We are now in Miramar Beach, Florida

Miramar Beach is on a spit of land in the Florida panhandle, surrounded by the Choctawhatchee Bay to the north and the Gulf to the south. We have a really nice bayfront condo at a gigantic resort that's as big as a city. Everything you could possibly want is here; all types of housing, restaurants, shops, pools, and the beach of course. Actually, we sort of stumbled onto the place, it's not the sort of thing that we would actively seek out. But the price was very reasonable, so we went for it. There's an artificiality to all of this, sort of like Disneyworld, only people live here. The beaches are beautiful, white sand and clear blue-green water. They call it the Emerald Coast and it's easy to see why.

Now for the photos: the first shot was taken from our balcony, next is a spectacular sunset. The third pic is what is called Baytowne Wharf, it contains a huge hotel, along with many shops, restaurants, and bars. This place is only the tip of the iceberg though, as I said the complex is enormous (it's called Sandestin). The next shot is of Ed holding up the martini sign in the restaurant/bar area of Baytowne Wharf. Next up are some fancy planes that were flying overhead while we were there. After that is a shot of the crowded (but pretty) beach. Finally, my favorite, a shot of some pastel-colored houses that we spotted as we were driving to the nearby town of Seaside. That town was developed as the first "planned community" and it's where the movie The Truman Show was filmed. The place was packed (maybe they were robots?).