Monday, July 13, 2009

Day 1 trip to Pensacola

The week of July 13-18, I took off with both kids and both grandmas heading to Pensacola. Our goal was to see whatever we find along I-10 and eventually end up at my Uncle Gardette and Aunt Marge. We saw all kinds of "Florida" sites and even did a few caches.

Our first stop was White Springs (link). It had one of the best visitor centers I have ever been in for Florida. Then we walked around the spring area. The town had been a resort town at one time, it has now fallen in disrepair.
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But, the main reason we were in the area was to see the Stephen Foster (link) cultural center. It has dioramas and a carillon (bell tower).
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We had a picnic while the carillon played Foster music for us.
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Geocaching in the woods.
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Dipping their feet in the Suwannee River. The Suwannee River is very brown with tanic acid.
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A chicky-Indian house. Doing the chicken dance...
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We end our day in Tallahassee. Eating dinner with some of John's relatives and swimming the hotel pool.

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