Destin Part 3

This is my last post on Destin! I so wish I could go back right about now :)

Thursday: July 19, 2012

We got up early this morning, had cinnamon rolls in our condo, and then rented scooters! I was SO happy that I was allowed to drive my own. It was so fun! We got them for 2 hours, and we just drove around, looking at the beach, exploring the area, and looking at all the different houses.

I have to add this picture in because I think I look SO tan in it, which doesn't happen too often for me :)

We even took a little video of me driving it. Probably not exciting to you, but I thought it was neat!

We had lunch in the condo, and then headed to Seaside! Seaside is this cute and quaint little town not far from Destin. If you've ever seen the movie The Truman Show, Seaside is where it was filmed!

I got a Red Velvet cupcake at this cute place called Heavenly!

We took these fun pictures on the beach too!

As we were driving back to Destin, it started to rain a little bit, so my mom and I decided to go to the Outlets! The Outlets in Destin were huge and had such great stores! Look at how cute this Starbucks even was there!

We went to the Back Porch for dinner. I loved that restaurant! My friend had recommended it to me, and I'm so glad she did. It was right on the beach - I love restaurants like that!

I even got a fruity strawberry drink too. Doesn't get much better than that!

After dinner we went to another cute little area called the Harbor Walk. It was just another outdoor place with shops and restaurants.

They shot off fireworks too!

Friday: July 20, 2012

On Friday we got up and ate breakfast at a place called Another Broken Egg. Three different people had recommended it to us, so we really wanted to try it. It was delicious too! I got the Cinnamon Roll French Toast, which was so yummy.

We walked around Baytowne Wharf a little bit again too since that's where Another Broken Egg was.

On our way back we stopped at the Outlets again really quick because I had seen a few items the day before that I kind of liked, so I decided to go back and get them. My best find was this Bare Escentuals makeup kit for $20. Yay!

Then since it was our last day, we went to the beach and pool one last time. It started raining though, which was kind of a bummer.

Since our beach and pool time were cut early by the rain, we went to another little shopping area called Grand Boulevard just to look around.

We had dinner that night at a place called Gilligan's, which overlooked the harbor.

We had our daily treat at 32 Degrees, which was a frozen yogurt bar that reminded me a lot of Orange Leaf - even down to the decor! I really liked the toppings better at 32 Degrees though. They had these caramel cups that were to die for!

Saturday: July 21, 2012

I always hate coming home from vacation! The only good thing about it though was that we took a different way home, which led through Chattanooga, where there was a Rita's. My family and I are crazy, but I'm totally okay with it :)

I finally got my favorite flavor too - Strawberry!

And that was our trip! I'm SO thankful to be able to travel every year. I don't know what I'd do if I had been stuck with parents who didn't like to travel - ha!

Destin Part 2

Can you tell I had so much fun on this trip? We kept saying that we had wished we had stayed 2 weeks instead of just 1 since it was so pretty and there were so many things to do.

Tuesday: July 17, 2012

This was an early morning because we decided to drive over to Pensacola to see the Blue Angels.

Since we were getting up so early, I talked my family into stopping at the Krispy Kreme shop on the way. Now, I never knew that there were such things as Krispy Kreme stores that sold hot, freshly baked glazed doughnuts. We just don't have any stores like that where I live. It was pretty much a life altering discovery - ha! The doughnuts literally melted in your mouth. SO good!

It was extremely hot watching the Blue Angels, but I'd say it was worth it. I'm not big into stuff like that, but I actually really enjoyed it. It was crazy to watch them fly!

You can tell some of them are upside down in this one!

We checked out the Naval Museum next, which didn't thrill me as much as the show, but my dad liked it!

We climbed to the top of the Pensacola Lighthouse too. Talk about a workout!

We had lunch at a place called Flounder's before we headed back to Destin. My parents had been there about 20 years ago, but I had never gone. It was absolutely delicious though. We got fried fish, which was so yummy!

We had dinner in our condo that night since we had eaten lunch out, but after dinner we went to explore a little area called Baytowne Wharf. It was so cute and fun - they had a lot of restaurants and shops!

I got some Nutella gelato too. Delicious!

I love this starfish hair clip I bought there too. I thought it was cute and unique!

Wednesday: July 18, 2012

Wednesday was mostly spent relaxing again. We went to the beach in the morning, had lunch in our condo, and swam in the pool after lunch.

We had dinner that night at a place called Dewey Destin Seafood. We met up with my Mom's friend Kat, who she actually met online by reading her blog. She was so nice, and I'm glad we got to meet her!

After dinner, Kat invited us back to her condo. It was SO pretty overlooking the ocean. I don't think I would get tired of waking up to the ocean everyday!

Her dog, Daisy, was just so cute!

It's rumored that Tim McGraw and Faith Hill live down the street in that white house (not sure if you can see it in the distance), which I thought was neat!

I think I'll stop there for now! I'll post about the rest of my trip soon. Hope you all have a great start to your week!