Sunday drive to Orange Beach/Pensacola

Today we jumped in the car and drove south to the beach. It was just a quick 3 hour tour but we enjoyed a quick stop at the beach and a fun drive from Orange Beach to Pensacola then back up towards home.

It was a pretty drive through lots of open space, and the coast is very pretty, quiet and low key. We did laugh a few times driving though the Florida part at some of the signs and storefronts.

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In the meantime, here are a few pics:

At a state beach in Orange Beach, AL

First time Christine has put her feet in the Gulf!

The sign says: 110 N to the 10 - sound familiar?

Kenny Scared of Shadows

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Kenny playing with his Daddy :-)

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Pictures from around Spanish Fort and Daphne (updated with captions!)

We drove to Daphne to go to the grocery store and pick up pizza. I brought the iPad to get some pictures:-)

Sign is for Pensacola to the East, Mobile to the West

The 10 Freeway doesn't look like this at home!

This says "Bass Pro Drive" because there's a HUGE Bass Pro Shop over there. As well as a Kohl's:-)

Highway 98 - Goes through Daphne, Fairhope

Whispering Pines Drive, note the pretty bridge on the right

A house along the way

The Daphne Dog Park!

Our Grocery Store (they're building a Publix across the street from our house, due to open this fall!)

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Our new home: Kitchen & Laundry Room

As you might have seen on my other blog, our kitchen was pretty messy yesterday as I was unpacking. I am happy to report that I finished it today!

Also, we had a bit of a storage concern since we brought a lot of stuff that had been stored at my parents' house (like our wedding china, since we have no idea where we'll be in 2014!), but I think we'll be okay, especially because of the giant storage rack we were able to put up in the laundry room.

I know these pictures are a little boring, but I know our parents are curious about what our place looks like. The kitchen is a really nice space, with a good view of the tv :-). The laundry room is huge, which is great because we could use the space, and we were able to put Kenny's food and water dishes in there.

Still need to go through the pantry

and the laundry room... :-)

Our new home: view from our front porch

Thankfully, we have a good sized covered porch. On my walk from the gym today it started to rain decently hard.

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Our new home: Outside

We live in a community that opened in 2009, called The Arlington at Eastern Shore. It sits next to a large shopping area (yay) and has gates around the front (the back is open space, high grass and trees, pictures to follow)

It's quite charming in that all of the buildings are only two stories, so it has a townhouse feel to it and it's very quiet.

Here is our building - our door is in the corner, and when you go in, you immediately go upstairs to our apartment. (yes this is the same picture as our change of address cards!)




It's also nice because, even though we were hoping to get a unit with a garage, we're able to park right outside our door, and, as experienced renters know, that saves a lot of time and trouble, especially with groceries.

Next: views from our unit!

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