Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Fort Walton Beach - Part 1

In mid-July, we escaped the sweltering heat of the Midwest and headed to Fort Walton Beach, FL with our good friends. We went to Waterscape, which is a fabulous resort I've been wanting to go to for several years!! Our crew was 4 adults and kids aged 8, 7, almost 5, 4, and 2.

Upon arriving, we fed our hungry troops at Fudpuckers, which was across the street from our resort.
The kids had their own table, liked reading all of the names/messages written on everything (even the toilet seats), and thought the alligators out back were pretty neat.

After lunch, it was time for the beach! We went in the afternoon and the seaweed was really thick. Sugie was grossed out by it and refused to get in the water. (You'll see her standing on the water's edge in almost all of our beach pics!)
Little E and Buddy didn't mind the seaweed and braved the waves!
Little E liked playing in the sand the first day at the beach, but really wasn't interested in it during the rest of our stay.
Sugie and M were our sand castle builders and mostly played in the sand.
We checked out one of the pools next. My kids LOVE swimming, so they of course had a blast at the pool.
Little E loved that is was a zero entry pool, so he walk in and out as he pleased.The main pool had water fountains, this mushroom, a play center, waterfall, and a rope bridge.

Sugie and D LOVED this rope bridge. There were 3 lily pads they could step on, but it seemed like one was always loose or occupied. You can see Sugie falling from the ropes in this pic.
Little E played with the fountains more than anyone. He liked filling up buckets from these and then watering the surrounding palm trees.

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