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Gulf Shores and Orange Beach
I love winter but I can’t take the cold much longer. In fact, I have been planning my travel destinations for 2014. You can guarantee that the beach will be involved. I am planning an upcoming to Gulf Shores. Gulf Shores & Orange Beach is 32 miles of sugar-white beaches that stretch along a 27,000 acre island on the northernmost coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The location is absolutely breathtaking and a short drive from the New Orleans area. If you have yet to visit Gulf Shores you will be impressed by the Sand dunes, turquoise waters of the coast and almost 400,00 acres of protected waters in the area.
Whether you are looking for adventure, fun or relaxation, Gulf Shores & Orange Beach is your vacation destination. Families are flocking to Gulf Shores & Orange Beach due to its family orientated attractions like ziplines, a water park, go carting as well as charter fishing and championship golf. I know many families that flock to Gulf Shores & Orange Beach for their annual vacation and weekend getaways but the sandy beaches are not the only reason.
While I can spend a week at the beach with no problem, Gulf State Park & Lake Shelby is another way families can enjoy the back bay of Gulf Shores & Orange Beach. Prepare your family for a mini- adventure. Swimming, kayaking, paddle boarding, fishing and more can help turn your little ones into outdoor enthusiasts. Don’t forget about Fort Morgan! An active fort from 1834 to World War II, Fort Morgan can help add educational travel to your upcoming beach vacation.
If you are planning your upcoming beach trip, don’t forget about Lulu’s! Lulu’s is owned and operated by restaurateur and author, Lucy Buffett. Name sound familiar? It should, her brother Jimmy Buffet has been known to stop by for a surprise performance. The beach is music to my ears but if you need another reason to visit Gulf Shores & Orange Beach then The Hangout Music Festival is your reason! Occurring annually in May, the Hangout Music Festival has more than 60 bands performing on four stages. Tickets are on sale now! You and 35,ooo of your best friends can enjoy the one-of-a-kind music festival that takes place on the beautiful, white sandy beaches of Gulf Shores, AL.
What’s the first thing you do when arriving to the beach?
It’s funny because I live right off of Cape Cod, so I never really thought of taking a beach vacation anywhere else since I have it here at home. Hmmmm?
What a great idea for a giveaway!
keeping my fingers crossed !!!
SOOOOO ready for warmer weather.
We would love it for the white beaches and the beautiful water and so much to do!
My grandbabies (and BB) would love to explore Fort Morgan.
Well, it’s never too early to make our preparations, right? 😀 I am so excited for summer myself – though I am so focus with my body to get myself ready to hit the beach!
white beaches!
My youngest two children (4 & 2) haven’t been to the beach yet. My oldest two (15 & 8) love the beach. We definitely need to plan a beach vacation this year.
I am sitting here freezing in NY at the moment and that beach with the white sand would be just the remedy I need to warm up my bones! It really does look and sound like a marvelous vacation spot!
I need this for the warm weather!!!
I, too, love the Gulf Shores area and am so ready for it to warm up a bit so that I can head that way! Lulu’s would be so good right now! I wish I lived closer…
What’s not to love about a vacation at the Gulf.
My family would enjoy it because they have only been to the ocean once and it would be fun to visit the beaches!
Well that could be fun! But the blinding beach sand, hot sun, and super pale Irish skin never mix well. I hope the winner loves their trip!!!
i live near St. Augustine and a beach bag would be perfect for the upcoming beach season
Would absolutely love to visit this gorgeous country!
Oh, these pics make me SO ready for summer…
I have never been to Alabama except driving through it briefly. I’d love to explore more of it, looks beautiful down there!
I love Gulf Shores and Orange Beach!
I really want to go to Gulf Shores. We were planning to drive over one day when we were in New Orleans last year but ran out of time.
We live near the beaches in Florida but all beaches are different. I would love to go and get away to a different view for a while. Of course we could explore other areas as well while there.
This would be great to bring with us in Spring Break this March 8-12!!!
Now this is a giveaway! A great getaway
Omg! I am so longing for warm weather now that we are in the dead of winter up north. Looks like an amazing trip/giveaway!
It looks so beautiful there! We are buried in snow here, so I could totally use a beach getaway!
Beautiful pictures and a great giveaway. The beachbag looks very sturdy but pretty and I’m sure I would find everything else very usefull the next time we head to the beach.
I live on the west coast near the beaches and it is a wonderful place for people to vacation. I would love to travel to the gulf coast some day and experience their beaches and scenery too. It looks beautiful.
Sounds amazing its been a year or so since i have been to the beach over here does not always have the warmest of weather so maybe a holiday is what i need.
Oh I wish I could have a vacation right now, away from this frigid weather. Love your photos!
Neat giveaway. Warm weather seems so far away!
What a great giveaway. Perfect for the summer. Makes we wish that the summer would just hurry up and get here.
We would love to be sitting on an Alabama beach right now.
I live in Alabama, so a trip to Gulf Shores would be only a short ride for my grandchildren before being able to enjoy the beautiful beaches!
Our family would enjoy the Alabama’s Gulf Coast Beaches because it is very adventurous and fun with so much to see and do.
I am so over this winter weather/polar vortex. This post came as the perfect reminder that winter will be over soon and it will be beach time in no time
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I know our family would love a vacay to the Gulf because we live in MN, and it’s cold and miserable right now!
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So may reasons! I am ready to go now. If I don’t plug in my engine block warmer, my car won’t start tomorrow. Can someone do a switch with me? Winter is pretty here….
oooooooo totally wanting the warm weather and sunshine right now!!
There is so much to do. Looks like a lot of fun. And we love the beach.
We love beach and never went to this one
it would be a nice beach to go with the family
we always go to FL it would be nice to go somewhere else …
we would love this because there is so much to do and it will be WARM. lol
I lived in NOLA for 8 years and vacationed at numerous spots along the Gulf Shores. I loved the soft sand, and the proximity to New Orleans!
We would love it for the white beaches!
I love the white sand and my husband would enjoy the deep-sea fishing!
I’ve been to Gulf Shores before and it’s a nice place for tourists & family vacation.
Polar Vortex who? The white sands of the Gulf Shores are calling.
My family would enjoy the Gulf Shores with the white sand and with all the activities that are listed it would be an amazing place to vacation.
We’ll enjoy it since we love travelling.