Gulf Shores, Alabama

Rebecca drove us all night from Hempstead, TX to Gulf Shores, Alabama. We got in just around sunrise and then couldn't find a place to stay. Rebecca had been up all night. I had slept an hour and a half. Rachel slept ten hours.

By the time we got a room around 10:30, we were wiped out. We set Rachel up with a Sponge Bob Marathon and slept. We got a little pool time and a delicious dinner at a seafood place called DeSoto's.

It poured while we were at dinner. We got a window between storms Sunday and hit the beach. Both Rachel and I wound up terribly sunburned due to misapplication of sunscreen. Both of us are peeling as I type this.

In fact, I got so much sun, I had to relinquish the wheel on the ride home. I started shivering and my teeth were chattering. I was fine the next day.