On Our Way To Mexico Beach 2/26/2008

We got up in the morning and again they had a severe thunderstorm watch out for the Panhandle area so we watched the weather and it wasn't going to rain till sometime after noon. Seeing as we only had about 60 miles to drive to Mexico Beach we figured we would beat the storms and get there and get all set up before they happened. So we quickly packed up and were on the road by 9:30, well we figured wrong as the dopey weathermen were wrong again as usual. We drove right through the middle of the line of thunderstorms on our way to the campgrounds. Luckily the thunder and lightening weren't to bad but wind and rain were tough. Torrential rains and very high winds pushed us all over the road and it got kind of hairy a few times passing a car or truck going the other way, but we made it and by the time we got there the sun was out. We got all set up and ate lunch and I took a shower and we went out and took a look at what the town was like. When we got to the campgrounds we had a package waiting for us and when we opened it to our surprise it was a congratulations on your 1000th find geocoin that our very good friends Gina and Steve from MB had sent us along with a card signed by all our friends in the caching group in MB. What a lovely surprise it was a very lovely coin and we want to thank them so so much. Mexico Beach is very quiet, mostly beach houses with a few 3-4 story oceanfront places, a few small restaurants and shops and thats about all. We are right next to Tyndall Air Force base and they are a training base for the F-16 planes so we did hear a few going over during the afternoon. We got back and had dinner and watched tv and went to bed. Time to say till tomorrow and we love you all.