This is a "moms" spring break vacation for very loose chaperoning of high schoolers.
Saturday April 5, 2003
8:10 The driver arrives at the house in Atlanta
8:15 On our way to Destin
I-85 Exit 47 - Sprayberry Bar-be-que often has traffic backed up for commuters from Newnan, Ga. Also know as "Quiznos"
- Just south, beautiful wisteria along western side of read
I-85 Exit 28 - Lutherville
Take I-185 south to Columbus
I-185 Exit 19 - Highway 27 to Pine Mountain and Callaway Gardens. Azaleas in full bloom during March and April.
I-185 Exit 24 Highway 18, new entrance to Gardens
Take I-185 Exit 10 west to Phoenix City, Alabama 22 - 80
Exit 3b Bradley Parkway West near Brookstone School, Deb's sister's hours
Alabama
Over the Chattahoochee to Alabama
South on S431 to Eufaula, Alabama
Usually stop at Wendy's for relief.
Troy State College and Chattahoochee Community College
Lots of red clay
Chattahouchee Park on right
10:39 am "LA" = Lower Alabama
"Stars fall on Alabama"
Viburnum bushes were great at one house
"Dirty Dog Track" for off road vehicles
Mile Marker 125 - beautiful house on right
Georgaina, Alabama - birthplace of Hank Williams in 1923
Mile Marker 132/3 - Break??? for sale, white roses along side of road, roadside memorials for traffic accident victims
"Best Butts in Alabama"
Lake Eufaula, Alabama
Look for birds, oops it fesitival time in Eufaula (Eufaula Pilgrimage April 04, 2003 - April 06, 2003) : got to see dressed up Southern Belles in from of home while crawling at 5mph.
Lunch at Cajun Cafe on a downtown corner. Po boys $6 - $7: shrimp good, fried eggplan good, green salad, slow service
Abbeville, Alabama
Headland, Alabama - soybean and peanut farms
Dothan, Alabama - First dead armadillo, watch for left turn after 1st MCB??? Hiways 231/431/84 (bypass to east side of Dothan)
Right @231 S - "Dobbs Barbeque
Peanut for sale, boiled, dried.
"Sadies Flea Market" is 221 miles from Atlanta
Cattle Crossing - pretty scenery
Indian Museum
Cotttondale, Alabama Buy fruit at the stands, not open on this trip.
Tatus Hardware store
I-10 go west towards Pensacola
Exit 85 south on Highway 331
Stopped at Hardees for relief, last change until condos
Arrived at the condo in Destin at 4:30 pm
At the beach
Saturday April 6, 2003
Grocery - Brunos
Liquor - Brunos Liqour
Night of talking, light eating (Nanette's pimento cheese with Triscuits, grapes, chips and salsa, hot ???, beer and citional?? (Arnold's favorie drink)
Sunday April 6, 2003 - Sun peeked through at noon
Lunch at "Whales Tale" on the beach, nice peiple, very good food: Blackend tuna, grouper, chargrilled tuna, shrimp sandwich
Quick trip to Winn Dixie and Bruns's. Picked up shrimnp at Skippers Seafood inside Winn Dixie. Basil's butter at Brunos.
Off the beacdh with yard sale harves gold beach umbrella, beach chairs, coller with beer / Citrona / water.
Reading, walking, talkin, people wathching until after 5pm.
Monday April 7, 2003 - gray and cloudy
Everyone up by 8:30
Syd made omelets
Walked along bike path next to ocean
Pimento Cheese
Lunch at condo: Fruit, pimento cheese, triscuits, chips and salsa.
Showers!
Visit childred with virgin pina coladas.
Antiqueing
Dinner with Karen at French restaurant "Vin'" TIJ (Wine Botique): Pricey but worth it. We all had crab cakes for entrees. Appetizers and salads. Food and wine were excellent. Sharing entrees worked well, plenty to eat.
Trip to video store and home for movie.
Tuesday April 8, 2003 - extremely rainy all day.
Donuts from the "Donut Hole" also a good place for breakfast.
Looked at real estate , $1.6 million on the beach.
Shopped at the "Zoo Gallery."
Picked up other friends vacationing at Destin
Ate lunch at "Seagrove Grill." Sassy friendly waaitresses! Great food, very casual. The restaurant is in back of a small grocery store. Ordered at the window, waitress serves at the booth. Too rainy to eat on the patio.
Stopped at Seaside and went to "Modern Market for bottle cozy.
Went back to buy a hostess gift at antique shop ??? from yesterday.
We liked Bienvenue Atiques and ???.
Bathed.
Took the senior girls to "Harbor Docks." Charles Morgan is the owner. We had a connection - Charles is a high school friend of Nan's brother. He was very gracious. He reserced a table for us (the restaurant doesn't take reservations). Charles gave us free appetizers. When we were leaving, the seniors were surprised at gifts of free t-shirts from Charles. Entrees were easily shared. Pricey because of fress fish. Cobia, res snapper are in season.
Said goodbyes to the girls, then we returned to the condo and watches a movie.
Wednesday April 9, 2003 - cooler and partly cloudy.
Some ran and some walked.
Met at "Pompano Joes" on Old 98 on the beach for bloody marys with olive, pickled okra, seafood nachos, boiled shrimp. Sat in the bar with ocean view and gourged ourselves.
Walked back to condo via the beach.
Visited an "open house' for $2.2 million.
Rest of the day we shilled - read, napped, munched, hung the geckos (Hung the geckos? You had to be there) painted with straw.
Ate leftovers.
Thursday April 10, 2003 We drove home to Atlanta - 46 and cloudy.
Cleaned the house and left early.
The bridge cross was windy, the jeep was blowing to and fro.
Went north on 331 (left at dead end still???) towards Opelika
Forala has some nice houses and a lake lake. Florala is a southern town before sprucing up. Nice.
Went through Opelika, AL
Brantly, AL has a nice feel to it. Small downtown with quaint homes.
Ate lunch at "Annie's Country Kitshen in Luverne, AL. Basic fare. Good fried chicken, vegetables (southern seasoned.
"Sister Scubert's"homemade rolls made in Luverne. See the factory on 331.
Highland Home
Take junction North 97 to I-65 north to Montgomery.
In Montgomery take I-85 North.
Back home at 4:00??? |
