Navarre Beach

We got back yesterday about 6:30pm from Navarre Beach. Its about 24 miles east of Pensacola. We had a great condo. 2 bed 2 baths, so the girls (Christina brought a friend, Katie) had their very own, and weren't disturbed by us or the boys. Well, they were disturbed a little bit! We arrived there Wed evening about 9:30. It is a 6 1/2 hour drive from Orlando. Yuck. Thank goodness for DVD players! I brought some magazines, (thanks mom!) to read to Mike for as long as it was light out. Then we just had to settle for some chit chat. We couldn't see anything that night, so the next morning we enjoyed the sights! Navarre Beach is on the gulf. The north end of the condo there is a sound that runs along the edge of the state. Our room looked right out onto the ocean. Apparently a hurricane destroyed alot of Navarre Beach last year. Which is why the condo was completely redecorated and updated this year. While the ocean view was spectacular, the sound view wasn't so pretty. We spent Thursday playing at the beach. Christina noticed that her (my) cell phone's time was different from what time the truck said. It was an hour ahead. I guess we crossed time zones. Good thing she noticed, or Mike would of been late for work on Friday! Friday Mikey had to work, and the girls were bored, so he dropped them off at the mall, (which was damaged by the tornado they had there last week.) This is a beautiful place to visit, but with the hurricane and tornadoes, I don't want to live there. The boys and I just hung out at the beach most of the day. The weather was a beautiful 75 degrees. Saturday the tide had gone out quite a bit, and we discovered an island or spit as Mike calls it. It was filled with fishes that didn't get off in time. We collected a bunch of bait fish, but never got around to trying to use them to fish. In one picture, you will see what to us looks like a small sword fish. The boys also found bird skulls. For some crazy reason, Mike decided that he wanted to take them home, but since they were germy, he brought them up to the room and boiled them. The place stunk SOOOO bad! We didn't bring them home with us. I don't think he will do that again! Sunday we had to be out by 10 am. Long drive home. We drove a total of 1010 miles! My poor truck! Here are pictures of the condo's kitchen and dining. You can see the girls room. This is the master bed. I forgot to get pictures of the living area. It also had its own balcony to walk out on.

The white sandy beach is so pretty! Here's that "Sword fish" Zachary decorating his castle with seashells Christina on the bridge Mike and the boys swimming. The pool was heated! The view from our room It was a nice weekend.