Announcement Time

Ok, so I've been talking about this research I've been doing. Well, today it concluded so now I can make my announcement.

This afternoon I booked the condo we're going to be staying in when we go to Destin this summer! Yes, we are going on vacation again this coming summer! YEAH! I really did not think we'd be able to do another vacation just a year later, but we are.

I have spent the greater part of the last two weeks researching condos down there because we're going to be gone for 10 days. They do have a few hotels down there, but most of it is condos because most people want a kitchen when they're down there.

We got a one bedroom condo right across the street from the beach. I think we're at the back of the complex, though so I don't think we'll have a view of the ocean, but who cares when you're going to be spending a great deal of time ON the beach.

Michael's parents will be down there at the same time. They will be staying in the same condo that they stayed in last year. It's about 7 miles down the beach from us. AND, Michael's brother and his family will be down there at the same time, too. But, they rent a condo from a friend in Fort Walton. It's right next to Destin and is probably about the same distance from Michael's parents, too... or close to it.

I guess it's going to be a very McCoy Beach Vacation. I'm so excited I cannot stand it. I have set up a separate blog for this vacation like I did our vacation last summer. It sounds like we will be driving down caravan style and leaving in the middle of the night before check in because it takes about 13 hours to get down there.

Our check in is July 16, 2008 and we come home on July 26, 2008. Ten whole days just to laze around, play in the waves, relax, shop, whatever. It's going to be heaven. I didn't want to talk about it until I had the condo booked because I did not want to jinx it. Then, after I got stupid and ran into the garage door we had to wait and see how much that was going to cost before we could actually book something.

Our condo has washer, dryer, dishwasher, ice maker, microwave, satellite television, WiFi hookup, queen bed in the bedroom, bunk beds for the kids (they put these in an alcove in the hallway.. a lot of places down there do that), and all kinds of other stuff. And, like I said, it's just across the street from those beautiful white sand beaches.

Just 186 days and I'll have my toes in that white sand.