Day 4 of our Vacation was Sunday, April 15th. It was our first full day on Okaloosa Island. We spent the entire morning on the beach, took a late nap, and then went to check out the fishing pier.
Once we were all awake and had enough sunscreen applied to last two weeks, we headed out to the beach. I'm not exactly sure what I expected when I stepped into the ocean, but I can tell you know what I didn't expect.
1. I didn't expect the red flags. (that means the ocean is a bit more dangerous than normal. high winds, but surf, etc.)
2. I didn't expect the sand to be so dang hard to walk in! Seriously, I grew up watching baywatch and those suckers ran fast in that crap. Really?!!
3. I didn't expect the waves to try and drown me :)
4. I also didn't realize that the sand would wash away right under my feet.
After we got our bearings, and understood the mighty ocean... we haven't looked back.
OHHHH - - Something else I didn't know... every morning a very good looking boy (we'll call him boy because then I won't feel guilty winking at him) comes down the beach and sets up the chairs and umbrellas. Yes, you have to pay to rent them, but come on... it's free to watch the show. And watch the show, I did. I even took some pictures, you know... to document our trip.
After swimming and before napping, we had lunch at pepitos. It was really good mexican eats (sorry no pics) Thanks UrbanSpoon!!
The fishing pier was an experience that I wasn't expecting.
Being from Oklahoma, I thought I'd just walk out on a pier and walk back. I didn't expect all of the people. I also didn't expect the sick feeling I had when looking back to the shoreline.
Everyone loved the fishing pier. Everyone excpet Blayne and myself. After getting the crap beat out of me that morning, I was very respectful of the waves. I kept thinking, what's going to happen when this stupid pier breaks and all 400 people fall into the water?? How am I going to save my kids, my camera, get to the shore, and not get stuck by a gazillion fish hooks?? Yes. stuff like this goes through my head ALL of the time. I'm crazy like that.
The pier is HUGE. It doesn't look so big from two miles away, but when you get to it... it's pretty big. When you get on it, you go past the guy selling fishing stuff, then you get to the pier. Folks are really, fishing. I'm that guy who thought all of the people would be walking hand in hand enjoying the view. NOPE. There is some serious fishing happening there.
I took some pictures of one dude who caught a catfish. There were a lot of peeps catching fish, but once someone brought it out of the water and onto the deck... Blayne would lose his shit (sorry grandma).
We sat on a bench and watch a lady catching little bait fish. While on that bench, Kevo lost his hat...
And I got to take a picture with the two most important people in the UNIVERSE.
The pelicans stood watch... very closely. Any dropped bait were quickly swooped up. All of those Bristow peeps will remember this... "Strange bird that pelican... it's beak can hold more than it's bellican!" (sorry, had to go there...)
On the parking lot side, there was a super cute little boat that we got some pictures of the kiddos. (and a very pregnant Tiffany) :)
For dinner that night- we went to a little pizza place that doubled as a...wait for it...brew pub. While I could give two hoots about beer, my sweet husband thought it was pretty nifty :) The pizza was pretty good, actually. If I hadn't had some from Crust Pizzeria later, it would have been the been best pizza tasted. Insetead, it's definitely top 3 :)
After a late dinner, we made it back to the condo to catch some much wanted zzz's
**Blogging this a week late is a bit funny, right? Sorry!!**
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