We were thankfully able to hit the road around 2PM Friday and Logan with a full belly was happy all the way to Panama City. He spent most of the ride awake and looking around with such curiosity. He is such a good baby and proved it time and time again on our little weekend jaunt to PCB for Kristen’s wedding. The drive in proved to go much more quickly since the last trip down in early July but in actuality both took about three hours. I must have printed out twenty pages of Google maps with directions to each planned destination along with reverse direction back but wouldn’t you know it I used not a single one. My iPhone 4 Google Maps along with the GPS and compass built into the phone worked so well. I made only one wrong turn while driving around town and that was due to my own error so all in all a great device for travel.
Shortly after arrival we discovered that our lodging was located near the Panama City Mall as I had opted to stay near the church and not down by the beach, it was also a little cheaper to do so. The odd thing about the location of the mall was the name of the street it was on. The Panama City Mall is on Martin Luther King Boulevard. Now I am sure some of you are familiar with Chris Rocks routine on what happens in most cities on any street named MLK. If not here is a link to a bit of audio that explains it.
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Also on this subject Chris Rock has said: "If a friend calls you on the telephone and says they're lost on Martin Luther King Boulevard and they want to know what they should do, the best response is 'Run!'
Well we were pleasantly surprised with that area of Panama City, very easy to get in and out of and lots of shopping not that we did any other than a quick trip by me into Books-A-Million looking for a specific issue of Rolling Stone Magazine.
We arrived got settled and were invited to join Heather’s brother Kevin and his wonderful wife Ann and ever so awesome daughter McKenna for dinner. We were open for anything and I had actually looked at the menu for a steak restaurant named Angelo's Steak Pit earlier in the planning phase of our trip and was excited to try it out. The company at the dinner table was great as we had not seen Kevin and his family since February when Logan was born but the food was sub par especially for the price. My steak although huge seemed to have been more steamed that grilled over a pit, the salad was okay but the French fries were cold and greasy as if they had been fried earlier in the day and sat under a heat lamp, which I confirmed to be the case walking out to the car as you could see into the kitchen and sure enough a huge pile of fries in a serving pan under a heat lamp. For nearly twenty dollars for the least expensive item on the entree menu I expect a little more. Angelo's Steak Pit was blah, and that's no bull!
After dinner with family and a good night sleep at a very nice hotel we were invited to breakfast prepared by Heather’s cousins at her uncle’s house. It was great to see them all and was like getting into a way back machine as we ate breakfast sitting at Heather’s grandmothers dinning room table. It is always great to hang out with the Chisholm’s. Later Saturday we attended the wedding which showed us again just how good of a baby Logan is. He did not make a single peep for the entire hour that we were in the church.
Following the ceremony it was off to The Boatyard for an exceptional reception on the water. Bailey loved running around with McKenna and the other girl’s. As the day turned to night Bailey enjoyed dancing with all the adults which was hilarious. She so loves to sing and dance. Logan spent a lot of time with Kay and he seemed to grow fond of her as he would go right to her. After leaving around 8PM and making our way back to the hotel we found that a party of sorts was happening out by the pool which was directly by the lobby and luckily for us directly below our third floor window. It was so loud I at first thought they could be filming a Tyler Perry movie or perhaps the next installment of Eddie Murphy’s Nutty Professor series as there were some very large loud people at the pool. After a while that quieted down, we watched the end of the Auburn vs Clemson game and had a nice nights sleep after which we were ready to head home the next morning.
After loading up and a not so quick stop to eat lunch at Margaritaville in Pier Park, along with a stop at Dunkin Doughnuts to bring some treats home we took our sweet little time getting back to town and had a pleasant drive home. It was so nice to see everyone and be with family and treated so well. All in all an amazing stress free weekend with family was just what we needed.
Check Out Bailey as she gets down on the dance floor. I just may have one of a certain uncle of Bailey's doing some hip hop dancing as well!!!
