After 2 weeks away, we finally made our way back home yesterday. It was bittersweet. I was sad to say goodbye to the beach and a vacation state-of-mind but it was nice to get back home and attempt to settle back into some sort of routine. For the first half of our vacation, the girls and I were at mom and dad's while Mike was in Haiti. We met him and then traveled south to the beach where his parents and brother and sister (along with their families) met us. I will post pics of our first half of vacation soon. Here are a few from our trip to Gulf Shores.
The first few days, the water was pretty clear. There wasn't any visible oil, but if you looked hard enought, you could see some iradescent drops on the surface which must've been trace amounts of oil.
The girls had alot of fun playing in the sand and surf.
The beach certainly is beautiful at 730 in the morning!
Mingled in with the silt there were a few "pebbles" that were actually sand mixed in with oil.Here is a larger one that we found. It was 20 feet or so from the shore.
Needless to say, we spent alot of time at the pool.
Towards the later part of the week, the winds changed and brought oil back to the shore, as you can see below.
Bulldozers carried hundreds of trashbags full of sand and oil.
The yellow spot in this picture is actually people dressed in haz -mat suits to protect them while cleaning. News reports said workers were being sent to the hospital due to sickness from exposure to the oil.
Doing a little shopping.
What a fun place to eat!
Enjoying the sand!
