Over Memorial Day weekend we went down to Perdido Key, Florida (near Pensacola) to celebrate David's brother-in-law's 40th birthday. We rented a condo on the beach, and Christina stayed with her in-laws about a 5 min drive away at their townhouse. Over the course of the trip we hit up a couple small amusement parks for Paul to get coaster credits, hung out at the beach and generally just relaxed. It was a nice change of pace from our more hectic trips!
Below are some of the highlights in picture form. No more narrative to go with this beach vacation!
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| Of course Paul found a new coaster to ride! |
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| Solo ride! |
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| It's Memorial Day weekend, and there are a LOT of people enjoying the water on this sandbar. |
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| View from our AirBnB. We saw quite a few dolphins over the few days we were here. |
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| Cute beachy living room. |
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| Across the street from our AirBnB. Pretty decent on both fronts. |
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| Sunrise from the balcony. |
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| We found a little fire truck (?) that said Kalamazoo! |
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| Paul and toddler David on the a carousel. |
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| Getting some good spins on the Tilt a Whirl! |
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| Yes, Paul borrowed our friend's kids to ride this tiny coaster. :) |
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| Cousins! |
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| Right next to Paul's Pizza we had David's Sno-Balls. They were decent, and would put some ice cream in the middle if you wanted. |
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| Matteo's first trip to the beach. He's only almost 5 months old in this pic. |
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| Uncle David and nephew David building a sandcastle. |
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| Christina cuddling with Matteo. |
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| This kid honestly gives zero f*cks about anything. Look how relaxed he looks! |
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| Doritos and the beach. |
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| When he's a teenager, he'll love this pic of his first combover! |
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| And of course Paul found another little coaster credit. |
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| A quick beer at Big Beach Brewing. |
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| Cousins at the pier for some fishing! |
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| Sunset from the pier. |
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| We had fun and caught a few fish. |
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| Even Paul caught a little fish! |
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| Coffee truck near our AirBnB. Decent and popular. |
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| If you squint you can see a dolphin. |
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| Pensacola is apparently the home base for the blue angels. They flew around a lot. |
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| More blue angels shenanigans. |
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| Heading to the beach at Johnson Beach National Seashore. |
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| I've never seen this anywhere else, but it's very common for people to just leave their shoes/sandals near the pier they walked onto the beach from. Sometimes there were dozens of shoes. |
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| All set up on Johnson Beach. |
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| We saw this guy eat a huge fish and you could see it stuck in it's throat for like 10 minutes. |
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| More sandcastle fun. Little David was afraid of the water the first few days. |
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| Justin caught a fish from the beach. |
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| Little David somehow smiling on command for Paul. He normally doesn't care about photos! |
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| Found some hermit crabs. |
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| Time to go! |
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| Drinks at CoastAL for David E's 40th Birthday. |
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| D'Onofrio's at CoastAL. |
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| Happy Birthday David! You don't look a day over 39. ;) |
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| This cinnamon bun place was all the rave. It was only open the day we were leaving. They open at 8 and she was sold out by 8:30. We got the last bun. =D |
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| We stopped at the cutest little bbq place in rural Alabama on the way home. |
