Why Prepare for a Cold Winter?
August 19th, 2009
If you have come so far as to ask yourself the question “why prepare for a cold winter?”, then it might be time to rethink your winter plans! Snow tires, anti-freeze…why?
Forget all of that and spend your winter months in the Gulf Shores, AL area. With an average temperature of about 60 degrees, sugar white sand beaches, championship golf courses, fabulous fishing, shopping, countless snowbird activities and the ever-popular snowbird clubs, the Gulf Shores area is an ideal winter nesting ground for those of you wanting to escape the winter chill of the North. Read the rest of this entry »
Now that school is back and the wave of out-of-town tourists is subsiding, it is time for the locals to “Take Back the Beach!” 
party! The Orange Beach 25th Birthday Block Party and Baldwin County Bicentennial Celebration will be held Saturday, August 29 at the Orange Beach Municipal Complex, located at 4099 Orange Beach Blvd. (Hwy. 161). 
The Civil War battle of Mobile Bay, famous for Admiral David Farragut’s order, “Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead,” will be reenacted this weekend, July 31-Aug. 2, at Fort Morgan, 22 miles west of downtown Gulf Shores, AL. Events begin Friday night at 8:30 p.m. with the firing of the Fort’s largest cannon and will be followed by activities all weekend. For more information, call 251-540-7127. 
The Wharf in Orange Beach, AL recently announced another addition to their “Pepsi Star Concert Series.” Counting Crows will be live at the Wharf on August 7, 2009, along with special guests, Michael Franti, Spearhead and Augustana.