Our morning started out at Academy again. It’s great having such a close neighbor. I needed to grab a few items for our prospective fishing trips.
From
there we headed back into Gulf Shores to the Lagoon Baptist Church. I didn’t see a lagoon anywhere, black or
otherwise, but I did keep a close eye out for any errant creatures. Actually, we were so early that we watched the
Seaside service while sitting in the parking lot. Thanks again to Kel for filling in for
me. The Preacher from the Church Lagoon was
a pretty funny guy. Not a bad
storyteller. He used to be in the Air
Force, so they started exactly on time.
Felt kind of strange, being so close to the Gulf and not experiencing Island
time at church. Spoiled by Seaside, I guess.
We
went to a place called LuLu’s for lunch.
It came highly recommended. But
the wait was an hour and fifteen minutes, so we chose another of Christi’s
recommended spots called the Shrimp Basket.
It’s supposedly the place where the locals eat. In fact we saw a couple from church there, so
I guess that was true. The food was
pretty good. I had the Sunday special - all
the popcorn shrimp you can eat. And it
came with a side of fried okra. Oh, and
some cole slaw that had boiled shrimp in it.
Good stuff. Sorry, LuLu, but I
don’t think we missed anything.
Oh,
I almost forgot. We made a quick stop
before lunch. We went into the Purple
Octopus. Yep. That’s an actual name of a gift store in
town. And lo and behold, what should we
find just waiting for us in there? A
purple octopus who desperately wanted to join us on our journey. We couldn’t say no. So old P.O. now lives with our critter family
in the back seat.
After
lunch we all went back to the condo for some beach time. The waves had settled down considerably, but
it was still a rough go. The beach
dipped dramatically to the water, then there was another quick drop off a little
ways out. Plus the current was really strong
side to side. I tried out my new fishing
pole, but only did a few casts. The highlight
of the sand day came when each of the kids decided they wanted to be buried. Even AnnaGrace allowed it. We crafted her a mermaid tail when she was
under. Each of the others received a new
body look as well. Except Zak. It took all the sand they could muster just
to cover him up partially. I’m pretty
sure the kids had a good time. When we
got back to the condo, me and Josh and the kids jumped in the pool for a few
minutes.
Finally,
Josh and Zak and I went down to the bay side dock to try some fishing. We didn’t catch anything on the line. All we had was our lures. Zak did make the catch of the day, though. He tossed out his cast net and came up with
one piggie. He saved it for bait for
when they go fishing later. So no fish,
but that wasn’t the worst of it. We were
introduced to the state bird of Alabama.
Some kind of wretched little stinging gnat. They were everywhere, and their bite felt
like a needle stick. Almost made me
miss Texas mosquitoes. Almost.
We
headed back to our hotel after that, and spent the next hour or so washing some
clothes. Someone had clothes in the
dryer, and they had been there – drying completed - for the entire time our clothes were
washing. So when we went back to dry
ours, we took his out and folded them on the table for him. That should keep us set for another few days. And him, too.
Acts
2:38 says, “Peter replied, ‘Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the
name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.’”
Father,
thank you for our experience in that church this morning. It was good to be in your house. Bless them in their ministry. Amen.
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