3/5/18...Ate breakfast, Went for a ride, Ate at Docker's seafood and Oyster Grill, Swam, Relaxed by the pool, walked the beach, played Euchre

Upside down Wonder Works House

Ripley's Believe it or Not....We are going to go through these if it rains tomorrow

Cute little Shopping area near our Condo

Bill, Charlie and Sue

Bill and Charlie

Bill, Charlie and Sue eating Cinnabuns...They were yummy!

Bill pretending to get a drink from this turtle

Bill working hard to get on the turtle....notice the chair

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He had success, but something about this picture doesn't look right

View out our window when we ate lunch.  Pelicans sunning themselves

More of our view

It was beautiful how this birds feathers were blowing in the wind

Emily's wedding

There are tons of jellyfish on the beach this year.  We didn't see any the first day, but every day there is more.

Charlie and Sue waving at me.  I just got back from walking the beach

We ate breakfast and drank coffee.  We spent time reading our Bibles and then watched the news.  Went for a drive to sight see.  We stopped at a cute Shopping area.  Had a nice time walking around it and enjoying cinnabuns.  Bill decided he wanted to sit on the turtle.  I was taking pictures and was pretty nervous because it was really hard for him and he almost fell.  He finally got on it and I took his picture.  Well when he climbed down and got back to the table, I went to look at the pictures.  Oh no....I had my phone camera turned on me and all the pictures were selfies of me.  Bill tried again and it went better this time, but he still had his moments as you can see from the pictures. After we finished walking in shops, we went to lunch at the Oyster and Seafood Grill.  We wanted to eat at Captain Andersons, but it didn't open until 4:30, so we went to the other place next door.  Lunch was really good and the scenery outside was beautiful.  We came back to the Condo and I swam.  We all relaxed by the pool.  It's supposed to rain tomorrow, so we wanted to get some sunshine in.  I got cold because it was really windy by the pool and I was wet, so I went up on your balcony and layed on the lounge chair on our balcony that was out of the wind.  It was so warm and nice there.  Charlie and Sue went for a walk on the beach and Bill stayed by the pool.  When Charlie and Sue got back to our condo, they said Bill went for a walk on the beach.  I called him and he said he could see me up on the balcony.  I went to try to catch up to him, but I turned around a little ways before the pier.  He went under the pier.  I walked back to our condo and then went the other direction for a while.  There were so many jellyfish along the beach.  YIKES!  I walked up in the sand.  We sat on the balcony for a while and then had some snacks.  None of us were hungry for a meal.  We played Euchre.  We won two games and they won two games.  

3/4/18...We went to church, Went for a drive, came home and ate sandwiches, Relaxed by the pool, walked the beach, Chuck and Sue got here

This is the church we went to!  The worship was amazing and the message was great!

This is the church building and school

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Relaxing by the pool

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Driving along the ocean

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Our walk along the beach

Beautiful sunset out our window

We got up and ate oatmeal.  Left for the 9 am service at Destiny Worship Center.  We passed it yesterday and looked it up on line.  It was such a nice church.  Amazing worship and a great message.  Bill was pretty happy that they had donuts too.  After church, we went for a drive down the strip.  It was a beautiful day and the color of the ocean was beautiful.  We came back to the condo and ate sandwiches.  We went and relaxed by the pool after that.  The water was cool today so I didn't swim.

Went for a walk down the beach and saw three huge jellyfish.  We didn't see any of those the last time we were here.  They were the size of a frisbee.  We came back to our place and Charlie and Sue got here at about 3:30.  We were happy to see them.  The guys went to the store and I made spaghetti and Sue set the table.  We ate and then watched the Billy Graham special on tv.  It was very good. I always loved Billy Graham and it was so nice to learn about his life.  We played Euchre after that.  We played 5 games.  Bill and I won four and the one one.  I sure was getting good cards for a change.  

3/3/18...Bill and I walked the beach this morning...went swimming, to Camper World, to Chic Fil A, to Walmart

Bill on our morning walk

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Me with my Billy snoozing in the background

Isaac and Peyton at the Dinosaur Exhibit at Dow Center for the Arts

                       Vikki put these pictures on so I borrowed them because they were so cute.

