Gulf Shores, Alabama

We want to thank the snowbird from Minnesota we talked to in the camp office in Lillian. Goes to show that you never know what you can find out from a friendly conversation with a random stranger.

He told us that we should check out a restaurant in Foley, Alabama called Lambert's Cafe. He said they have excellent food and throw the rolls at you. Of course, once the kids heard that we had to go there. So we looked it up on the computer, programmed the address into Betty and we were off!

Lambert's Cafe was awesome and they really do throw the rolls at you! Here's a picture of Andrew catching his roll:

As you can see from the photo above, they bring you huge drinks and plenty of food. They also keep coming around with additional food they call "pass arounds" and just give it to you to eat. In addition to the rolls with apple butter and molasses, they brought us fried okra, fried potatoes and onions, black eyed peas and macaroni and tomatoes. It all tasted so good.

After lunch, while Tom made a quick stop at the grocery store to fill up the cupboards (not that we thought we would ever be hundry again), I did some school work with the kids and then we headed for Gulf Shores.

It's still so cold that the beach was deserted except for us.

Gulf Shores, AL

Of course, I found some beautiful sea shells!

Kait and Andrew at Souvenir City

Next stop, Biloxi, Mississippi...unless we get a better tip before then!

Lillian, Alabama

We left Florida and made our way over the border to Lillian, Alabama. Lillian is just past Pensacola, FL. It was really windy again so after four hours we were all glad to call it a day and settle into our campground.

The cold snap is still snapping and we woke up this morning with a frozen water hook-up! Tom had to take my hair dryer to it to thaw it out!

We decided to walk down to the beach before we took off for warmer weather. Did I mention it was cold?!?

Kait and Andrew relaxing in the morning sun.

Perdido Bay

Perdido Bay

After our walk, we stopped in at the office and talked to some of the seasonal campers who gave us a few tips about what to check out in the area so we're off to Gulf Shores, Alabama next!