October in Florida

We decided to use one of our timeshares to take a late season trip to Florida. We expected to get a one-bedroom condo, but to our surprise, we ended up with a two bedroom, two bath unit. We decided that having some company would be fun, so we invited my cousins to go with us. That proved to be a great decision and we had a great time. Ron and I got in four rounds of golf (Susan and JoAnn got in two, plus a lot of shopping). At first the weather looked dicey, when a late season hurricane blew up in the Gulf and headed our way. We ended up with a couple of days of rain, but by and large the weather cooperated and the storm landed west of us and went north to the Carolinas, which got hit much worse than Florida.

Here's a picture of the surf as the storm was rising.



I think two flags means stay out of the water. You can see it was beginning to blow.



We used one of the days of rain to visit the Naval Air Museum at Pensacola. It is one of the best museums I have ever visited (and it's free). We got a guided tour and saw an IMAX movie (not free). Here are couple of shots from inside the museum. All the planes are real, so you can get some idea of the scope of the place. This goes under the category of "Highly Recommended."



We were staying at a Marriott resort and it was very nice. It wasn't on the beach, but there was a marina and a boardwalk out into the channel that gave some really nice views of the water.



The resort has two golf courses, one of them a Nicklaus design. This is one of the holes. We could see part of it from our condo.



We walked out on the boardwalk to see the sunset. Here's a pelican that happened by.



This is a succession of shots as the sun went down.




By the way, did you know that a mixture of candy corn and peanuts tastes just like a Payday candy bar?