While in Destin, we took a drive to a cute little beachfront town called Seaside. In the summertime, Seaside is so crowded with families, dogs, bikes, and just lots of things to do and see. In the winter, it was pretty dead.
This grassy knoll below is packed with kids in the summer, and they have movies and concession stands. No one out on the grass yesterday.
We took a little walk through the neighborhoods and brought the camera along to show you what a cute place this is. If it looks a lot like a perfect utopian community, it is. It was the setting of Jim Carrey’s The Truman Show about a perfect utopian community.
It was also very chilly even though we’re in Florida. In the 40s and windy!
Working on our camera self-timer skills.
The houses all have names and tell where the family is from, and then one had a cute flag. The title of this post, Happy “Ours” was the name of one house we saw. People are really clever with more names that I forgot.
A bridge from land to ocean. The pelican statue on top has a fish in his mouth.
Look at those houses in the back, beachside.
We really didn’t see another person. No one to take a picture of us!
Long arms are helpful.
After we had enough of Seaside (it was cold!), we kept going to see Alys Beach and Rosemary Beach. Both little town squares were so pretty and peaceful. But it did feel like a ghost town since we know what it’s like in the summer. We ate lunch at a place called George’s which was wonderful.
How pretty is this place?!
I actually think I like the beach in the winter more than the summer. It was so quiet, peaceful, and not hot. We had no major plans and just really slowed down. There is a yoga lesson in here about slowing down, but just ignore that and try to appreciate going slow.
The picture above would be pretty desert like in the summer, but I think knowing it’s winter makes it nicer. And look at these fun Christmas decorations of the restaurant? How cute is that?
That’s it for our tour of Destin and surrounding areas. See you back in Houston.
Did you go anywhere over the weekend?
I like the beach during the winter better too. No one is there. I got to school near the beach (20 minute drive) and I love going down there this time of the year. We don’t have all the spring break people yet!
Great photos Marci and how fun to have the place to yourselves. Safe travels back home to your fur baby.
Such lovely pics!
I can tell you guys are having a great time
Too funny – my family took a few trips to Seaside for summer vacations when I was little. We loved it – esp because of the low (nonexistent?) traffic around the cute houses and how everyone just rode bikes to the cute grocery store.