A Weekend in Panama City, FL...

Richie has been in Panama City for NCO Academy since the beginning of November. He has been coming home on the weekends, and we decided that this past weekend we would go see him and enjoy some of the city. We took the dog with us and found a hotel. Well, the first hotel was less than appealing. So, we ate the cost and found another hotel that took pets. Thank goodness for Choice Hotels. It was amazing that the first hotel, which was not a chain was the same price as a chain hotel, but didn't offer the amenities of the chain hotel. Oh well, lesson learned!! Once we got settled into a hotel on Friday night, we got up Saturday morning to hit the town tourist style. We were a mile from the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum...AMAZING!! I could have walked through that thing 5 times. There were so many amazing things to read about and look at. Grace was not to thrilled about the museum, she thought we were going through a haunted house. She finally caved to the fact that we weren't paying attention to the act she was putting on and enjoyed it. Seth was great, he was walking around with Grace reading all the signs to her and was really enjoying the museum. I recommend it to anyone going to Panama City.

We saw a Siamese lamb and a 6 legged something.

This is the tallest man to ever live. He was 8' 11" tall. He just happen to live in Alton, IL and graduate from Alton HS.

A human unicorn, a sculpture made out of pure jade, and our last piece was the matchstick coliseum. It was amazing!!!

After about 2 hours in the museum, we headed across the street to Wonderworks!! And before you ask, yes, the picture in right side up. The building is upside down. How freaking cool is that?!?!?! This place was just as amazing. There was all kinds of hands on stuff to do. I put the camera away so that I could enjoy some of it too. The price of admission into here is a little more expensive, but the rope challenge is included and yes, I will embarrass myself for you and show you that I can do it!! Richie and Seth upgraded to play lazer tag as well. Seth was thrilled to learn when the game was over that he won...LOL

Yes, Richie is laying on a bed of nails...CRAZY!!

There was an art museum part of the building. WOW!!

After leaving the upside down house, we headed back to the hotel and Grace and I took a cat nap, then headed into town for some dinner. Then it was time for some putt-putt golf. This was the first time Grace actually joined up for the game. She would usually just walk around with us and not even try. She did great and got the hang of it. Seth kicked some behind and we all had a GREAT time!! There are lots of things to do in Panama City, FL, but we are only an hour and a half away, so we can take our time seeing things!!