Another easy day at Destin

     This was a pretty relaxing day here in Destin. While it rained during the night, we had a partially cloudy but mostly sunny day in the high 60's, but with a high wind and heavy surf.
     Becky and Lois had a great time exploring the huge outlet mall near here. She bought Jim's birthday presents and gave them to him early--nice slacks, shirts and socks that are needed and appreciated. Also bought a few items for herself. They had lunch and enjoyed the day.
     Jim did a lot of computer work, and became familiar with the map program that Greg found for us and set up. Nice to have an expert consultant in the family! You can now see the results on the first page of the blog, where we can now put in our various stops along the trip. Jim also reconnected with one of his best friends from high school, Ken Howard, who he hasn't talked with in 44 years! 4 of us from the "Royals" High "Y" group (YMCA youth groups) have now reconnected, the other two being Jim Holden and John Danielson. Becky was able to track Ken down via her internet "sleuthing", which she's very good at!
     Late afternoon we went to the Bass Pro Shop just to explore it. Somewhat similar to LL Bean's and Cabela's, but not as large and primarily dedicated to fishing. We went to dinner at Longhorn Steak house, then back to our respective RV's for a quiet evening.
Our allergy problems seem a little better today; possibly because we've gone to air conditioning instead of fresh air. Guess we'll find out more tomorrow when we head west!
Weather prediction for tonight is thunderstorms, though they seem to be angling north of us. Packed up as much as we could so we can get an early start tomorrow.