One year in August, we decided to take a last-minute road trip from Joplin, Missouri, to Gulf Shores, Alabama. We’d never been anywhere near this area before. In fact, we simply looked at the road atlas for a place we could spend some beach time within a “reasonable” driving distance. We wanted to relax before school started again, but we also wanted a place touristy enough for some fun. After some Internet searches, we’d found our destination and booked a room. Following our first day of lazy beach bliss, we looked around for a fun place for dinner. Lulu’s Fun Food and Music seemed like a great choice; it even had the word fun in the title. We hopped in the car and drove from our beachfront motel, Best Western on the Beach, on Beach Boulevard, and drove back inland across Portage Creek to Lulu’s. When you arrive at Lulu’s,…