Florida!

We were up early Monday, not sure why but it did come in handy.  We knew a storm was heading our way so we packed up and hit the road.  Can you believe we were rolling by 0930?   That's early for us!  The drive was pleasant and on highway 85 most of the trip.  Farmland, cotton fields and old derelict buildings...

We arrived at Eglin AFB around noon having gotten sprinkled on only a little.  After setting up we sat and enjoyed a cold beer just enjoying the view



As you can see, it's a bit overcast but no matter, we're almost on the water and that's heaven to us.  This base has two campgrounds, one nestled it the pine trees with all the sites lined up in rows.  This one has about twenty sites on  a peninsula.  The only drawback is no sewer hookups...

The afternoon was cool and a slight breeze was blowing. We took a little walk with Boo in tow and as these pictures show a few people were out and enjoying the Boggy Bayou.  There are a pair of Blue Herons that I've enjoyed watching

We stayed here a few years back and my memory of that stay involves a fall on these rocks and a nasty cut on my hand.  But I didn't get my camera wet!

The pelicans have been showing off too...and we saw a couple dolphin fins.  Not sure how many there were but they churned up the water catching dinner.

Jim said he needed a seafood fix so we headed out to Valparaiso just outside the east gate across the bayou to The Boathouse restaurant.  We sat outside on the deck so we could watch the boats

While we were waiting for our drinks it started sprinkling...so we went back inside and it's a good thing we did because the rain started pouring down!

No matter we enjoyed our seafood dinner and arrived home in time to enjoy our coffee at the usual time of 1600.

We settled in for the evening of rain and wind watching Bones, DWTS and Castle.  Sleep was a bit troublesome because of the wind and those darn slide toppers...

Yesterday the skies cleared and we had sunshine.  But we also had a sick fridge...Had to call out a repairman and hopefully today the problem will be resolved.  After he left we headed to Destin because that's where the nearest Petsmart is.  Boo needed some dry food and a new toy  :-)

We also made a stop at Destin Commons because I wanted to shop at L'Occitane but I had the wrong mall.  We popped into Bass Pro Shop for a bit then headed home.  Sure was nice seeing the sand dunes again!

Back home in time for afternoon coffee.  Tuesday night is NCIS night.  We've also been watching the new show Vegas...it sure is fun seeing all the old cars!  Not sure about the show

Little Bit of this Little bit of that

Last Sunday was chilly!  Upper 40's when I got up.  The skies did clear some but the sun mostly came and went.  We watched some football and Netflix.  Took Boo for a short walk, even he was reluctant to stay out  in the cold weather.  We had BLT'S for dinner because we had apple pie with our coffee and we just didn't get hungry!  Saints finally won their first game and Drew Brees passed Johnny Unitas' record of career passes.  We slept with the comforter....ahhh warmth...

Monday I was up at 0700 and it was a bit 'warmer' with a temperature of 50....lot's of clouds.  My phone battery was dead...does this happen to you?  My phone had a full charge when I went to bed but overnight the battery was drained...and it was turned off!

We decided to stay another week so Jim emptied the black tank into the blue boy and went to the dump station.  While near the office he paid for another week.  This campground is very peaceful and we like it here.  Willow Beach COE park outside of Little Rock in case you've forgotten.  While I was doing some dishes I noticed a bird swoop down into the water and I couldn't quite make out what it was.  Got out my binoculars and the bird turned out to be an Osprey.  While I was watching he decided to take a bath.  Really neat to see!  If I had a different lens I could have taken pictures but the Nikon doesn't zoom out that far.

With our afternoon coffee we finished off the apple pie.  It sure was good.  I picked up some bottled pie mix while in Amish Country.  Just pour into shell and bake....YUM

Jim grilled our dinner, pork loin for him, onions and zucchini for us and I had some re-fried beans.  We watched Bones, some DWTS and Castle

Tuesday I was up around 0700 and there was some fog on the lake.  It's quite pretty.  We believe the geese we're seeing are Canadian Geese and we saw a gazillion of the fly over today.  We made a run to Walmart.  Dinner was Tortellini soup...real easy to make.  about three cups of broth, a package of tortellini and a bag of spinach.  Toss all this together and when the tortellini are cooked, you eat it.  Some good Italian bread and you have dinner.  It was an NCIS night on TV


I guess the front is passing.  Wednesday was not as cold when I got up.  Matter of fact we both found the comforter to warm for sleeping so it's back to the quilt tonight.  The day warmed up to the middle 70's.  Jim washed all the outside windows as they were spotted from the rain we had.  I baked some cookies while Jim napped and we had our coffee outside

Red beans and rice for dinner

Just some relaxing days inside mostly because neither one of us like cold weather