This past weekend I visited a friend in Gulf Shores Alabama.  Turns out it was the same weekend as the free Jimmy Buffet Concert so you’d think things would be pretty busy.  But given the oil spill the beaches, those legendary beautiful soft white beaches, were virtually empty.  So sad.  Here’s just a couple of photos.

There were teams of people cleaning up the tar balls on the beach, looked a lot like sifting kitty litter.  But it was so hot!  98 degrees with heat indexes into the 100 + teens…glad it wasn’t my job.

And offshore were the booms and boats skimming oil off the surface….though it might be difficult for you to see this…

I’m sitting in the truck in the parking lot of the local library, using their wifi.  They aren’t open but it’s working OK.  Except that it’s HOT.  So I’m going back to the house where there is air but no internet.  I can’t really see what the photos looked like that I chose, but you get the idea!

Gulf Shores Alabama is beautiful, touristy, ugly, sad and HOT!  I had never been there before…and I think I’ll wait to go back until it’s fall or winter and the oil is gone.  If that ever happens.

On a good note, my friend has two black labs, so I got my dog fix for the weekend…but I’m really beginning to miss my Katie-girl.