Pics from our recent vacay to Navarre Beach and Pensacola, Florida
The beach house and neighborhood
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| Friends from our church let us rent their house which is nestled in a cul-de-sac neighborhood between the bay and the Gulf. |
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| The view of the neighborhood from the dock located on the bay side. The house we rented was located behind/between the blue house and the small beige house. |
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| The neighborhood |
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| I just really liked the colors of these houses with the palm trees |
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| The neighborhood pool |
The Bay
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| We spent a lot of time on this side... A lot less fear-of-drowning stress for mommy. :) |
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| Learning how to use the skimmer boards |
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| Working on building something |
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| Lunch on the Bay (literally) |
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| The bridge to Navarre |
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| This pelican made many passes by us throughout the day. |
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| Pelicans |
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| Our last full day on the Bay |
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| Deep in thought |
The Beach
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| Matt taking Boops to the water (Boops is the daughter of our friends that we vacationed with) |
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| Working on a sand bridge with a rogue passer-byer |
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| Beautiful beach with blinding white sand |
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| The first hole being dug out |
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| Football on the beach |
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| The other side of the hole for the bridge being dug out |
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| Helping his brother |
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| He said the sand looked like a seashell. :) |
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| On the search for a sand dollar. This chunk is the biggest we could find. |
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| Skim-boarding |
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| Big waves = Big fun |
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| Under the pier |
The Naval Aviation Museum
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| The last astronaut to have stepped on the Moon at the Naval Aviation Library |
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| Planes that have been recovered from Lake Michigan |
Blue Angels
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| As an added bonus and surprise, the Blue Angels were practicing their last public practice for the air show later that week. And it was free!! |
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| Fat Albert |
Fort Pickens
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| We tried to see this a couple of days before, but it was closed due to flooding (Henceforth our stop at the Naval Aviation Museum instead). So we finally got in on Thursday. Cool place. |
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| Amazed at the 'bacon' on the walls. Supposedly that takes millions of years to form. This took just under 200 yrs. |
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| At the bay side of the fort with my Bud. |
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| This is what happens when you don't obey your parents while at the fort. ;) |
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| Ship taking off from the bay |
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| I don't know what is going on here. ha! |
Fort Pickens Museum
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| Some of all of this was found in a sea turtle's stomach. The display tells you how long it takes each material to deteriorate. It's quite sad really. |
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| Watching a short video on Fort Pickens |
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| Hurricane Ivan left water in the museum reaching up to just below the arrow. |
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| I know the 1950s were a much more modest time, but I think the weight of wearing that thing would be a drowning hazard. ;) |
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| successfully made an arch bridge |
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| We tried really hard to find one of these intact. Mission failed. |
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| We tried to find this too, fully intact. Again, Mission failed. |
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| And here we thought sharks were going to be the problem. ;) |
Sunset
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| Scroll down really fast and watch the sun set. hehe |
Randomness not Categorized
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| Navarre Beach watertower |
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| Right before we left for home. :( |
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| Bucket head. He gave Boops many laughs. |
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| We found plenty of salt-water hermit crabs. The boys were super disappointed that we couldn't bring them home. |
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| The light house at the Naval Base as seen from Fort Pickens |
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| I just love Palm trees. |
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| Fort Deposit, AL where we always stop for fudge on the way home from the beach. |
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| This puzzle was done by all, but he was the one to put in the last puzzle piece. |
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| This puzzle was not easy! |
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| Sun bathing and spending some quiet time out on the deck. |
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| This is what happens when you take Goldfish out to the bay to snack on. |
The End.
