Destin, Florida Spring Break 2016
Back to Destin!! We couldn’t resist coming back to the beautiful beaches of Destin. The Florida panhandle has some of the best beaches. The sand is so soft, white, and plentiful. We left on a Thursday night after Aiden’s first communion. We drove through the night from our home in Mosinee all the way down to Montgomery, AL. The drive was long, but luckily we didn’t run into any storms. We visited the capital building in Montgomery and saw the confederate memorial without the flags around it. The flags were recently taken down due to protests. We also saw the tree that went to the moon and back on the Apollo 14 in 1971. The trees seedling was on Apollo during the journey and then planted at the capital.
We stayed overnight in Montgomery to get some rest for the rest of the trip. We had Hungry Howie’s pizza and the kids enjoyed swimming and playing ping pong at the hotel.
We left the hotel and headed to the Wyndham Beach Cottages Saturday morning. We checked into our room and got unpacked. We stayed in room 19a and it was really nice. It was a 1 bedroom with bunk beds in the hallway.
The first few days after we arrived in Destin it rained off and on. We did some shopping and found some good deals. We got a pair of Nike shoes for Evan and an Under Armor jacket for Aiden. We went to the beach as much as possible during the week, but it was mostly cloudy and we all got sunburned after the first day. It was so horrible that we were a little glad it was raining for a few days, so we could heal. Our new beach buggy worked out really nice. We were able to carry all our beach toys, chairs, towels, snacks, and drinks in it. Best purchase ever!
We went miniature golfing and saw Star Wars on the big screen one last time. The theatre was really cool, instead of seats you sat at tables and ordered food before the movie. You could even get a pitcher of beer….score! The kids loved the movie. It was their second time seeing it, but I’m sure they could watch it over and over.
The resort had a nice small heated pool that kids enjoyed. They met new friends and did their favorite thing ever…..they caught lizards. Aiden ended up catching a medium size lizard and wanted to keep it. We put it in a two liter bottle and named him Speedee. We ended up going to Walmart to get a temporary home for Speedee. We caught another lizard and named him spike. We brought them home and now have more animals to take care off. We are buying crickets every 3 days for these things, which is cool, but they are becoming more expensive than the cats!
We had great time back down in Destin again. The weather wasn’t as nice as the prior year, but all in all we had a great and memorable vacation.
