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!!