{"id":4806,"date":"2009-06-11T19:07:35","date_gmt":"2009-06-12T02:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/?p=4806"},"modified":"2009-06-11T19:08:31","modified_gmt":"2009-06-12T02:08:31","slug":"pensacola-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2009\/06\/11\/pensacola-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Pensacola Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Weekend trip, Friday afternoon to Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>2 Dads.\u00c2\u00a0 3 Moms.<\/p>\n<p>7 kids. Ages 12, 7, 6, 5, 3, 3, and 2.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4801\" title=\"pcolabeach-1-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-1-1.jpg 427w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-1-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Out of tequila the first night.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4802\" title=\"pcolabeach-2-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-2-1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-2-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Will rocks the beach.\u00c2\u00a0 He&#8217;s all about the accessories.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4803\" title=\"pcolabeach-3-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-3-1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-3-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The beach was incredible.\u00c2\u00a0 I learned that winds from the north make the best beach days.\u00c2\u00a0 Absolutely no surf, perfect.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4804\" title=\"pcolabeach-4-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-4-1.jpg 427w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-4-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Our empirical findings were that ear plugs remain in the ear for 2.2 minutes longer with the head gear.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4805\" title=\"pcolabeach-5-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-5-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-5-1.jpg 427w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-5-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Plenty of time in the sea kayak.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4807\" title=\"pcolabeach-6-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-6-1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-6-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Even for Bait.\u00c2\u00a0 I mean, Kate.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4808\" title=\"pcolabeach-7-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-7-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-7-1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-7-1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kate loved the boat.\u00c2\u00a0 Plenty of opportunity to order Paul around.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4809\" title=\"pcolabeach-8-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-8-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-8-1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-8-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Paul and I took a few trips out in the kayak together; once with the camera.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4810\" title=\"pcolabeach-9-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-9-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-9-1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-9-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>See the fish jumping?\u00c2\u00a0 They do that when there is a predator in the water.\u00c2\u00a0 We didn&#8217;t see anything.\u00c2\u00a0 Of course, I didn&#8217;t see the shark on the sandbar I happily swam out to, either, so my observational qualities may be lacking.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4811\" title=\"pcolabeach-10-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-10-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-10-1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-10-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>View from the 16th floor.\u00c2\u00a0 Bay on the left, gulf on the right.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4812\" title=\"pcolabeach-11-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-11-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-11-1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-11-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>See the sandbar?\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s close.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4813\" title=\"pcolabeach-12-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-12-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-12-1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-12-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We didn&#8217;t get out to the pier this visit.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4814\" title=\"pcolabeach-13-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-13-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-13-1.jpg 427w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-13-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We saw plenty of sailboats, particularly on the bay.\u00c2\u00a0 Maybe we&#8217;ll try and go sailing again next time we&#8217;re at the beach?<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4815\" title=\"pcolabeach-14-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-14-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-14-1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-14-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kate asked to be a mermaid.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4816\" title=\"pcolabeach-15-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-15-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-15-1.jpg 426w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-15-1-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>She LOVED being a mermaid.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4817\" title=\"pcolabeach-16-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-16-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-16-1.jpg 426w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-16-1-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I brought Plaster of Paris and the kids made hand prints (foot for Kate) in the sand.\u00c2\u00a0 They stuck shells from the beach in the plaster casts as they dried.\u00c2\u00a0 We did this last year so I guess it&#8217;s our new beach tradition?<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s Kate&#8217;s foot and Will&#8217;s hand.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4818\" title=\"pcolabeach-17-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-17-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-17-1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-17-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Paul brought the stunt kite, so when the wind picked up from the south on Saturday afternoon, he flew the kite a bit&#8230; with an audience.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4819\" title=\"pcolabeach-18-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-18-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-18-1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-18-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Next week is the week between the end of school (tomorrow is Will&#8217;s last day) and the start of summer camp (on the 22nd).\u00c2\u00a0 We&#8217;re considering going back&#8230;?<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4820\" title=\"pcolabeach-19-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-19-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-19-1.jpg 427w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/pcolabeach-19-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weekend trip, Friday afternoon to Sunday evening. 2 Dads.\u00c2\u00a0 3 Moms. 7 kids. Ages 12, 7, 6, 5, 3, 3, and 2. Out of tequila the first night. Will rocks the beach.\u00c2\u00a0 He&#8217;s all about the accessories. 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