Vacation Day 3 - Yummy Crab! (July 4th 2011)

On day 3 we decided to find one of the local restaurants to try out. We chose a place to eat - Anglers, and when we arrived the parking lot was so full we couldn't park. We drove into the next parking lot found a spot to park, but then decided to just go the the place that own the lot we were in - The Crab Trap. Turns out this was an AWESOME choice! The food was awesome & the view was great too! Right on the beach! The kids had a blast trying new foods as well as Mommy & Daddy! (Maybe someday we'll get a chance to try Anglers!)

The first thing we had was Broiled Crab Claws, these were wonderful! The kids LOVED them meaning Mommy didn't get too many because I was too busy dishing them out, but that's okay! :)
This place was also great because they gave buckets & shovels with the kids meals! I was impressed! So much better than any MD's toy!

Yummy Snow Crab Legs! They actually had these on the kids menu so we decided to get one order for all three to split along with a cheaper kids meal as well. The crab legs though were a HUGE hit! But once again this meant major work for Mommy! (Of course it meant I got to taste test them though!)

The other kids meal was a version of "Fish & Chips" really, but Aydan was all about it because he could dip it in ketchup!

Out in front of the restaurant they had this nifty picture spot. The boys were very curious about the "crashed" airplane, but were quick to point out that it could not have really crashed there because of the way the pieces were laying. I was proud of them for being able to pay close enough attention to the detail to figure it out!

This wasn't at the Crab Trap, but was one of my favorite things about our trip. The bridge into Destin led us to this scene a few times. This was an area where the water was just deep enough for boats but shallow enough for standing, and very calm. Boats would gather here all throughout the day just seeming to have one giant block party. They even had inflatable water slides & bounce houses out there! Someday I'd like to go back and make this area a stop on our to do list!