Seaside, Seagrove, by the Seashore

We are enjoying a pleasant visit with Christy, Christian, Finn and Stella. Today we played tourist and drove along rt 30A east of Sandestin in Walton County. http://www.30a.com/

Our first stop was lunch at the Red Bar in Grayton Beach. This is one location that has changed very little over the years.


We had a great lunch and headed next to Seaside, the planned community where they filmed the Truman Show movie. We walked through Seaside, visited some of the shops, and took pictures of the architecture.


The last development we hit was Rosemary Beach. It is an interesting mix of building styles which Christian thought looked more European Than NW FL.

We did some shopping on the way back home and then relaxed at home for the evening.

This is Spring Break time here and there were lots of young people enjoying the beautiful first day of spring. There were lots of bicycles everywhere a good way to get around since 30A has a lengthy bike path connecting communities.

We have no specific plans for tomorrow – just spend time together. It is supposed to be beautiful again weatherwise.

Murphy’s law did get us twice today. First, it was cool enough last night to need the heat in the house. About 4 AM the pilot light on the furnace went out and so the burner would not light. Second was Penny popped off her new tooth implant as she was flossing this morning. Both our regular dentist and the specialist that put the post in place in her jaw were not open today. We ended up trying to temporarily cement it back in but it popped back out at lunch. She’s just going to leave it out until a professional can put it back on properly.

When we got back home I took the thermostat and pilot light assembly off the furnace and cleaned it up. There was a lot of carbon crud coating both the burner and the head of the thermostat. When I hooked it back up and turned the gas on the pilot light burned a nice gas flame blue. It had been spread out and yellow before the clean-up. The combination of the yellow “colder” burning flame and the build-up of carbon kept the thermostat from getting hot enough to register the pilot flame was working. Now it seems to be working again—but we may not need heat tonight.