For HG's "last ever fall break," she wanted a big girls' trip to Alys. We had a fun mix of girls at our house, girls staying nearby with their parents, and houses of other girls in Seacrest. And Cressey basically got to be an only child for a week. We arrived on Saturday, October 3rd, and the girls had a big time going between the pool and the beach and shopping. We didn't have a ton of sunshine (the forecast had rain every day), but we made the best of it. (Probably more driving than we've ever done since you'd get stuck on a bike in a rainstorm) We had a bonfire scheduled Tuesday night and pushed through with our plans although we had a little drizzle to start with and it was a steady rain by the end. We started hearing talk of a developing hurricane early in the week. Destin had an evacuation Wednesday by noon, but Walton County didn't announce anything yet. We stuck with our plan on leaving Friday morning, but the girls were at the pool (on a beautiful sunny morning, I might add) around lunch on Thursday and the staff told them it was time to go- evacuation orders had gone out for us! So we quickly threw everything in the car and headed home a day early. It was a fun and laidback week of quality time. Always a good time at Alys!
Exploring the house
