We spent two nights in Foley, AL, which is a few miles north of Gulf Shores. We really like Gulf Shores. This is our third visit there.
Gulf Shores and the surrounding area is a quiet but fun beach community. The oil spill from a few years back is well behind them. BP poured so much money into the community that it may be better off than it was before the spill. The wide sandy beaches are clean and the sand is beautiful. There are lots of casual restaurants serving good seafood and other beach resort fare with a decided influence from nearby New Orleans.
On our previous visits we had stayed at Gulf Shores State Park which is an amazing state park. The campsites are spacious with full hookups. There's a very nice and inexpensive golf course (so I'm told) and a huge swimming pool for those days when you're tired of the beach. This time I succumbed to the email advertisements that I had been receiving for several years from a place called Bella Terra RV Resort. Bella Terra is an "ownership" resort. This means that the pad where your RV is parked is privately owned...kind of like a condo for RV's. Each owner improves and landscapes their lot to their own specifications. Ours had a screened gazebo with seating and a built in gas fireplace. We enjoyed our stay, but next time we'll be back in the State Park.
Rick played some golf and we did a bit of outlet shopping, but I forgot to take pictures of anything, so I stole this one from the internet.
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