June Florida-Georgia Vacation - Part 2

We went down to check out the beaches a found that the media kinda over played
the tar-ball hazzard. We checked several beaches in Panama City & Seaside north of
Panama City & we didn't see any tar balls or they had been well cleaned up. The only
problem was the hurricane to the west in the Gulf made for red-flag days with strong
undertows so one couldn't get very far into the water. The waves were coming crashing
in at 10-12 feet high & the water was all churned up!! But we still caught some nice
cloud covered days at the beach enjoying the waves, beaches & watching (the section
where we were at) a ton of the very experienced surfers having a great time riding
the big waves!!!

And one evening we went out to a nicer restuarant "The Shrimp Boat" down on the warf
for our 40th anniversary to celebrate!! Wow! Hardly believeable. We were daring, and tried a
Halibut dish & I mean they brought out the whole fish on the dish minus the head!
Yummy potatoes & Asparagus! Halibut is the less fishy tasting!! Truly initiated warf eaters!!
Then strolled the warf!

Here we are at Pineapple Willey's down on Panama City Beach where I here the

O'bamas came in August after our vacation, to show the Beaches were fine!!

Thursday when we got home from the movies, Patty said she had taken a fall inside Target

Store. She was pretty shook up & very badly bruised, we didn't know if she'd broken any

bones & we asked if she wanted to go to emergency? She said no she would take pain

pills & go back to using crutches & still wanted to make the trip to Georgia the following

day for McCades baptism. Bummer, really kinda put a damper on our fun, but she

braved the trip & we had a nice Baptism for McCade & Patty mostly sat around & was taking

strong pain pills. So we cut our visit short & only stayed until church was over on sunday & decided to drive back to Florida to get her to a Doctor for a thorough check-up.

We did get to have a kinda-fun " old southern experience" on Saturday morning! Chris took

Kelly & I out to this little country small shack resturant for Sausage, Gravy & Biscuits he'd

been raving about. He said most week-ends you can catch some muscians that come there

to entertain. It's a mostly take-out food because it's so small inside, only four tables &

people were shoulder to shoulder crowded & standing in line for ordering. We were lucky &

caught the musicians there crowded over in one corner strumming away!!! A banjo, three

quitars & a base viol player. Some good ole ho-down country music!! Forget dressing up, ha!

The base viol player had on some old jeans that were torn a quarter inch at each back pocket!!

A table opened up & we stayed a bit & enjoyed our yummy Gravy & Biscuits & some good

old southern music!! Took take out home to others!!

And we did go out for an enjoyable steak dinner with Chris & Brittney saturday evening!

Short & sweet visit! On the way home we ran into a crash, boom, bang, rainstorm that

made us hold up at an Old Restuarant! We ate by the window & watched a downpour

& lightning & thunderstorm I haven't seen the likes of in ages!!! The lightning strikes &

thunder got closer & louder to the point I was ducking my head & shoulders & wanting

to hit the deck!! Wow! What a display!!

Home safe, the doctor said there were no fractures, only really bad bruises that would

take her awhile to recoup from. Best news!!

Florida Vacation - Part 1

On Thursday it was McCade's 8th birthday. We decided to celebrate by all going to a movie.
He chose Toy Story 4 in 3-D. So there we all were with our glasses. The kids really seemed
to enjoy themselves. I think the funniest part & where the whole audience was laughing the
loudest is where Mr. Potatoe head lost his main body part & had to use a "tortilla" to put all
of his body parts on in order to get around! What a hoot!!! Interesting, what the kids find
comical!!
Later we made a favorite meal, Chicken Licken Casserole, green beans, rolls, jello & Brittney
made Grasshopper cake as was requested by McCade!! Yummy!!

The kids spied this tortoise & Brittney got elected to pick it up so we could observe it

more closely. Brittney can do it, she's not afraid!!! After releasing it we could often

see it criss-crossing about the lawns, always an object of curiosity! The kids also liked feeding

the fish & "Old Blue" the crab, down by the pond out back.

The kids spend most of their days playing in the pool, brushing up on their swimming skills

& watching movies.

Vacation to Florida & Georgia - Part 1

Brittney's family came down on the week-end & spent a week with us. The news said

the tar-balls had reached the north shore of Panama City, so we packed up drove an

hour south to Tinsdale Beach. The water was nice & warm & the storms held off for

at least most of three hours before it ran us off. We packed a pic-nic & the kids had

a great time braving the waves.

In June we flew into the New Panama City Airport after barely making our connection in Atlanta.

The first week we spent helping out Kelly's mom Patty & Kelly & I enjoyed a Dinner Cruise on the

Lady Anderson cruising around the bay enjoying the music, water & nightlights & yummy

food. But it did rain most of the cruise so we couldn't go up top much to look around & the

band didn't play as much music this time as last for dancing, but it still was an enjoyable

evening.