We took a trip south to Roger's old stomping ground to check on the house that belonged to hubby's parents. After Dad passed, we worked on getting the house ready to rent to recover the money put into getting it back into shape. Rayme and Cheryl flew out from Las Vegas to spend a few days together as well. (kind of a second-honeymoon). This pic is the two of them chillin' on the beach, lookin' for dolphins. The weather was warm, but the skies were overcast and "popcorn thunderstorms" were occuring in the afternoons... doesn't make for the best photo ops, but I always find things to take pics of.
This is part of the view they had from the condo they were renting at the beach. It is hard to see the Gulf from the condo because they are trying to rebuild the dunes that were destroyed during hurricaine Ivan back in 2005. At the condo, there was a photo album of the devastation that resulted along the coast due to Ivan. In the album, there is a pic of the condo after the storm. The sand from the beach was pushed into the whole bottom floor of the building and the sand was easily 4 feet deep! Unless you have seen that kind of damage with your own eyes, you cannot imagine what destruction can be caused by a storm of that kind. I personally have seen very large boats that were in the bay before the storm that ended up across a highway and in a parking lot of a mall.... and I don't mean just one boat.... lots of them littering the streets and empty lots!
While at the beach, there were groups of manta-rays that were schooling small fish for a meal! Roger said he had not seen this in all the years they lived in Florida, so that was exciting for him, too! There were also small flounder that were hiding in the shallow waters waiting for little "guppie" fish to swim by so they, too, could have a fishy snack.... they were most fun for me to watch, because you cannot see them because of their coloring.... they really blend in with the white sand! And talk about quick little buggars!
I took this pic of a blue heron near the docks at a restaurant where we had dinner... it was getting to be just about sunset at this time, although it is a little dark due to the fact that it was pretty cloudy all weekend. This is inland a bit along the intercoastal waterway that runs from Destin, Fl. to Pensacola.
Peek-a-boo, Cheryl! She caught me trying to sneak a pic of her at the beach.
Roger, you have some sort of shell growing on your nose...( he is still as silly as the day we met! )
..........and this, my friends, is the Vaughn family yacht.
Impressive, huh! That is about all we could afford along the coast! LOL
good times... good times.
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