We had a wonderful time at the bay this past weekend. Even though the 4th of July is on a Wednesday this year, Martin and Jason took off Monday for the holiday instead. On Friday Linda and I took the kids and left late morning to try and avoid some of the traffic. Martin, Jason and Simon came on the 5:00 ferry and John, Sarah and Dixie came on the 6:30 ferry. We grilled hamburgers and had corn on the cob (sooo yummy) for dinner and had a very 
nice evening. On Saturday Jason, Martin and John got up very early and went fishing. They went 58 miles out. Martin says it's the clearest water he's ever seen around these parts. Said it was like Caribbean water. They could see like 60 feet down. They caught 24 Dolphin (Mahi Mahi - not the porpoises) and John caught a large Amberjack. I'm so glad they got to go and really enjoy themselves. A lot of times they'll go out far and only catch a few. So this was a very successful trip! Later that day Jason, Martin, Zachary and I went out on the little boat and took this inner tube thing that we tied to the back of the boat. Jason and Zach went on it first. Zachary enjoyed it but once was enough for him. He'd much rather swim with his daddy and Pop. I tried it as well. I will pass on putting pictures of that in here.
nice evening. On Saturday Jason, Martin and John got up very early and went fishing. They went 58 miles out. Martin says it's the clearest water he's ever seen around these parts. Said it was like Caribbean water. They could see like 60 feet down. They caught 24 Dolphin (Mahi Mahi - not the porpoises) and John caught a large Amberjack. I'm so glad they got to go and really enjoy themselves. A lot of times they'll go out far and only catch a few. So this was a very successful trip! Later that day Jason, Martin, Zachary and I went out on the little boat and took this inner tube thing that we tied to the back of the boat. Jason and Zach went on it first. Zachary enjoyed it but once was enough for him. He'd much rather swim with his daddy and Pop. I tried it as well. I will pass on putting pictures of that in here.
His favorite thing to do was "jump over the moon." As you can see below he's close to it!
Saturday night they all enjoyed the catch of the day while I thoroughly enjoyed my chicken. On Sunday John, Sarah and Dixie headed home in the morning and Martin got out this huge "funstation" blow up thing he had bought a while back. It is really neat. I could seriously take a nap on there sometime. Zachary enjoyed it some but like I said before he'd much rather be swimming in the water. Addison even got in her swimming suit but opted for a nap on the pier with Grandmama.
On Monday we got in the big boat and drove it to Lulu's for lunch. It is Jimmy Buffett's sisters restaurant that is in Gulf Shores. It took about 50 minutes to get down there by boat but was a lot of fun. Addison slept on the way while Jason and Zachary sat up at the front of the boat and took in the view. Lunch was great. It has a sandy play area for kids and a beach volleyball court. All of the walls open up so that the restaurant is nice and breezy. It's a really cool place.
It was such a fun filled weekend. I think Zachary could probably sleep for a week he had so much fun. We are so lucky that Martin and Linda have created such a nice place for us all to retreat to. As Zachary would say, "thank you so much for the beach!"
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That looks like a great weekend! I love the picture of Zach tubing--he couldn't look any happier! :)
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