- Monroe's second birthday party in Pensacola, Florida on Saturday had a train theme. It's a six hour drive from Atlanta for me, but it was totally worth it - especially later in the evening when he called me "Aunt Wynnie." His mom used to call me Aunt Wynn when she was a wee toddler, too, and later, when she could manage the L sound better, it changed to Aunt Lynnie. She still calls me that. Full circle.
- A Sunday night stop at the Port of Pensacola yielded the astounding sight of this enormous ship - called
Deep Blue. I didn't get the entire ship in the photo, so clicking on this link yields better images. It looks like a floating carnival from a distance, but in fact the 677 foot ship is the world's largest purpose-built ultra deepwater pipelay and subsea construction vessel. It's in port for maintenance before it moves on.
- And then we moved on to dinner at my favorite restaurant on beautiful Pensacola Bay -
The Fish House. I ended up having fried Gulf shrimp twice over the weekend, but the shrimp here were steller - pecan crusted. And I acted like a tourist and got a drink in a take-home commemorative glass. :)
More photos on Friday - I had a lovely time.
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That sounds like a lovely time indeed! LOVE Monroe's cake!
That sounds truly wonderful. And, like RK, I love Monroe's cake.
That cake looks great. Actually seeing the name Monroe has reminded me that Mariah Carey's daughter has the same name.
Looks like you had a lovely time, and the 6 hour drive was worth it!
Monroe is TWO?!! Gosh time fly's. The cake is wonderful. Reminds me of a cake my mom once made for my son. It was a bus. The little ones do like transportation themes.
Back from my Los Angeles trip I had way too many "Yum" experiences. Now I have had to duct tape my mouth closed. lol
There's nothing quite like dining by the water.
I'm glad you had a lovely time, "Wynn". :)
I loved the train phase of play for my grandsons- Looks like Monroe is a choo-choo fan too. Nifty cake!
I was here yesterday, unable to load comments- maybe the rain storm got in the way.
Cool looking gadgets on that ship-
Beautiful place to eat there-
Neat cake! Trains, I'm envious!
I love reading your trips. You always something interesting to show. When I first saw the picture of the ship, it really like a carnival:~) Cool picture.
While I live in Florida, my favorite seafood is friend shrimp. Everyone laughs at me because I order every time we go to a decent seafood restaurant...and it has to come with coleslaw and cheese grits:~)
Happy birthday to Monroe. That's a lovely cake and it's nice you made the trip. I know what it's like traveling to Florida from Georgia. It's a long drive! I'm glad you had fun!
Hi Lynn - what a fantastic trip to have been able to make to see Monroe and family ...
Lovely that you had that time together and will have such happy memories of him aged 2 - great cake.
Deep Blue and its similar ships sounds like a great success for the port of Pensacola ... interesting to read about.
Love seeing you all - cheers Hilary
Aunt Wynnie! Aw, that's so sweet. Cute cake, too.
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