By Rachel - 5/8/09

Today we drove down to Pensacola, FL. After going to Publix and checking into the hotel, we went to the Pensacola Naval Airforce Base to see the Pensacola Lighthouse. We didn't get to go up into it, but tomorrow before we head onto Panama City, we are going back to do the tour of it. Once we were done there, we went to Pensacola Beach where we looked around in a few gift shops. The one simply called Beach Shop had a sand covered floor to represent the feeling of being on the beach. Following that, we stopped at a small florist to look at flags and windsocks and then went back to the hotel to have our supper which we had bought at Publix.

After eating supper, we went back to the Pensacola Lighthouse for some pictures. Since we were a little early, we walked a short distance to the beach. Oddly angled, there was a small area where the water up. While waiting for my mom to finish taking pictures, I would get as close tot he water as possible. When the water went out and came back in, I would try to beat it from getting my shoes wet. Once we were done at the beach, we went back to the hotel. While getting out of the car, Grandpa & I decided we would go find a gas station and get ice cream. After walking probably a half mile, we returned to the hotel and went to sleep.