After two days of dealing with an advertising virus on my computer, I'm going to attempt an update of the latest chapter in the RollMon family vacation.
Monday, the first official day at the beach was strictly a beach day. Lots of sunscreen and a few missed spots on the bodies. Between a badly burned leg and a missed spot on the face, everyone pretty much learned that its absolutely necessary to lube up as much as possible. The Rollings made it clear to the Harmons that their style of vacationing is to kick back and take things in stride. We were certainly hoping that the Harmons would join in with the kickback style. They certainly rolled with the flow and are very hospitable travelers. Mike and I spent the day trying to get thru they're work that needed to be done despite being on vacation and the spouses took it in stride. Thank You!! Dinner was spent at Red Fish Blue Fish. Was well worth the trip. Finally, I was rewarded for taking a picture of my food, before eating. It's been an ongoing roll of the eyes, by my family, every time I take a picture of my food before eating. RFBF has a contest that if you tweet a picture of your food, you could win a free t-shirt. Well, I was rewarded with a free t-shirt. Drawback was they didn't have my size. So Carsten benefited from that. The t-shirt is exclusive to those that tweet a picture of their food. It cannot be purchased anywhere. After dinner the family took a stroll on the boardwalk. All in all a great first day at the beach.
Tuesday brought us to the Naval Air Museum and the Blue Angel Air Show (practice). We decided to get an early start and arrived at the museum at 9am. The Blue Angel practice began at 11am so it left us with time to kill beforehand. The Naval Air Museum has another building named Hangar One that has more airplanes and helicopters. It even has a shuttle spacecraft from NASA. The Blue Angels started precisely at 11am with the traditional, drive by burn off, that filled the tarmac with smoke. For those that have not seen the Blue Angels "live", if you get a chance, take it. You won't be disappointed. They practice for about 45 minutes with lots of dips, turns and fast flybys. Very cool to see in person. After the Blue Angel show we made our way to Joe Patti restaurant. Another must when visiting Pensacola. We all had various seafood deep fried. What trip to Pensacola wouldn't be complete without a trip to the famous Joe Patti's Seafood market. We made are way after the great lunch to the market to purchase seafood for dinner. Joe Patti was in his usual position behind the counter calling out the number to be served. Always followed up by a thanks for coming to every person after calling their number. Joe must be in his eighties but still sharp as a tack. We decided on 3lbs of shrimp, for dinner, that I ended up seasoning and used skewers for grilling. After dinner everyone watch National Treasure:Book of Secrets. Preparation for our upcoming trip to Washington D.C.
Please check back tomorrow for a catch up on the activities from Wednesday and Thursday.....
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