Day 183/365 - July 2

After a super late night of washing clothes and "attempting" to pack, I was up bright and early this morning. Wes wanted to be on the road by 7:00 and our track record is not usually too good! Imagine my excitement to see this as we backed out of the driveway!!!

After dropping the dogs off at the kennel (WAY out of our route), we proceeded south but not really in the right direction for where we were heading!  We were on Hwy 231 South and needed to cut over onto I-65 South. After a little investigation on the map, yep a good ole paper map, we decided to hit Troy and cut over.

No trip would be complete without a little surprise though. A light popped up indicating Wes had low tire pressure, so we stopped in Pine Level to add some air. Just a few miles down the road, we stopped again and it was still leaking.

Avery said I had to take a picture since the store was "my name" - even though it's not spelled the same :)

Luckily, we found an auto repair place that was able to get us right in and fix the tire - valve had to be replaced.

We were on the road again heading west towards the interstate...so we could head south again :) It wasn't long before we noticed Avery had fallen asleep in the backseat - this doesn't happen very often!

We are officially heading south on the interstate!

Once we arrived in Gulf Shores, Avery was ready to swim with Josie.

They didn't last long in the outdoor pool though, the water was pretty chilly. We headed to the indoor pool where they had a blast!

After swimming, we headed over to The Wharf to check out the shops and ride the ferris wheel.  What a great time!

For dinner, we stopped in at The Hangout. The food was great and Avery and Josie had so much fun playing outside!!! They enjoyed the sand pile...

the bubble machine (and the balloon man)...

playing ping pong...

and playing foosball.

Whew...talk about a fun, but exhausting day!