned the fish
Jon in the galley
One goal was to have Jon catch a fish, clean it, and fry it up. This is Snapper being fried as proof the goal was met.
Mandy's insulin pump broke on the way down to Alabama and she was very upset that she would have to go back to those shots that she didn't have to get since age 4. With the spare pump back in St Louis we couldn't get a replacement for 2 days. The good news was that when she found out how painless the shots are she chose to use shots and keep the new pump off until we headed for home.
View from the porch
When I called the ER, I told the Doctor at Foley Medical Center I knew all about heart attacks and gun shots but didn't know crap about Sting Ray stings. Should this ever happen to you DONT PUT ICE ON IT! The pain is terrible and is only relieved by submerging the foot in water as hot as you can stand it. After loosing a lot of blood and suffering severe pain, the hot water stopped the pain in 10 seconds. Son in law Rich, was back on beach fishing within 1/2 hour???
Spaggetti night
Walkway to beach over the dunes with the begining of our "tent city" in the backround.
Sorry I got carried away with the pictures. We're home now and heading to Port Charles and our boat. Next blog will be recalling trip from Bradenton Fla. to Clearwater accross Tampa Bay.
After a day and a half of driving we finally arrive at "Beachside", a small community of 12 homes with a pool and tennis court on the beach. When housing 12 people this is the most ecconomical way to go.
The house we rented this year is beautiful and right on the beach. View of galley.
The house
Grandkids try out the net I made from an old volley ball net. You never know what treasures they will find.
My morning walk shortly after day break.
Pool at Beachside
Annual event is building the castle
Granddaughter Chloe showing off her Orange Beach T-shirt that the grandkids dye as one of the evening projects.
Evie burys Michael
Family room from balcony
Grandkids on ramp to Sea and Suds cafe on beach
Mandy, Evie, and Chloe on the front porch
Meeting in the loft
Grandma and Grandpa on the frount porch with Jon
cleaned the fish
Jon in the galley
One goal was to have Jon catch a fish, clean it, and fry it up. This is Snapper being fried as proof the goal was met.
Mandy's insulin pump broke on the way down to Alabama and she was very upset that she would have to go back to those shots that she didn't have to get since age 4. With the spare pump back in St Louis we couldn't get a replacement for 2 days. The good news was that when she found out how painless the shots are she chose to use shots and keep the new pump off until we headed for home.
View from the porch
When I called the ER, I told the Doctor at Foley Medical Center I knew all about heart attacks and gun shots but didn't know crap about Sting Ray stings. Should this ever happen to you DONT PUT ICE ON IT! The pain is terrible and is only relieved by submerging the foot in water as hot as you can stand it. After loosing a lot of blood and suffering severe pain, the hot water stopped the pain in 10 seconds. Son in law Rich, was back on beach fishing within 1/2 hour???
Spaggetti night
Walkway to beach over the dunes with the begining of our "tent city" in the backround.
Sorry I got carried away with the pictures. We're home now and heading to Port Charles and our boat. Next blog will be recalling trip from Bradenton Fla. to Clearwater accross Tampa Bay.
Can't wait to pass through Orange Beach. Thanks for the tip about the Sting Ray stings.
ReplyDeleteWe actually found "Beachside Romar" while driving around the area when we stayed at "Bear Point Marina" on Perdido Bay. Our dear departed friend Jim White reccomended Bear Point to us and gave us a car to drive while in Orange Beach. Bear Point is affordable! We have returned to Beachside every August since then in year 2004. We stayed at Bear Point with our present boat Great escape on fall of 2009. have fun guys.. you're living the dream. My faavorite Jim White quote is "Boating is hours of boredome interspersed with moments of shear terror" LOL Dave
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