Destination - Destin, Florida

Well it was that time of year again and Ben and I were off to the Florida Panhandle Championships (Team Roping) in Marianna. Again this year we went a couple of days early to enjoy the beach and just hang out. We had a great time.

Ben - On the phone as usual...

We flew in early Wed. morning to Pensacola and then headed down the beach to our favorite place - Destin Beach and the Holiday Inn. This is our favorite hotel there - it has beach access along with a great pool, sauna's, hot tubs ect. As soon as we got there we put on our bathing suits and headed down to the guy that rents the beach umbrellas and chairs and claimed our spot on the white sandy beach. It was so nice to just chill - we basically swam in the ocean, took a nap, read a book and swam some more! It was AWESOME! That night we went to a restaurant a friend suggested - AJ's! It was great! Ben of course had fried shrimp and I had some kind of amazing white fish stuffed with crab - yes I could have foundered on it!

Enjoying the Umbrella Chairs!

AJ's - What a place!

Look close and you can see the dolphin fin - no it isn't a shark!

As some of you know since you got our text messages - outside the restaurant was a air brush tatoo place and so we decided to see how we would look with tats - I don't think they are me but it was fun to see and they were gone by Thurs night.

My Tat!

The next day we hit the beach again and then that afternoon headed to Marianna. We stopped by our favorite place in Panama City - Sharky's for a little salad and to watch the sun set. The same singer was there from last year and he was still fun to listen to.

On to the roping - we finally made it to Marianna late Thurs night and enjoyed working with Jeff and Gwen Motes and family for the Florida Panhandle Classic. It was a great roping - Ben even roped a little but didn't end up getting anything done. Sunday afternoon rolled around and the roping was over so we headed back to Destin Beach for one last swim before flying out the next morning.

Ben Soaking up the last of the Sun and Sand before we head home!

All in all it was a great trip - Ben and I definetly have plans for someday having a condo on Destin Beach (if we ever hit the lottery :)). Thanks so much for everyone taking care of our animals we appreciate it so much! It was a much needed mini-vacation!