Dolphin Time!

Here's the video from our dolphin cruise. Watch the whole thing! They were following us!

Destin-ation New Orleans

Sorry for the delay in an actual post until today- our Destin hotel had less than stellar wi-fi. We're now sitting in our New Orleans hotel room (which is very historic), and are deciding what to do this evening. 

Anyway, back to yesterday. We ate lunch at a wings joint (which we mentioned before was not impressive), and then we relaxed until our sunset dolphin cruise. It was awesome! We took the Sea Blaster, which is a giant speed boat that holds 100 people. They had free beer, wine, and soda, and we saw dolphins and had a great ride! 

Check out our video that we will post TONIGHT (it has to upload), and be sure to watch the whole thing because there are dolphins throughout. We had the best seats too since everyone had filled in the "good" front seats, we sat alone in the back. Woohoo!

After that we ate dinner at The Shed. Amazing brisket and overall a cool joint. It's been featured on the Travel Channel and Food Network. Brad, the head chef and owner is competing on Best in Smoke. 

A great last night in Destin, only to be woken up this morning at 7am by a car alarm that went off for at least 5 minutes. With the person in it not caring! Oh well. On our way out we stopped at The Donut Hole, picked up a slice of Key Lime pie (delicious!) and some donuts for our trip.

Happy to be in New Orleans and can't wait to explore!

Destin, The Land of Sugar White Sand

Our first day in Destin has gone pretty well. We slept in (till 9!) and headed to the beach. The hotel has a boardwalk that takes you there, and after a few minutes we found ourselves standing on soft white sand, blue green water as far as the eye can see!

Very beautiful, and the sand is definitely the whitest and softest we've ever seen! Apparently it's quartz, and back in the day traders would sell it as sugar! Those dirty rats! Haha.


Chunk got a bit burned, even though we were only out for an hour, so we headed out for lunch at  Another Broken Egg Cafe. Delicious! KJ had an omlette with cream cheese, bacon, and chorizo, while Chunk had eggs benedict with grilled tomatoes and a bacon "crunch". 

We also checked out the Okaloosa Beach boardwalk, a gaudy souvenir store (that happens to also be a chain) called Alvin's Island, and then picked up some beer to enjoy back at the beach by our hotel. The beach right next to us is Miramar Beach, but they truly go on for miles. 


Tomorrow we're going to go on a sunset dolphin cruise which should be awesome! 

From Orlando to Destin

Our last day in Orlando was spent at Animal Kingdom, Epcot, and our friend Kristina's regular bar, House of Beer. It was a great day, but we knew that today we'd be on the road for over 6 hours.

Destin

After reading some Trip Advisor reviews of our Destin hotel, we once again got stressed out about our situation. Reminder note to selves: Don't read Trip Advisor! The reviews for our hotel here (the Ramada Limited Destin) are not too stellar, but we'll manage. Think spring break party hotel that has permanent stains and burn holes in the comforter. Adventures, adventures!

We also saw a baby deer hit by a car. :( Needless to say, it's been a bit stressful getting here. Hopefully things will start to look up.

Anyway, we're hoping to have a relaxing weekend before New Orleans. And as for the rest of our trip, we think we'll have to postpone it because of all the flooding. That's alright- we'll have more to do on our future trips!