On the Water Again (briefly)

Looking down the harbor with the flock of seagulls that followed us. They picked food out of the hands of passengers, including Scott! You can see the end of the barrier island on the right with blindingly white beaches.

Heading down the pier to board our boat.

Multimillion dollar houses lined the harbor along
with condo high-rises.

We saw lots of dolphins but it's hard to get 
good photos. Here's one playing at our bow!

The restaurant we ate at a few days later was just
to the right of the "lighthouse"

Scott and the kids enjoyed feeding the seagulls!

After a rainy day on Sunday where we enjoyed the National Naval Aviation Museum, the sun returned on Monday. We still had a packed week of activities here at Santa Rosa RV Park! Besides the usual daily walks, water aerobics, bingo (We hadn't played this for decades but lucked out this week. I won once and Scott, twice!) etc. our wonderful activities director Kerri put together a trip down to Destin for a Dolphin Cruise. About 25 of us car pooled down and enjoyed the 90 minute cruise out to the Gulf. We saw lots of dolphins including a family with a young one. It was a beautiful day, cool but sunny. It brought back a lot of memories for Scott and I. It was the first real boat trip since we sold Scott Free!

The Air Force Armaments museum. This is the main section of the museum, although a lot of the planes were outside on the grounds. 

Another part we both liked was a film and section
on the Doolittle Raid during WWII

Another day we returned to the Destin area for the Air Force Armaments Museum and a special dinner out at the East Pass Seafood Restaurant in Destin. After we visited the museum, Scott said, "Well, that was depressing!" What did he think? It was a museum of weapons. But there were a few good moments. For me it was a series of stories about heroes in WWII that weren't given the awards and recognition they deserved until well after the war. Many of them were minorities. And Scott enjoyed the planes and engineering videos. 

We had dinner afterwards over looking Destin harbor at a restaurant our captain on the Dolphin cruise had recommended. Because it was cool and cloudy we were one of the few patrons there when we arrived so Scott agreed to sit at the bar. I like to do that once in a while because you end up talking to people and often get to know the bartender. And in fact, that is what happened. Plus, as you can see from the photo below - we had a good view of the waterway and passing boats.

The view from our seats at the bar in the East Pass Seafood Restaurant in Destin

But we're off again on Sunday for Lafayette, LA. We'll spend a week there seeing old friend Barney and his new wife (to us at least) and a couple we met there last year. It's Mardi Gras so it should be lots of fun. We have to leave early next Sunday as we're invited to a Pig Roast that afternoon (followed by the Super Bowl). So it's a dawn departure for the 6 hour plus ride. 

We enjoyed several bike rides in the National Seashore nearby. Although the bike path was along the road, the 35 mile an hour speed limit and little traffic made the riding easy.