September 25,2016 - Sunday

In the morning Richard painted a little more on the tow dolly. It was a little overcast, but hot out, so beach here we come. Well we got to the beach parking lot and got all our "gear" out and started down the boardwalk to the water. I noticed that there were a lot of people coming from the beach area toward us. I saw a lady carrying a piece of cake on a plate so I thought a birthday party must have just ended, but another lady told me, "I'll save you a walk, the lifeguards are making everyone get out of the water because a storm is coming." Richard of course was way ahead of me because he walks so fast all the time... I tried to call him on his cell phone to let him know. Then I saw him coming back, he was all the way to the water and found out. So back to the car we went. We came back and went in the pool. Richard took his raft and went down by the sound water which is along the resort area by the pier where they ride the kayaks. By the way the storm never materialized. We were told that a fellow was struck by lightening on the beach and died last month so they are now super cautious if there is any chance of lightening. Well better safe than sorry! 

September 24,2016 - Saturday

Saturday morning Richard went to a flea market down the road. When he came back, he decided to paint the tow dolly and make a few adjustments to it to accommodate our new car. I spent the morning doing some housecleaning in the RV. (The maid didn't show up!) In the afternoon we went in the pool for awhile before church. While we were at church a strong storm came through. The church we go to here has huge floor to ceiling Windows so we were able to see the palm trees swaying and the pounding rain. In fact the priest commented that because of the storm we would probably have to stay there  longer than usual so he may as well make his sermon longer, everyone got a good laugh at that! But it had stopped raining when church was over and the sun was out.....Florida weather!! We did find out when we got back to the resort that hail was reported not far away in Pensicola..... HAIL IN FlLORIDA!! my goodness just like being home in Illonois!! Anyway after church we went out for bar-be-que ribs and they were delicious! (The picture is of the RV Resort we are at)

September 23,2016 - Friday

We started the day with a good home-made breakfast made by Chef Richard and his hot griddle. We had an appointment  in the afternoon made by KIA to have the trailer hitch put on our new car. It was in Emeral Coast which is between Navarre & Destin about 1/2 hr away. Richard was pleased with the end result. When we got back he made sure the bike rack fit the hitch, which it did. One thing our new car doesn't have is a CD player on the radio. That sure was a surprise to me. The salesman told us that the KIA Soul was orginally geared for the younger  population by the manufacturer and they use their smart phones with playlist. We found out that a lot of the newer cars now aren't including CD players for the same reason. I have to have a CD player in my car because I listen to audio books from the library when I drive. The salesman told us we could buy a portable one with an auxiliary cord so that it would play it through the radio speakers. So we went to Best Buy and got one for $25 and it works fine. The gal at Best Buy said she heard that also about newer cars not including a CD player as standard  equipment. I guess we do live in a "smart phone" world. Call me old fashioned, but we still have flip phones!! 

September 22,2016 - Thursday

We decided to go play a round of golf in the morning when it is a little cooler. My foot was still sore, so I was Richard's cart driver again. It got so hot out that he only did 9 holes instead of the 18. When we came back, we decided to go to a beach down the road from the one we usually go to. We went there last year. The parking lot is a little closer to the water, so being that it was so hot we would not have that far to carry our beach things. When we got there we got a surprise.. The beach was closed for upgrades to the beach area. So we headed back to the beach we usually go to. It ended up being a good beach day after all. There was a little breeze in the afternoon and some clouds which gave a relief from the hot sun. The waves were not very strong so Richard was able to float on his  blow up raft. The water was still warm, not very refreshing tho. When we came back, we went to the pool till dusk.

September 21,2016 - Wednesday

Another very hot,humid day. Did some shopping in the morning, then treated ourselves to lunch at a little cafe called Alphy's which we ate at several times when we were here in Navarre, FL last year. Richard remembered they served liver & onions (his favorite ) on Wed. And he was right! The owners actually remembered us. They also give a discount to RVers staying at the Santa Rosa RVResort which is right down the road. We spent the rest of the day in the pool. We decided it was, believe it or not, too hot to go to the beach! There is a bit of a walk from the parking lot to the water carrying our beach chairs & ect, and we are not "spring  chickens" anymore! Of course, Richard has a lot more energy than I, but in my defense I do have a sore foot!! I know Florida is supposed to be hot &sunny, but since we have been here it has been EXTREMELY hot & humid.

September 20,2016 - Tuesday

GFinally had a beautiful beach day today...but it was so hot and no clouds or breeze, so the sun was strong. The water wasn't even refreshing. I even sat under our beach umbrella, which I never do on the beach! We stayed there  for a few hours.  Richard did a little metal detecting and found 26 cents, but it was even too hot for that so he laid on his blowup raft (which he blow up himself) on the water. When we came back to the camp resort we immediately went to the pool till dusk. When it is in the 90's in Florida.....it is super hot!!

September 19, 2016 - Monday

Since we had those rainy days, we were checking out some car lots. We had planned to trade in our 2012 Ford Focus which had 104,000 miles when we get home. But ...... We were able to swing a good deal on  a new 2016 Kia Soul. The 2017's will be out soon and they had new 2016's still on the lot,  with 0 percent interest, so we traded in our Focus! The Kia was one of the models we had been thinking about when we got home, but we never thought we would be bringing a new one home! Richard also bargained with them to put a trailer hitch on it for our bikes we have with us! Now Richard has to make sure it will go on the tow dolly. He might have to make some adjustments, but he said that would not be a problem. We had to transfer all our things from the Focus into the new car, being that we are traveling we had A Lot of "stuff" to transfer, golf clubs, beach chairs & things. So that was exciting getting a new car on vacation!