Kyle and I made a trip down to Pensacola this last weekend to get the ball rolling on some of these plans!
We decided on the ceremony site and reception site finally :). We'll have the ceremony on Navarre Beach which is very close to Pensacola. We found a perfect reception site right on the beach there too! Navarre Beach is my favorite beach to go to. It's not crowded and you aren't surrounded by buildings. It's somewhat "untouched." It's also right next to the Gulf Islands National Seashore which is raw beauty. We drove through it a couple of times. You get to drive through it if you're going from Pensacola Beach to Navarre Beach or vice versa.
We stayed with our family friends, the Kinard's. Sheri goes snorkeling off of Navarre beach all the time and I plan to incorporate some of the shells that she has collected from doing so into my decorations.
I just love it down there. We saw lots of seagulls, a great blue heron, and a cute little rail that let us get really close. We went to Pensacola Beach one night to catch ghost crabs and we were the only ones there! Kyle had never gone "crab hunting" as I call it. I've gone "crab hunting" at the beach since I was a kid. They sure are cute.
We also indulged in our favorite food down there -- the seafood spinach dip at Flounder's. It's the best thing ever! I'm kind of persistent about eating as much seafood as possible when we're close to the coast like that.
yay for more plans!
