Sun of the Beach
We made it to Mom and Tim’s place in sunny Pensacola Beach in the early evening and celebrated with some Domino’s Brooklyn style pizza and a few Tivo’d shows that I am totally out of the loop with. It was great to relax and hang with the fam.
The next day we took our R & R to the next level with a walk on the beach, a dip in the pool and all the magazine reading we could handle. In the evening, we had a great dinner at Cabo Grill, a cute Mexican/Seafood place on the boardwalk. But, best of all, we hopped over to Flounder’s for a to-go order of their Key Lime Pie. Okay, this is no ordinary slice of pie…it’s actually three slices stacked on top of each other. When you get it to-go, it’s basically half of a Key Lime Pie for about $6. Delicious.
We were originally going to stay for a few nights, but, due to a few circumstances (the sun, sand, warmth, bed to sleep in, TiVo, and cuteness of my mom), we decided to stay for a whole week instead. I guess we were really feeling the need to plant some roots somewhere (even if the roots only had a week to grow). A lot of that week was spent lounging around, relaxing, and picking out stucco colors for the beach house, but there were some great highlights.
Highlight 1: We had a great dinner get together with some beach neighbors, Beverly and Gregor. Over some veggie lasagna and salad, we chatted about sailing, carbon credits, building houses and hip replacements (you know, the normal dinner topics).
Highlight 2: Again, revolving around food, we had another yummy meal with family friends, Dave and Mary, to celebrate our engagement and catch up on some details of our trip. It’s always good to see them…however short and sweet.
Highlight 3: We also got to relive some of my childhood memories by going to see the Blue Angels fly across the sky and do crazy tricks. And I guess that I’m still an 8 year old at heart because I was pretty impressed. Apparently they fly with their wings less than a foot away from the next plane. Scary. Check out the videos.
Highlight 4: A nice lunch (with a view!) on the boardwalk followed by a tasty ice cream cone in the sun.
Even without all these Florida highlights, it was just really nice to get to spend some time with my fam. We can’t thank my mom and Tim enough for helping us get enough rest and recuperation to conquer the rest of the stops on our list. Next stop, St. Augustine, FL…back to the eastern seaboard.
