Gulf Shores State Park Pier

On our drive home from Texas...we took a side trip.

Not that we needed a reason...

but the thinking was to catch the Bama/LSU game.

If we drove straight home, we'd never make kickoff.

After a family meeting at the Alabama welcome center,

we headed to the beach to set up!

Also, we hadn't had sand in the toes for awhile...

We decided on Perdido Key.

BUT our first stop as we were getting close to the RV park,

Gulf Shores pier.
Sophia got a kick out of the sea turtle statue!

Come on guys!
Sophia the leader.
As I looked over the side of the pier...
I noticed the wind pattern in the sand.
Looked like animal print to me.

Speaking of animal...
Sophia was so excited to be at the beach.
And probably glad to be out of the truck.

She was crazy running around.

SJ fighting the cool baby shades
we want him to wear to protect his eyes.
They are polarized too...

help see the fish in the water.

The sun was getting low.
I want to say it was about 4pm?

Along the walk out on the pier,
there were informational signs.
SJ had to stop and look at each one.
Sophia was giving him the cliff notes version,
"SJ. Fish. Fish. Fish. More Fish."

so he hurry it up and move on!
Amazing how they take on our personalities.

His long blonde hair blowing in the gulf breeze!
Kinda looks like a bad toupee!

Sophia on the same bench.

We walked all the way out to the end.

Saw what people were catching.
Not much, it was "too windy"

according to one fisherman as he was leaving.

Saw a TON of jellyfish.

Sophia playing, "STOP!" and "GO!"
with Steve on the walk back to the vehicles.
SJ was cackling.

The one nice thing about our vehicles...
we never have to guess where we parked
in ANY parking lot.

Ever.