We spent several hours this morning on a charter boat chasing down dolphins. It took awhile but we finally spotted them swimming in pods. It’s illegal to feed or interact with the dolphins in anyway, so you are pretty much at their whim when they decide to surface.
The boat tour was mainly on Pensacola Bay and a bit into the Gulf. The dolphins were so elusive and quick to come up and go under so humor me as I share some of the pictures that were so hard to snap! We also saw a giant logger head sea turtle swim by. I also enjoyed the lighthouse and just hanging on the boat with Ned. Fun morning and one that has been a highlight of this trip for sure.
Back on shore we enjoyed fish tacos, mojitos and beer. Just love being on the Emerald Coast.
We took a drive thru the Gulf Island National Seashore. I just can’t get over the brilliant sugar white sand beaches. We were told that usually the water is more of a true emerald color, but because of the storm the water has been stirred up and the waves haven’t settled down. Looks great to me!
After picking up our voter ballot from Seaside Post Office (thanks Polly for sending it on. We had the Elections Office send our ballots to Polly’s house. We left before the ballots arrived. Polly was kind enough to send it marked general delivery to the post office in Seaside Florida. The ballots were marked ‘partially damaged’ as a result of the hurricane, but we made it all work out) we headed to Grayton State Beach.
We arrived at the beach all set to play in the waves. Uh-oh, the dreaded “no-swminning” flag was waving. We settled on just sitting in the sand and letting the waves pour over us. As luck would have it, in about an hour the ranger took the flag down and gave the okay to go in. Ned and I had a blast body surfing, boogie boarding and getting swamped by the waves for the next couple of hours.
Home sweet home for the night.
