Back in January, Randy and I went on a small vacation to just kind of get away, and because it had been almost a year since we had gone anywhere. So, we left on Thursday and traveled to Foley, AL. There we stayed at at a great hotel that offered a disabled room. This is important since Randy is an above the knee amputee and currently uses an electric wheelchair. So, he has to be able to wheel up to anything, be it couch, bed, toilet or shower. So we stopped off at the hotel to drop our items off (we used the website to check in).
Since we were only staying overnight, we decided to head out to eat. Fortunately we had done a little research prior to the trip and found out that the only Alabama “Lambert’s Restaurant” was just down the road. (It also helped that Randy used to live in Alabama and knew it was there, lol.) So off we went. If you have never been to a Lambert’s, you definitely owe it to yourself! Home of the “thrown rolls”. Generally, post Bariatric Surgery, it is recommended to eat off the. Kids menu so the portion sizes are smaller. Some Bariatric sites have pre-printed cards that explains the surgery and request this to give to the server. (If you would like a link, comment below.) Since there are only three Lamberts in the US, if you have ever ate there, you know it is worth the stomach misery you could endure, to eat there. A lot of the meals take you to a more. Simple time in your life where you were younger. Macaroni and Cheese, Fried Potatoes and Onions, Fried Okra, Apple Butter, Chicken and Dumplings, and so many good flavors…
We ate until we couldn’t move. We determined we were too full to ride around in misery, so we headed back to the room to watch a movie we brought and turn in for the night so we could get a head start out the next morning.
On Friday, grabbed some breakfast and then we traveled to Mobile, AL and took in the shipyards and architecture of downtown Mobile. Here’s a bit of history for you…Did you know Mardi Gras got its start in Mobile and not in New Orleans? The beauty and European influence of the architecture was much more breathtaking than the video shows, and please ignore my videography skills. I forgot to record some and started late.
Once we finished in Mobile, we started to head to main destination that we were headed to, which was Pensacola Beach Florida. It was a beautiful drive along the way and as you started to get there, you could tell that you were getting close to sea level because everything was getting more flat and more sand and palm trees were appearing. We finally made it in and found an Outback Steakhouse for dinner. Since we didn’t have any lunch we both got the 6 oz. steak and side. I had broccoli with mine and he had carrots. We then went to the hotel, and on the way we had to go over a bridge, and it was so cool to see lights underneath it that. Lit it up red, white and blue. It was so patriotic.
The next day, we were headed out to the actual beach in the Gulf, which is the whole reason for the trip. You see, I’ve never been to the Gulf. I have been on the Atlantic Ocean side of things, but never on the Gulf side. I had heard how beautiful the sands and water were, but nothing prepared me for what it was standing in front of it. Randy wrote his scooters far as he could down the boardwalk so he could see me get to take it in. He wanted to make sure that he can make that wish come true and he wanted to see it. And let me tell you something saying dunes in January are hard to walk on. While we were there, we met a very nice couple who were traveling with their son and daughter and their dog all over the US. They were homeschooling as their daughter was special needs, and they felt that this was the best way for their children’s education. It was almost like a divine appointment because Randy homeschool his youngest child. We talked to the couple for almost an hour. The husband and I talked by the Water and Randy and the mother on the boardwalk until I came up. We continue to talk there for a little while. It was very heartwarming to know that these people are educating two young minds clearly and that these kids will get to see so much that they would never see in a school. And I do honestly think it would make them better adults.
So when we got finished at the beach, we went to the historical part of Pensacola Beach and rode around. There are a lot of neat, dive bars, boutiques, and just general businesses around. After this, we found a ruby Tuesday, and Randy had the salad bar while I had Chicken Parm. At this point it was getting late so we headed back to the hotel since Sunday morning. We were heading home.
Sunday we stopped and got some breakfast, and started headed back. It rained all day so we didn’t stop anywhere, but we did stop by Milo‘s to get a famous Milo’s hamburger. It’s pretty good. Let me tell you. We did fine until we reached Tennessee. You see, this was the weekend that Tennesse was getting snow and ice. We had already made the plans and they couldn’t determine how much of each we were gonna get, so we decided to go ahead and go since it was just gonna be in Tennessee. The roads were pretty decent up until we got around Shelbyville at that point. They got a little slick and slushy. At first, we weren’t sure we were gonna be able to make it home, because we have been notified that there was a tree down on the road that we live off of. We had started to make plans to stay in a hotel locally, but Randy’s brother-in-law contacted us and let us know that he was going to work with one of the neighbors to chainsaw the tree down so the road was passible. Unfortunately, he ended up falling and breaking his wrist, once they finished. We didn’t finally make it home on Sunday and both use Monday as a recuperation day before we went back to work.
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