A day at the beach always brings big smiles, unless you forget something really important! Nobody wants that, so we made a checklist to help you remember all the beach bag essentials to make packing for the beach easy! This post contains affiliate links for your convenience (at no additional cost to you). Click here […]
10 Reasons to vacation at Alabama Beaches
Living near the North Carolina coast, I am spoiled by family friendly beaches and laid back vacations. I didn’t expect my trip to Alabama’s gulf coast to be much different. Alabama, you surprised me! If you, like me, have not considered a vacation on Alabama’s Gulf Shores or Orange Beach before, I’ve got 10 reasons […]
Lake Gaston Vacation
This week, the kids and I got an unexpected treat — a Lake Gaston vacation! Though we live only 77 miles away, according to my GPS, we had never ventured to the lake before. I’m such an ocean beach lover, I just couldn’t imagine a lake vacation being half as fun. I was wrong! Lake Gaston quiets as […]
Rip Currents: Safety tips for beach vacation
Jaws, released in theaters way back in 1975, forever cemented a fear of shark attacks in our minds. Innocent porpoises diving in and out of waves can clear the water instantly when one person screams, “Shark!” No one questions it — see a fin and panic ensues. Sharks, though, are hardly the most dangerous thing […]
