December at the Beach!

pictures of our last two weeks

posted by Judy and John @ 9:20 PM Comments: 1

Saturday here

Well, @ 7am this morning, I was surprised by a knock at the balcony door. There stands Rhea, then Adam and Oz!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They had driven, like Heather and Mark, all night to get here!!!!!!!
Oz slept 1 1/2 hr. the entire trip!!!!!!!!!!! Mom and Dad were wiped out, Oz was like the Ever-ready Bunny, going,& going,& going.....

Heather and Mark had to leave this am, and arrived home approx. 8hrs after they left here!!!!! Have no idea how they managed that, but am sure they are ready for a 'vacation' after their vacation! Lots of driving.

A,R, & Oz took a nap and then hit the beach. Oz was so excited! rain boots and hat and coat, but he was on the 'ditch' in the sand and smiling.

Lots of shells, horseshoe crabs (Adam and Rhea found), man of war everywhere!!!!!! No wind at all, cool air, warm sun. sure wish had been better weather for Heather and Mark, never know what mother nature has in mind!!!!!
More pic later...............

Love all
judy

posted by Judy and John @ 7:54 PM Comments: 0

Friday at the Cape

Well, we made it through the day and night yesterday!!!!!!!!!! 60 m/hr. winds blew all day and night!!!!!!!! Was really an experience. Sunny today, but cold, we went to Apalachicola for lunch and looked around. Ate at a place called, 'That Place in Apalach'.
Was really cute and good. nap time after we got home and movie after that. Just had dinner (left overs) and hanging out. Heather and Mark have to leave tomorrow
:(

Hope all is good with everyone. Love you all

judy

posted by Judy and John @ 7:27 PM Comments: 0

Hello from the "Cape"

Hello from the Cape". Doesn't that sound sophisticated? Or more like Hillbillys in Florida? Well it was another beautiful day again yesterday. I guess you may get tired of hearing that, Oh well. Mark made a new freind. His name is Randy, but everyone calls him "Catfish". Well Catfish works for the company that is restoring the beach here. They are currently working about a mile and a half up the beach from us. They have this large ship that is a dredge and it goes out about 5 miles off shore and sucks up white sand from the Gulf floor and then comes back to the beach and pumps it out onto the beach. Then equipment spreads it out. They work 24/7. They are so far from us that we hardly notice them. Anyway, now the story of Catfish. Ever since we have arrived we have seen this guy sitting in a chair about a half mile up the beach from us. He is there every day. There is also a dead sea turtle on the beach where he is sitting. It seems that his job is to guard this sea turtle until the state wildlife people can come and pick it up. And it also seems that the state is not in any big hurry, since the turtle has been there since the storm that Sunday when we arrived. Some job huh.

We went out to eat last night in Panama City Beach. It was a bit further than I remember. Unfortunetly, most of the establishments are closed in December. We rode around and found this realy nice place called Scampies. The parking lot was packed. So we knew this was a good place. They were have there employee Christmas party, they were closed that night. So we ended up at Bill's Seafood and Crabshack. A kinda bikers place. They had a small menu, but great food. Well I guess I have bored you enough today, so I will say goodbye and until next time. John

posted by Judy and John @ 9:51 AM Comments: 2

As We Begin Our Second Week

Well, yesterday was another beautiful day here at the cape. It was a bit chilly and windy, but a cloudless sky. We had a great time again walking alone the beach. Looking for shells, and unwinding. Not any people here. The most you may see at any time, one mile ether way on the beach will be 3 or 4 people. We enjoyed watching a few movies yesterday, and we played a couple of board games last night. At 11:00 p.m., Mark and I decided to do a little fishing at night. The moon was very bright so we could see a litle. Enough to bait our hooks and cast them out. We stayed out to almost 1:00 a.m. We caught 4 fish. I dare say that all four together would only weigh a pound, but never the less, we caught 4 fish. It was exciting to stand at the edge of the surf, and look up at the moon and stars and feel the tug of the fish as they struck our lines. We also saw quit a few shooting stars as well. There is no humisity and hayze down here so everything is so clear and sharp. We miss everyone and wish you all could be here to enjoy and share in with us this beautiful beach. Love you all. Until next time. John

posted by Judy and John @ 9:04 AM Comments: 0

Another great day on the Beach

Well it hasbeen another great day on the Beach. We walked for miles and picked up shells, soaked in the sun. I am wore out. We may go to the Christmas Paraide in Port St. Joe tonight, or we may not. I went fishing again, but no luck today. Not a nibble. But I did see something great. I saw six dolfins swim by as I fished. They were about 100 yards off the beach. Absolutly wonderful. Well until later so long. John

posted by Judy and John @ 5:42 PM Comments: 0

Just a short message

Well, Heather and Mark arrived today, about 5:00 this morning. They drove all night. It is a beautiful day today. There was no wind at all this morning, water was calm and the waves rhythmic. The sun is out and it is so warm. I know some of you will be watching the SEC championship game, but if it comes on during the day, I may have to miss it to enjoy this day on the beach. Talk to you later. John

posted by Judy and John @ 12:11 PM Comments: 1