Monday, June 23, 2008

Florida Roadtrip...

A quick trip to Pensacola, Florida for a baseball tournament for our son. We left out Thursday evening and arrived at 3:00am Friday. We have Friday free before games begin on Sat am. So..... off to the beach.... (we stayed about 20 min away with the rest of the ballteam) we go !! This is the best public beach access I have ever seen. We had a great time playing in the ocean, digging in the sand and walking on the pier to see what was being caught. While we were on the pier, we were able to look down and see clearly into the water ( I love the gulf --the water is so clear!) and see many jellyfish and a baracuda.
Sat am we played baseball at 10am, had a storm delay, and ended up getting beat by a team from Louisiana. Our next game we won by forfeit, the other team did not show. So, we went to swim and eat CRAB LEGS!! It would just NOT be a trip to the beach without crab legs.
Sun am we played at 10am and won! What a good game! Our team has not been getting very "into" the games lately, but the moms and sisters got behind the dugout and got them to really cheering for their teammates and getting excited. They came back from being behind and WON!! (It pays to care if your are gonna play!). Then we had to play the same team again right after that for the championship. There was another storm delay--little longer this time. We came back from this break READY TO PLAY (I was so proud of their attitudes!) They won the championship and were so excited. It has been a long time since they have won a game let alone a tournament! This was good for them!!!!

We had packed bags to head to the beach when the games were over so, off we went. We we arrived so did the lightning (and we found out later a tornado). We thought it would pass while we ate supper (CRAB LEGS--ALL YOU CAN EAT!!). It was still a mess when we came out so we went on back to the hotel to swim, since it was the opposite direction of the storm.

What a great trip.... baseball, beach, pool, and CRAB LEGS all with my family! Can't beat that!!!!

1 comment:

Beck's Bounty said...

Lovely photos !! Glad you had a ncie trip. And next time you decide to head to the beach for a weekend, remember that I fit in a small suitcase and don't eat much .... HA !!

God Bless.
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