My official 2012 countdown!

**kathydwells** · 06-02-2012, 08:47 AM

21 days baby! Woo hoo! Hope to see some of you peeps while the gang is in town! Have missed you! Will be arriving June 23 for a week of funn in the sun!

**bluecat** · 06-02-2012, 08:24 PM

KDW,better get to packing. Do enjoy your vacation.

**Jdarg** · 06-02-2012, 10:40 PM

**jessifunn** · 06-04-2012, 11:46 PM

No way!

**kurt** · 06-05-2012, 07:31 AM

See you soon!

**Franny** · 06-05-2012, 07:50 AM

Woo Hoo is right!!!!

**Jdarg** · 06-05-2012, 08:04 AM

I took a quick walk on the beach in Seagrove yesterday and thought of you- walked "your" beach 'hood!

**KISH7374** · 06-05-2012, 01:42 PM

Hope you hve a great time and take and send lots of pics!!!!!

DD · 06-05-2012, 10:19 PM

Love it!!! I expect pics of funn in the sunn and cobbler!!

**CastlesOfSand** · 06-05-2012, 10:56 PM

Yea!!! Have funn!!! Like DD said lots of pics!! I will be starting my countdown soon!!

**Mango** · 06-07-2012, 09:20 AM

Can't wait to hear about it and see pics. I hear you have special earrings, to boot.

**kathydwells** · 06-09-2012, 08:16 AM

Thanks everyone. I am so excited. Been a stressful few weeks for me. Looking forward to being able to just relax and chill on that beautiful white sand. @mango, I sure do and can't wait to wear them at the beach. Thank you sweetie!

**BeachbumAggie** · 06-11-2012, 10:45 AM

maybe I'll see you in Seagrove! I arrive on 6/23 and depart on 7/5!! So excited!!!!!!!!!!!! It is a happy place, I hope you have a fantastic trip!

**CastlesOfSand** · 06-13-2012, 10:36 PM

Are you packing yet???!!!

**kathydwells** · 06-14-2012, 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by CastlesOfSand

Are you packing yet???!!!

Not exactly packed, but I do have a lot of stuff laid out that I am taking!! Getting pretty excited. June Grass, Red Flags, Yellow Flies, Red Tide, Rain, nothing will stop me from having a great time as always! I take the good with the bad and leave the rest at home.

**kathydwells** · 06-14-2012, 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by BeachbumAggie

maybe I'll see you in Seagrove! I arrive on 6/23 and depart on 7/5!! So excited!!!!!!!!!!!! It is a happy place, I hope you have a fantastic trip!

We will be at Emerald Hill Condo's...come see us. I hope you have a wonderful time as well!

**kathydwells** · 06-15-2012, 09:35 AM

7 Days and a wake up! We will be heading out Friday after work and staying in Andalusia Friday night to beat the Saturday traffic. I am so excited!!!

**BeachbumAggie** · 06-15-2012, 10:50 AM

I'll look for ya'll! I'll be the girl in the beach cowboy hat with a beer bottle hatband!

**CastlesOfSand** · 06-18-2012, 08:14 AM

Getting closer!!!

almost time to pack the car!!!

**BeachbumAggie** · 06-18-2012, 06:53 PM

I'm going to make my packing list today! Gotta work really hard at work tomorrow so I only have clean up stuff Wed morning. Wed afternoon is pedicure, haircut, packing then Mexican food, Thurs I load the car to head to a friend's in Mississippi and on to PCB on Fri to pick up friends and stay a night then Seagrove on Saturday-wooohooooo! I'm blowing up my friends FB messages with the SoWal calendar of events and restaurant links!!

**UofL** · 06-18-2012, 07:16 PM

We are in to day 3. Just returned from Red Bar. Stopped at seacrest sundries this am. Fish out of Water Fathers Day. Great southern Saturday. Bikes, walkinf, alittle beach time, adult pool.....:-) Ellen

**1ToshFan** · 06-18-2012, 08:34 PM

It's here waiting for ya! Just finishing our June 2012 SOWAL World tour. Enjoyed all of our favorites, but yet again it is all about the PEOPLE that make this place so magical! Have to head north for a while but the August tour will bring us back again. For now, ENJOY!!!

**Jdarg** · 06-18-2012, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by UofL

We are in to day 3. Just returned from Red Bar. Stopped at seacrest sundries this am. Fish out of Water Fathers Day. Great southern Saturday. Bikes, walkinf, alittle beach time, adult pool.....:-) Ellen

If you want to grin like crazy, catch The Emperor's New Clothes at Rosemary on Wednesday night at 6:30. Grownups love it as much as kids-- and if you come by, stop at the merch table and say hi! We saw it last week and loved it so much that we are going this week too! It is not every day you see royally costumed characters crossing 30A, playing instruments and belting out a One Direction song.

**RiverOtter** · 06-20-2012, 06:40 AM

Starting to wish we had booked earlier than August...

