Finally – The Beach

I finally got Louie to the beach yesterday. The sun came out. It was cool and windy—and beautiful. His first words when he saw the sand were, “ it looks like sugar.” The water was also a deep emerald green. Which leads me to my first 6-word description for Ft Walton Beach. Sugar white sand, emerald green water. That was for Karen.

Now back to Lou. On the beach walk Lou had to walk through a bunch of seagulls. They all scattered around him and he enjoyed it immensely.




We walked about a mile and a half down to the jetties where Lou sat on the rocks and watched 3 porpoise lazily swim out into the gulf. It was so windy it blew his hat off and it almost landed in the water. Fortunately there was a pavilion with facilities halfway to the jetties. Lou can only go about 40 minutes between pit stops. We made a stop on the way to and from the jetties.




I took our picture but forgot to unzoom the camera.

By the time we got back to the car Lou was worn out. We stopped and Publix on the way home and he bought a big bottle of water.

Tomorrow Lou leaves us and continues his walk doing God’s work. He's excited and nervous about going to Abilene and then on to Oregon to see his wife and family. It’s been a nice visit. I’ve spent more time with Lou these 2 ½ weeks than I have in the previous 40 years total and gotten to know who he is a whole lot better. We will miss him.