Alligators and Destin

Today we went into Destin. We were hoping we could go to the beach, but it rained in the morning. We went to Fudpucker's instead. This is similar to Joe's Crab Shack, but with the addition of live alligators. The food is not amazing, but it is fun for the kids.

There are a variety of opportunities to engage with alligators and become a little bit less wealthy in the process, but the one we like to do is feed the alligators. This is a hit with the kids and is pretty reasonable. Plus Joshua has been asking about fishing a lot. This isn't really fishing, but it does involve a fishing pole, so we're halfway there.

We had a good time, and by the time we were done with all that, our table was ready and we also ate.

After lunch, it was getting pretty late so we really needed to get back so the kids could nap, but the sun came out and I really wanted to try to get some beach pictures. We stopped by the beach really quickly and got a few photos. They aren't quite as good as I hoped they would be, but considering how tired they were and that we took it in high sun instead of the "golden hour", they came out okay. My only disappointment for this trip was not as much beach time as I wanted, but the weather just refused to coordinate with Jason's arrival.

On our way back from Destin, we stopped by to pick up crab cakes so we could all have a nice dinner at my parents' house. Hannah actually loves crab cakes, which is sort of funny because she hardly eats anything, but is willing to make an exception if it's extremely expensive I guess. Clara is less of a fa n so you can see her pouting over dinner in this picture. We had a fun last day in Destin and plan to leave early tomorrow.