Brrr it's cold

We came south to enjoy some warm weather and sunshine....well today it rained off and on all day and was in the high 40's and 50's.  I knew it might rain and we bought rain jackets. The cold weather was a surprise.  At the last minute I stuck in one of my fleece shirts that I have lived in this winter.  We enjoyed a nice breakfast in the hotel - their specialty is cinnamon rolls and they are indeed very good.  Scrambled eggs and a cinnamon roll.  Enjoyed watching kids make pancakes in the pancake machine!  The Mardi Gras Museum Jane wanted to visit in Mobile was closed on Sunday so we decided to spend the cold rainy day at the shopping outlet mall in Foley.  Jane had a list and remarkably found nearly everything on it!  Ben said I will just sit in the van and read.  No photos on a rainy day!

We headed back to the hotel (Jane put on her fleece) and after a short stop headed for Mikee's Seafood for a late bite to eat.  Jane had Fried Green Tomatoes and Ben had Potato Skins.  The food was OK but the service was very slow.  Maybe because of all the excitement just as we were arriving.  As we were walking up to the door of the restaurant a couple came running out yelling obscenities at each other.  If we had not moved to the side they would have run us down.  The staff was in a frenze.  Getting a license tag number and calling the police.  Seems the folks had left without paying their bill - it was a group of 8 and the couple we saw were the last ones to leave.  We were seated promptly but waited at least 10 minutes for a menu and then 15-20 for our order.  The place was busy but not that busy!

Grey Sky, Van and a Palm Tree - way in distance the gulf!

It was so dreary and cold we did not even want to drive around to sites - so we just went back  to the hotel and watched a movie. About 6:00 we got up enough energy to go out for some dinner.  It would have been a good time to order in!  Sunday night and many of the restaurants were closed so we headed to a cheery 50's Diner - The Skyline.  It had a big menu of about everything you could want.  No seafood tonight - Ben had french toast and ham and Jane had meatloaf and green beans.  Both were good and seemed to hit the spot on a cold night.  We were complaining about the temperature in the 50's until we saw it was going to be 30 at home! They had an inch of snow on Mt. Leconte in the Smokies!  Guess it is Redbud winter since the redbud was ready to pop before we left.

Really great looking cakes!

Diner doors and me in reflection

Back to the hotel and another movie or some shows...we miss our Brit Box and Netflix!

Successful day of shopping and rest!  I did manage a couple photos but still nothing much to photograph!