Fun with Terry and Dale

Our friends, Terry and Dale Pace, from the fulltiming Class of '05 are here at Rainbow Plantation this week. It is so good to see them again.

We have made a couple of day trips with them. On Tuesday we went to Lulu Buffet's restaurant called Lulu's (of course) where I had the best crab claws. Although is was a little cool we still enjoyed the outside atmosphere. Outside the entrance they have a ring puzzle where there is a ring attached to a small rope and you have to swing it so that it catches on a hook. Well, my smarta** husband did it on the third try. Terry tried and tried and tried and....... Anyway here is a picture of him trying - lol.



After eating we drove out Ft. Morgan road to the fort. Along the way there are still signs of Ivan the Terrible (hurricane). There is also a lot of land for sale and unfortunately I think it will be developed into hi-rise condo's.

We toured the fort and the museum which was interesting. Terry made it more interesting since he is such a history buff. My theory is "you've seen one fort, you've seen them all", but I guess that isn't really true. I took one picture at the fort of Dale walking some really steep steps - of course the camera angle helped.



Yesterday, Thursday, we drove to Robertsdale to Mama Lou's for lunch. After lunch we hit the hardware store circuit as Terry was looking for ???. What ever it was, he finally found it. Then we took off in search for some lawn chairs - no luck there, but I did find some insulated tumblers with handles - love them! And yes, I did get rid of six tumblers that I had - I followed the rule of something in, something out.

Saw this sun dog as we were walking the beach near the fort - pretty.



Today we rode along with them to Orange Beach and Gulf Shores. We stopped for lunch at the Perdido Beach Resort and it was very good. Especially the Bloody Mary! Well, the Jalapeno Poppers and the cheese sticks were good also along with the rest of the lunch. Dale and I walked out to the beach and got some good pictures of the Gulf. It was so pretty there, I could have just sat and watched the water for a long time, but the guys were already in the truck, so we didn't stay very long. We made a stop at a souvenir shop and then Old Time Pottery before heading home. Not sure what was wrong with Dean today - he was quieter than usual and believe me, that's quiet! He says he is feeling OK. He actually fell asleep a couple of times while riding - how rude!

Here is a picture of the Gulf and beach.

This one shows the re-construction of Orange Beach. One day it will be all highrise's and you won't be able to see the beach!

We really have enjoyed this time with Terry and Dale. They are leaving on Sunday, but hopefully we will catch up with them somewhere west this winter.