More Panama Beach

 

First off....

look how dirty my camera lens is..wowzer.. you would think it's 5 years old and I took out in the dirt.. OH, it is and I did.

 These guys flew over one morning. Level with out 11th floor balcony. Cool.

 Then this guy flew over.

 Then the girls went to float

 Then they cleaned themselves up for dinner

 And then Greg and I. Someone help with me rotating these pictures.

Oh No!!! Sharknado?

Sarah was to fly in on Tuesday from Daytona. But.... her plane engine wouldn't start.. now that is pretty important so she had to spend another night and come in one Wednesday. Drake was leaving Wednesday. So he left from Panama to Atlanta to Columbus. Her plane went from Daytona to Atlanta to Panama. Confused yet? I was. I had flight numbers and gate numbers swirling through my head. The table in the condo was like a mini control  central. I had their flights up, info written down. was texting them their gates.. it was stressful time for ole' mama.  Anyways, she text me and told me they didn't have a gate to go into at Atlanta. I looked and Drake had just taken off  minutes before that. they missed each other by minutes.  .

 

So let's back up. On Tuesday Drake, Josie and I were out pretty far in the water. We teamed up with two boys from out hotel and made numbers. I am all about swimming in groups. Not really for safety but for the numbers. Anytime I went out I made sure I was heading towards the groups. groups make me feel better. So Maybe Wednesday night we saw these guys swimming around. Right where we had swam the day before. Kind of unnerving. but whatever. .. ok.

 

 

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 Then Thursday morning I get up and the girls are down at the beach. And finally Greg says "we saw fins" What?!!! So he shows me the pictures. OMG. I was just out there on Tuesday swimming around with just a little bit of care in the world.

 So I instantly look up shark and dolphin fins. ..ummm. this guy below has some curvature to it like a dolphin but not really enough for my likes.   Everyone said it was a dolphin. ..ok I guess I will go with that.

 I just want to say. Baxter had a complete melt down when we got home. He has always kind of been mouthy when we come back but this was crazy. As long as Greg and I were in the same room he would lay down. but if I got up he would follow me screaming with meows.. I went up stairs and he did that long deep meow like he was calling me. So now that I try to type this he is lying half on my keyboard. with his whole back against my left arm. He missed us so much. I will try to get a picture. I will try to add that to a post. He is crazy. Greg thinks he had a anxiety attack.

So this is Sharknado day, they didn't hit the water much. I went out a bit but was pretty nervous.

 

More stories to come.. Thanks for visiting.

Panama City Beach, Florida 2014

 I'm pretty good at remember what day I took what pictures but this vacation was not like that. I didn't take gobs of pics. I wanted to relax and not worry about documenting our visit. Everyone (the family) was like that who needs pics.. just do it.. so I did. See the backpack behind Josie's chair. That is all Drake brought with him. Laptop, movies, clothes, flip flops. done.. No I had to bring, the biggest suitcase I had, plus a bag for this, and bag for that. too much crap.

 The water really appeared more aqua in person. In all my pictures it looks a little green. Even that last two days when it was a little mossy it was still clear. The sand never got too hot. the water was never too cold. it was perfect.

 Drake and Josie playing ball in the water.

 The pier right next to our hotel. Drake walked down there the first morning and said they charged to go out.

 The beach goers.. during a storm.. which created a tornado in the town of Panama City.

 This may have been the tornado cloud. Not sure but probably.

Their camp the first day. We took this from the 11th floor. We stayed at the Sterling Reef Resort, room 1106. It was very clean, (not when we left) . 2 bedroom, 2 bath ..and Drake said the pullout couch was so comfy. Plenty of room. good overall. The pool wasn't that big and fancy but it worked. We went down the first night and then one other day. It was perfect.