Everyone Likes it in My Own Little World: Roadtrip with Z to Pensacola

I've been traveling a bit. Z and I went exploring...to Pensacola. We hadn't been there since before Hurricane Ivan. The beach road is open now from Navarre Beach to Pensacola Beach, so off we went. We stopped at a little beach, where the only ones there were BP workers quitting for the day. The beach was just gorgeous, even picked up some shells-

I think BP's motto should be, "Have port-a-potty, will clean your beach"

Once we got to Pensacola Beach, hunger had set in. We found one of our favorite restaurants, Sam's Seafood, still open and serving up some yummy fried shrimp. We went to Pensacola Bay Brewery so Z could try their beers. I found some neat little shops and did a little Christmas shopping.

Next stop, Ft. Pickens, to watch the sunset. If you go, you get a pass for a week, for $8.00, pretty good deal. One of the campsites we stayed in was still there, and the boardwalk has been redone.

We watched the sunset and then drove by the fort, before darkness made it impossible to see anything.

Jimmy Buffett opened up a Margaritaville Hotel on Pensacola Beach, so of course, we needed to check it out.

And next door is Landshark Landing, an open air bar right on the beach. Our dark ride back took us to Navarre Beach to check out the "Helen Back" bar there, very different from the one on Okaloosa Island...not quite so funky. And our day ended back in Destin, at McGuire's- best steak ever.

Fun road trip...