Florida, Ft. Walton Beach

At Fort Walton Beach we were with George's old friends from Edwards Airforce Base in California. Fred & Marion were young marrieds there with Dee & George. Their 4 kids were friends.

Fred & Marion live on an inlet that reminded me so much of the Lively, Virginia inlet that George had a house on. The vegetation was pretty different, most notably the long-needled pines that were everywhere. With the needles that were as long as my foot!

Marion designed her house which is called The Treehaus, as her first family name was Hausman. There is no way I could do justice to this house which is set under and around a huge magnolia of a kind that is rare in Vancouver. I loved the stain glass window for the Blessed Virgin Mary.

 Here are Marion & Fred. They were great hosts and good guides. Fred was shocked when Obama was reelected. 

                  

What struck me most was how there was no one on any of these fabulous beaches. That was so surprising to me.  For miles and miles & miles!!

That's it till New Orleans!

                                                    That's it for now.