Gulf Islands National Seashore

In all of our "staycation" fun this past weekend, we also headed to the beach. This time, though, we decided to head to an area we had never been before.

Right now (4/17-4/25) is National Parks Week, which means free entrance to any of our national parks. So we took the opportunity to head to our section of the Gulf Islands National Seashore in Perdido Key. We're so glad we did, because it's absolutely beautiful down there!

The narrow road is surrounded by sand dunes and water on each side. There were lots of people out, but there is so much area, we still felt like we had the beach to ourselves. We decided to grab a spot on the lagoon side, since that's where all the sailboats were. We also had to take the opportunity to take the must-have tourist beach photo. Why not, right? We were on "staycation"!

If you have any national parks near you, we highly recommend taking advantage of them this week. We're lucky to have such beautiful areas for everyone to enjoy....especially when you can do it for free!