**kathydwells** · 06-20-2012, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by RiverOtter

Starting to wish we had booked earlier than August...

Yes June is a much better month

**kathydwells** · 06-20-2012, 06:51 PM

So ready!

**Jdarg** · 06-20-2012, 09:59 PM

We are ready!

**kathydwells** · 06-22-2012, 05:47 AM

See y'all tomorrow!!!!

**CastlesOfSand** · 06-22-2012, 12:21 PM

Today is here!!!

**kathydwells** · 06-24-2012, 06:58 AM

Originally Posted by CastlesOfSand

Today is here!!!

**kathydwells** · 06-24-2012, 07:00 AM

Reporting from Seagrove Beach. Day 1 (yesterday). Arrived in Seagrove about 1:30. We were able to check in early. We were happy. Unpacked the car, made the trip to Publix for groceries (glad we got that done). Made our trip to Goatfeather's to get some steamed shrimp and tuna dip to bring back to condo for our first meal here. Our annual tradition. It was wonderful, as always. Met up with the rest of the gang and visited for a while. Laughed my butt off at Butch Shumate and Pat Miller. Went to check out the beach, and there was no beach in front of the condos. The surf is VERY high. Saw a couple guys surfing. You don't get to see that very often here. They were pretty darn good. The seas are still very rough this morning. It is overcast and dark. I don't think there will be any going down to the beach today. The rest of the week isn't looking very good right now either. We will make the best of it. We are all together and that is what matters. Kelly and I are going to the Red Bar at 12:00 today. I am looking forward to that. Hopefully I can see some of my SoWal buddies!

**Teresa** · 06-24-2012, 11:31 AM

Welcome to SoWal Darlene! Storm and all! Hopefully Debby will be gone in a day or two and sunshine will fill your week. Either way, you are So SoWal and know how to enjoy the week in any kind of weather.

**Beach Runner** · 06-24-2012, 12:30 PM

Darlene, Red Bar today sounds funn. You deserve Texas margaritas instead of beer to compensate for the unavailabilty of beach time. The way I figure it, if it is raining at the beach when I'm there and I dress for rain, no prob! Still enjoyable.

Have a great day!

**kathydwells** · 07-05-2012, 02:11 PM

Kinda late in my trip report......

We had a wonderful time in SoWal. The weather the first couple of days not so good, then all clear by Tuesday morning. I took the boys to Elmo's Tuesday night for dinner. We had a great time. Great service and great food!

We made our traditional visit to Goatfeather's Seafood Market when we arrived on Saturday night for our Steamed Shrimp and Smoked Tuna Dip. It was marvelous as usual. Everyone that works there is awesome!!!

Enjoyed the beautiful, beautiful water from Tuesday through Friday. We finally got to see dolphins on Wednesday. I was so happy to see them again. I saw several Stingray's jumping out of the water while we were there. They are pretty neat critter's.

We ate our traditional meal at Seagrove Village Market on Thursday Night. It was so GREAT to finally get to meet Kitlit in person. Bless her heart, we got there early it was calm. It didn't take long before the place was hopping and she was slammed! Hopefully will get to chat longer with her next time. This is always one of our most favorite meals of the trip. It didn't disappoint this time either. So, So, good.

The rest of the meals we cooked at the condo's and ate there. We are some pretty good cooks if I do say so myself. We like to eat as a group on the lawn at sunset. Perfect atmosphere!

Friday morning I took the younger girls for Manicures, (Pedi for me) to Angel Nails and Spa. They were awesome. Probably the best pedicure I have ever had. Luckily we got there right when they opened because about 15 minutes later, that place was packed. I highly recommend them for your nail needs!

Saturday morning was leaving day.

However, we had a wonderful guest come and see us before we left. Jdarg! So good to see her again and visit for a little while before we had to finish packing up and leave. So bittersweet for us.

We drove over to Grayton Beach on the way out to buy some Red Bar T-shirts and stickers, but they were closed. We really needed to hit the road so we didn't wait for the to open. We will get them next time.

Even though we missed two beach days because of Debby, we had a wonderful trip and can't wait to get back! Hated I didn't get to see anymore of my SoWal peeps, but we will be back!

**bluecat** · 07-06-2012, 05:35 PM

No matter the weather, always funn to be there.

DD · 07-06-2012, 07:11 PM

Great report Darlene!! I love that you love it so much. xoxo

**Teresa** · 07-07-2012, 08:15 AM

Love that you all ate at Elmos! what did you have there? I want to go!
thanks for the report!!! tons of funn just reading it!

**BeachbumAggie** · 07-10-2012, 11:39 AM

Glad ya'll had a great time too! We went to Pier Park for a movie on our rainy Sunday and went to the beach in the biting wind on Monday, even though we couldn't get in water it was nice to play in the sand! Great boogie boarding on Tuesday!! Wed-7/5 the water just got prettier daily-I need to win the lotto so I can move down!