Sept 29,2015-Tuesday

Another cloudy,  overcast day! So it was a good day to get the laundry done. : ( . Then we went supply shopping. Around 4:00 the sun actually made an appearance! It was really humid so we went to the pool. The water was really refreshing. We spent the evening watching tv... Real exciting day!!

Sept 28, 2015 - Monday

A Happy Heavenly birthday to my mom who would have been 91 today! Well it started storming last night and continued all day! I mean really down pouring with no let up all day. We could not even get out of the motor home to our car without getting drenched. So we just stayed in and played cards. Finally around 3:00 it seemed to ease up a little, so we decided to go to a mall in Destin. There was a lot of flooding on the streets and it started pouring hard again and we had only been out about 20 min so we thought it best to turn around. We did not want to chance getting stalled out on a flooded street. The news was reporting flooding all around the area. Later in the early evening there was a beautiful rainbow.

Sept 27,2015-Sunday

We went to a "seafood Festival" in Pensicola. There were signs all over advertising it all week. We found out that it is an annual event. When we finally found out where in Pensicola it was, we had to find a parking place. That was a chore! All the parking lots were full as well as the parking places along the streets. We were ready to give up when we found a lot with spaces available. It cost  $10 and we had to walk about 4 blocks to the festival. It was very crowded. There were a lot of seafood booths (hence seafood festival), and a lot of craft booths. It reminded me of the Frankfort fest back home. A LOT of walking and all we bought were root beer floats. It started to get a little overcast and we had to walk back to our car, so we started back. Richard saw a guy on a bike with a cart & a sign saying rides for tips, so he asked the guy to give me a ride. The guy said he could take both of us, so we took him up on it. I felt sorry for him at first, but he said he made over $300 the day before (the festival was a weekend event) we gave him $10, it was worth it not to have to walk that distance back. We just made it to the car and it started to rain. 

Sept 26,2015 - Saturday

Another hot, humid day. We went to the beach of course. The beach flags for the day were yellow,caution rip tides may be present & purple, marine life may be present. Well the rip tides really don't effect us because I just stay at the shoreline and Richard don't go that far out. But there were jellyfish in the water. You could see them floating on top of the waves. In the water they look like a clump of seeweed.they say they don't harm you unless you get too close then they will give you a very painful sting. If someone sees one they usually point it out to other people in the area. A few might get washed on shore (see picture) they are ugly! Those are the only ones we saw on shore. Being the weekend, the beach was pretty full, a lot of kids. Thankfully we didn't hear of anyone being stung. We only stayed at the beach for a few hours because we were going to church at 4:00. After church the Knights of Columbus were holding a spaghetti dinner in the church hall which we went to. It was very good. Bread, salad, spaghetti & meatballs and beverage & dessert. There was bingo afterward. Six games were played with a win of $20 each.the last was a coverall with a win of $50. We didn't win any, but we were sitting at a table with two other couples our age, so it was a good evening. 

Sept 25,2015 - Friday

We have been RVing to Florida for five years now and have been on a lot of beaches, but today we saw our first sand crab! You know the ones with the big eyes that walk sideways. He was by himself and would pop out of a hole in the sand, then "skitter jump" back in. I Don't like them or any other little critters, so I'll be glad not see another one! He was too fast to get his picture.We did see another interesting item. We saw what we called  the "leather lady" her skin was so dark tanned that it was all wrinkled , just like leather. On top of that she looked like a skeleton with a thin layer of leather, really!! We have never seen anyone like that! We thought she must be in her 80's, but her sister said she was just 65, unbelievable!!! We had a nice afternoon , but we left the beach early because they were setting up for a huge concert on the beach tonight. The police were blocking off the parking lot. We showered, changed and went out for pizza.

Sept 24, 2015 - Thursday

We heard about Pensicola Beach  which is only about 40 min away, so we decided to check it out. We weren't quite sure exactly where it was, but every morning on the weather station they would show a picture of the beach with a water tower painted like a beach ball. I really wanted to see that. First the GPS took us downtown Pensicola. We took a different route and it took us to the  entrance of the Pensicola Naval Base. I kept looking for that water tower. Finally after going over a huge bridge (there are a lot of bridges in Florida) I spotted the tower in a distance! We found a pretty close parking place. It also is a white sand beach with Aqua water. Very well maintained. But one problem was that the walk from the parking lot to the water was a very long walk on sand. White sand beaches are pretty, but it is very hard to walk on that fine sand. It is a more popular beach so it was fairly crowded even for a week day. We spent the afternoon there, the water was great, but there wasn't a cloud in the sky and the sun was extremely hot. We sat under an umbrella when not in the water. We had a nice afternoon, but we like "our beach" Navarre Beach which is  five min from the RV park better.

Sept 22, Tuesday & 23, Wednesday (2015)

I've been a little lax in my writing. Tuesday morning Richard again made breakfast out on the griddle, bacon & eggs. It tastes so good outside! We did a little shopping. It again was hot & humid, so of course we went off to the beach. We carried our beach gear down and got all settled. We weren't there but about 1/2 hr when it started to get overcast and we heard thunder. We thought it would pass over (we saw other people coming on to the beach). But then we saw lightning! We knew it was time to pack it up and leave.  So we decided to go to a show. We saw "Everest" in IMAX. It was pretty good except that we had to park a distance & walk in the rain. At least we had an umbrella. 

Wednesday  - Another hot, humid day. We were told that usually this time of the year it is not so humid, but of course because we decided to come in Sept....it's a hot, humid Sept. We spent the day at the beach. There was a nice light breeze by the water and no flies! It was a typical vacation day, just relaxing by the water. The waves weren't very strong, so Richard was able to try out his new raft, the one picture of the truck....a fellow hand made that wooden boat on top!