We thought Sunday would be a good day to head into Pensacola to see some of the historic district. We hoped the traffic would be lighter than a weekday. That was true for the residential areas but the downtown and of course the beaches were very popular on this Sunday afternoon.
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| First we headed into the historic residential area. It is noted for all the variety of styles and the high level of maintenance that make this area a must-see in Pensacola. Below are some of the nicest we saw in the area. |
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| A pretty town square |
We headed toward the historic downtown and then on toward the bay.
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| Nope, didn't stop. |
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| Not a bad backyard! |
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| Good name for a restaurant! |
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| This guy acting shy. The girls loved him! |
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| Hmmmm, which one would I choose? |
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| Yep! This is the one! |
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| They are building a new bridge beside the existing one. |
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| Huge cranes lift pre-cast concrete sections into place. A quick way to build. |
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| Beautiful wide beach. Not many folks out today. Only us northerners! |
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| Very white and sugary sand. |
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| We had hoped to go to further but the road was closed. |
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| I did pay $1.25 for a walk down the pier. Nobody seemed to be checking anyway. |
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| Good views from the pier though. |
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| We drove further east along the beautiful sand dunes. |
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| The sand drifts easily. |
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| Some folks have unique ideas on how to survive a hurricane! |
Monday, January 7
Today was another beach day. We heard about the beautiful beaches at Gulf Shores and Orange Beach just south of Foley.
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| Intercoastal waterway |
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| At the end of the road was Fort Morgan. The fort was used in the Civil War in the battle of Mobile Bay. |
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| Ocean freighter just heading into Mobile Bay past Fort Morgan. |
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| Lots of gas wells just off shore in the Bay. This one has a service boat alongside. |
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| More wells a bit further out. |
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| Nice beach house (with gas well in the background). |
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| We stopped for lunch here. DeSoto's Seafood Kitchen. It was very good. |
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| Downtown Gulf Shores |
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| Another huge pier, and another admission charge. I didn't bother going. |
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| Another huge beach. |
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| Nothing shy about this guy. |
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| He loved posing! |
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| All the birds here loved to be in the picture. |
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| There was a pod of dolphins playing/fishing just offshore. We counted at least six. |
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| No, this guy didn't build the sand castle. (Neither did I). |
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| This is cool. A lending box of sand toys. |
The Gulf shores have great beaches. Wide, clean, soft white sand. It must be very popular in the summer time. I understand lots of folks from the big cities north of here all come down to the beach on hot weekends.
.....and that was Our View From Here!
