Katherine and I spend Saturday in Pensacola, just messing around. We started at the Naval Aviation Museum, then took a specially guided tour of Fort Barrancas, then explored downtown Pensacola, followed by dinner at McGuires. Then, we drove down to the beach and looked around. During the whole day, I discovered some interesting things. I'll put them in a list.
1. I could spend DAYS poking around at the Naval Aviation Museum.
2. IMAX movies are awesome. We watched an IMAX movie about helicopters, which was seriously cool.
3. I'm not made to be an astronaut. Katherine took my picture as an astronaut and it's not attractive.
4. I ask way too many questions. We went to Fort Barrancas just in time for the guided tour. We were the only people on the tour and the guide was Katherine's fiancé, Scott. We got a personalized tour and I got to ask all the questions I wanted, which is a huge deal for me, because I want to know EVERYTHING.
5. There are neat painted pelicans all over Pensacola. In Lakeland, near where I live, there are painted swans all over town. When I was in North Carolina earlier in the month, I saw painted bears in Cherokee. In Pensacola, it is pelicans. Here's the weird thing – we saw an Army pelican, a Marine pelican, and a Coast Guard Pelican – but we never found a Navy pelican – in a Navy town.
6. McGuires is a fabulous place for eat, although the dollars hanging from the ceiling kind of creep me out. We had boxtys as an appetizer – mashed potatoes rolled in breadcrumbs and deep-fried – they are to die for! We had Senate bean soup, which is just 18 cents a bowl, unless that's all you get, and then it's $18.00 a bowl. I had pork chops that nearly melted in my mouth!
7. Pensacola Beach is gorgeous, and has some really odd houses. We saw a wedding on the beach, and then we just looked at houses. There are some weird ones.
So I learned these neat things about Pensacola. There are pictures. . .
