Orange Beach, AL Vacation

We had initially planned to head to Montreal and Maine this summer, but COVID changed our plans.  The Tilgers invited us along on their Orange Beach vacation, and we were excited to get out of town.

We got up super early and were on the road by 4am.  The kids set up with their devices.

All was going fine until about 5-6 hours in the car, when our car died on the side of the two lane highway about an hour outside of Baton Rouge.  After about a two hour wait, the tow truck arrived to take us to the Infiti dealership in Baton Rouge.  

After a few hours waiting for the car's diagnosis and futile attempts to get a rental car, we decided to just book a hotel in Baton Rouge for the night.  We finally located a rental car in New Orleans, so Laura took an uber to the New Orleans airport Saturday night.  Then after spending Saturday night in Baton Rouge, we drove on to Orange Beach and made it there about 20 hours later than planned.  A pic set up with their devices in the rental mini van.

The kids with their boogie boards in the water Sunday afternoon.

After an afternoon at the beach, the kids hopped in the hot tub.

Caden working hard on the sand castle.

Annabelle and Hadley digging with some other kids on the beach.

A picture one night on the balcony before heading to dinner.

The boys having a laser gun war in the condo.

We went parasailing one morning.

The girls having fun with Garrett.

The boys went fishing one morning.

We rented a pontoon boat one day.

We got a double decker boat this year with a slide.  The kids loved it.

Another Covenant family was staying in Gulf Shores, so they joined us on the boat.  The kids left to right: Sojo Thomas, Chloe Thomas, Annabelle, Emerson, Hadley, Garrett, and Caden.

The kids playing in some shallow water.

Back to the beach...Caden and Garrett digging.

The school had a ground breaking ceremony for the new high school building while we were there.  We recreated the pic with the kids. :)