Alabama coast offers variety | NewsOK.com

Alabama coast offers variety | NewsOK.com: ALONG THE ALABAMA GULF COAST - Capt. Skip Beebee handed us each a checklist as we boarded his Sailaway Charter boat, but exactly which of nature’s exotic or colorful creatures we’d come to see during our Gulf Coast journey was still anyone’s guess.

"Mark what you see,” the sailor proclaimed, and over the next two hours or so, those aboard his small vessel ticked from their lists fowl from the air — brown pelicans, ospreys and cattle egrets — and underwater life including oysters, shrimp and Mr. Friendly, the neighborhood dolphin.

Think a trip to the Gulf of Mexico is all fun in the sun, soaking up golden rays while strolling the sugary white beaches? Sure, it can be, but why not spend a bit of time learning something new?