Greetings from Pensacola

We're here! We had a wonderful trip down. Tropical Storm Bonnie blew through the panhandle with hardly anything to speak of. Hurricane Charlie, of course is another story, but it didn't affect this area at all. We started off this morning (Sunday) with a great church s ervice at Gulf Breeze United Methodist. We went to the contemporary service at 9:30. It was great, lots of people, lots of great songs. It was very moving. The weather is simply unbelievable. So far it's been no hotter than 85 degrees. The water is just perfect; green and shallow out about 50 feet. Sharks, jellyfish, you know, just perfect. Emily and Maria have been out several times already and they're talking about going para-sailing some time this week. I'll be posting some pictures tonight sometime. We've taken quite a few already. Hope everybody is doing well. Marty, we're praying for your health; don't think that we've forgotten about you just because we're having the time of our lives.

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