Pensacola Florida N.A.S.

After leaving Tyndall AFB Florida we drove over to Pensacola Naval Air Station for about 9 days.  It was a nice change and we enjoyed our short stay there.  We enjoyed some beautiful kayaking trips and biked around the base.  Bruce spent a day at the Naval Air Museum during one of our rainy days.  We got to watch the Blue Angels practice one day and they were amazing.  We left Pensacola and headed back to Colorado Springs after hearing about the passing of a very close friend of ours.  We'll be here in the Springs for much of the summer with some short trips around the area.  It's great seeing our kids and grandkids again.  Have a great summer everyone.

Thunderstorm went through Pensacola.  It was a good one.

The bike rides around Pensacola N.A.S. were really nice.

Blue Angel jet in the background.

Blue Angel's practice every Monday and Wednesday.  Great shows.

So cool. 

Kayaked across the bay and watched the Blue Angels practice.

Beached the kayaks and took a walk around the island.  

Love the show.

 

Panama City Beach, FL. - March 2017

We spent most of April in Panama City Beach, FL.  We stayed at the Tyndall AFB FamCamp.  It's a very nice park and we met some real nice people.  The only issue we had at this park was there was no Wifi so I wasn't able to load any pictures up to our blog.  We are now in Pensacola and have Wifi and I'm able to update our blog.  Tyndall AFB is home of the F22 Stealth Raptor jets and they were our alarm clock every morning at 6:30am.  They were an awesome sight each day.  The beaches around Panama City and Mexico Beach were beautiful.  Tyndall AFB has it's own beach and it was the place to go.  To get to the beach you had to cross a 1/2 mile boardwalk so we always got in our exercise.  We spent a lot of time at the beaches.  We also did some kayaking.  Here are a few pictures from our stay in Panama City.

Eglin AFB FamCamp for a few days

Bruce taking Trent for one of his walks.

Always kept an eye out for critters.

Dancing with the gator.

Tyndall AFB FamCamp.  Stayed here for month of March.

Romance on the beach.

Beaches here in Florida are outstanding.

Beautiful walking trails.  We enjoyed our walks.

Kayaking along one of the Bayous.  Always looking for gators and snakes.

Bruce is waiting for some F22 Raptors to fly over.
We had air shows every day of the week, except Saturday and Sunday.

Gorgeous day on the water.

There goes my sweetheart.  Beautiful day.

F22 Raptor (Stealth Fighter)

One of the Air Force's support boats.  Retrieved drones we believe.

One of three Air Force boats heading out to sea.

Selfie while kayaking.  The water was smooth as ice.

Trip to Mexico Beach just south of Panama City Beach.  Another beautiful beach.

This sign is posted just outside of where we camped at Tyndall AFB.
RV park residents would see the bear pretty frequently.

Bruce getting a little vitamin D and some ZZZZ's.

Sometimes we'd get into little channels that weren't very deep.

The water along the Florida coast was breathtaking.  Clear and beautiful.

A couple F22 Raptors coming out of Tyndall AFB

Bruce is making sure Trent understands what these two signs say.

Pelican enjoying his perch.

Bruce kayaking and an F22 flying overhead.

A beautiful day for kayaking.

This is the life.

One of so many sunsets.

There she goes.

Beautiful.

Cool evening walking the beach.

Cape San Blas Lighthouse near Mexico Beach, FL.

Mexico Beach lighthouse.  

Beautiful lady.

If we can climb it, we're going for it.

Another view from the lighthouse.

Can't get enough of these beautiful pictures.

Check out the water colors.  

Proof we made it to the top.  Yes, it was quite windy up there.

Panoramic view from lighthouse.