Sunday was our first full day in Gulf Breeze. We started the day early and went to Fort Pickens. It was a neat place to be able to see and walk through.
We did a lot of walking and stair climbing and it was very hot and humid. Most of us were very tired by the end of the day. It was especially difficult for Bradley. It is amazing that he is able to walk at all being 15 years old and having Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. So, you can imagine the struggle it must have been for him to walk the long distances, and climb stairs outside in the humid heat.
In addition, Bradley has osteonecrosis in both ankles, but the right ankle is what is causing him a lot of pain currently. (He was diagnosed w/ osteonecrosis in April. Due to lack of blood flow, the bones in his ankles are breaking down and it is causing the bones in his ankles to rub together when he walks. He is in shoes that have a higher heel on the right. This helped relived the bone on bone pressure for a month and then his right ankle flared up again early this month).
For lunch, we had a picnic under a pavillion. After eating, we heard another group of people who had found a snake eating a mouse in the bushes near the parking area. We went over and watched the snake for a little while. Then we walked down the bay. Some of us were thinking about taking a swim but there was a dead fish in the water and it didn't smell too good.
We went to Flounders for supper. This was our favorite place. Not only was the food and service great, but they had a band and the atmosphere was just really great.
After supper, we went to big pier at Pensacola Beach. it was a quarter mile long so we were able to see deeper parts of the ocean from the pier. There were lots of fishermen on the pier and some of them showed us their catches.
Just as we getting ready to leave the pier, we were surprised to see the Blue Angels fly over us. Tom's brother, Gary was able to quickly get a video which turned out very good
After walking the pier, we went minature golfing. We separated into two groups. Tom was the winner of our group.
