Sunset Cruise

Teresa had purchased some tickets for a sunset cruise that she had planned on using while on her trip down here and unfortunately was not able to go. We saved the tickets hoping Hank's parents would be able to go during their trip, and yet again, we were not able to get the trip planned. Not wanting the tickets to be wasted, we finally found an evening in August that our family was able to go. I think we ended up going about four days before Hank's back surgery. I'm pretty sure the boat ride was not a pleasant experience for him at all, but the kids sure seemed to love it. We arrived about an hour before the boat left and had some time to enjoy the harbor views.

Hank had seen this boat the weekend of the poker run and was rather impressed, he has a thing for orange. I'm pretty sure this will be his first purchase when we win the lottery.

Once we left Harborwalk, we went under the Destin bridge and over to the other side of the Coast Guard base. After they anchored the boat they allowed us to walk the shoreline and pick up shells or snorkel.

There were tons of hermit crabs on the land and in the water. Cutter was amazed.

Beautiful view of Harborwalk.

I love how my kids will never all look at me at the same time.

Too funny!

After some shell hunting, we left the bay and headed out into the Gulf to look for some dolphins.

 

 

After we got back to the docks, we did a little walking around before heading home.

Another one of the boats still in town from the poker run. This gentleman was nice enough to have his boat opened so that people could walk by and check it out. Beautiful!