Fudpucker's Beachside Bar & Grill, Destin

"You ain't been pucked till ya been fudpucked."

Oh my, what a fun place?! After spending a few days in Panama City Beach (aka Partytown, USA), we decided to drive up the road a little ways to a place a little more "family-friendly." Upon entering Destin, you could just see the difference between PCB and Destin. We spent most of the day playing mini-golf and riding go-karts, bumper cars, and bumper boats at The Track. Larea did a little research and found a place where you could feed alligators. It seemed kind of cool, thought we might check it out. 

When we arrived at destination fun-time, we saw a trippy building with a VW bus sticking out the front. The building was painted up in lots of different colors and we could tell from the get-go that this place was going to be pretty cool. We started our adventure laughing in the gift shop as we read t-shirt after t-shirt with FudPucker's logos. Nolan got a wooden alligator that he named Richard and we both got these inflatable pink flamingo cup holders for our pool. 

Then we thought we would go ahead and put our name in for supper. It was late in the afternoon and we were all getting the munchies. We wrote our names on the wall, then were seated in a room that played some really good tunes (I even downloaded a few as we waiting on dinner). 

Now, I know that seafood is what people crave when they are at the beach. And I know that FudPucker's has a nice selection of seafood. But I ordered a grilled chicken sandwich. LOL. Dad ordered this huge hot dog with chili, while mom and Larea picked the hot dog off the kid's menu. Nolan finished up the order with his own mini-corndogs. It took a little while to get our food, not sure exactly why. But when we got it, it was pretty good. 

After finishing dinner, Nolan insisted on paying. So dinner was on the little man (so sweet!). We hurried outside to see the live alligators lounging on the decks and swimming in the pond in the center of a maze of decks. There was a fun playground for the kiddos and a booth set up where you could pay to feed the gators and/or have your photo taken with a baby alligator. Nolan was not really feeling the whole "hold-a-gator-get-a-picture" kind of thing, but he did get excited about baiting the rope to feed them. It was a lot of fun watching the gators snap at the bits of food on the end of the rope. 

All-in-all, it was a really fun time. We enjoyed the atmosphere and it gave Nolan something else to do. For entertainment purposes, it was fantastic.