We took a drive and it was beautiful on this bridge

Bill and I walked the beach this morning.  It was only 53 degrees when we started but by the time we walked our four miles, we were both hot so took our sweatshirts off.  It was very nice because Kimmy called and we talked with her and FaceTimed the whole way and the even in our condo.  She was comforting to talk to about Mocha.  We were happy to get to talk to the boys too.  When we got in the condo, We listened to Kimmy as she did a 360 degree virtual tour of our new camper.  She was so cute to listen to. After we hung up, we went to the pool.  The water was 90 degrees and felt great!  We relaxed by the pool for a while and then came in and fixed lunch.  We ate outside on the balcony.  It was beautiful looking at the ocean while we ate.  We talked to Charlie and Sue and they are on their way.  Will be here Sunday.  We went to Camper World and looked around but didn’t get anything.  After that we ate at Chic Fil A.  We both wanted to go there again.  We went to Walmart then and got stuff to make spaghetti and burgers.  We want to do some of our own cooking here.  Came back and did laundry and watched fixer upper.

3/2/18 Happy Birthday to my sweet Grandson Eli....Arrived in Florida at around 2:30 pm. Love the condo and the ocean view!

It's my sweet Grandson Eli's 8th Birthday!  Happy Birthday Eli!  I love you so much!   You are so fun, cute, kind, silly, smart and precious to my heart.  Have Fun today!  I am thinking of you in Florida!

Yay, we are entering Florida

Melissa and Mocha!  Thank you Melissa and Vikki for being so good to me and taking care of Mocha for me.  I appreciate you taking Mocha to the vet for me to be put to sleep.  Not an easy thing for you to do I know.  Thank you for caring for me and Mocha so much.

A big thank you to Bruce and Rody for burying our Mocha!  What great son in laws we have!

The View out of our Condo when we walked in the door

View from our balcony

We ate breakfast at the hotel and then headed to Florida.  Took some nice country roads.  We called Eli and sang Happy Birthday to him!  What a cute, funny smart and kind grandson he is!  He brings us so much joy!  We are so thankful for him! Beautiful day for a drive.We got to Panama Beach City at 2:30.  It was 77 degrees and not a cloud in the sky.  We. Got in to our condo and it is beautiful.  We have a great view of the ocean out our living room door and bedroom door.  We unpacked and then went and found a Chick Fil A and ate there.  Vikki called me and said it was done!  She and Melissa took Mocha to the vet to be put down for me.  I am so thankful for my wonderful caring daughters.  What kind compassionate girls all three are.  They said the vet was so nice and got right down by Mocha and told her she loved her. I am very sad but glad Mocha isn’t suffering any more.  Bill told me not to worry because he’s sad too.  Said he’s going to miss her.  He was so sweet.  It was so nice of Bruce and Rody to dig a hole and bury our sweet dog.  We didn't tell Kimmy and Jared as we didn't want to make them and the boys sad on Eli's birthday.  We finished eating our Chic Fit A sandwich and chicken strips.   Our food was delicious!  I love that place!  We went shopping at Bealls and got some great bargains.  Came back to the condo and relaxed!  Played 3-13. It was Bills night! He beat me bad!  He was so happy!

3/1/18...Happy Birthday to our Sweet Kody Bear! We left at 645 and are heading to Florida. Nice trip so far.

Happy Birthday to our Kody Bear.  He turned 5 today!!!

Entering Kentucky

We were happy to eat at a Fazoli's in Indiana on our travels

Beautiful sky at sunset

Me face timing my Mocha!  She looked right at me so I took this picture of her.  I am so sad that her jaw is broken and she can't put her tongue in.  Tomorrow Vikki is putting taking her to the vet to have her put down.  She has been a loyal and great dog.

Got up at 4 and took my shower.  Got all the last minute stuff packed and made oatmeal for breakfast.   We headed out at 6:45.  I put a Birthday Message on Facebook for Kody.  We will miss his party tonight. He sure is a sweet little boy! Happy we can be his Nana and Papa!  I called Vikki when I knew she would be up so I could check on Mocha.  My poor doggie isn’t doing any better.   When we got near Lansing it started raining and rained all the way till we got to Kentucky. It never rained too hard though so we could see where we were going.  We ate at a Fazoli’s on the way!  Yum!  I sure miss our Fazoli’s.  I drove 150 miles in Kentucky and Tennessee when it stopped raining.  We ended up staying at the Comfort Inn in Decatur Alabama.  It is nice and has a full breakfast in the morning.  I FaceTimed Vikki so I could talk to Mocha.  She looked right at me and I got a cute picture of her.  She was wandering all over after that.   Bill was tired from all that driving, but I felt the pool water and it was so warm that I went swimming.  I got lots of good exercise which I needed after sitting in the car most of the day!