♧ A wee bit of Irish in your day ♧

While visiting Gulf Breeze, Pensacola we heard a lot about McGuire's Irish Pub. It was the place to go for good food & fun! And they were so right.... from the minute we pulled into the parking lot we were smiling. I wanted to go back but we never made it!



The outside of the place just screamed come on in and have some fun ~ so in we went to see what it is all about.





One of the unique things about McGuire's is that the ceiling are covered with 1.2 million $1 bills... Can you even imagine that? It all started when the wife of McGuire, Molly, stapled her first tip to the ceiling and a tradition was born.



Our family sat down and checked out the menus... there is a huge selection of food ~ from traditional Irish fare to around 25 different burgers and also some yummy steaks. They are known for their great steaks!



We started out with some really great appetizers. Ralph went for the Bean Soup which they sell for 18 cents with your order of a meal. I had the best French Onion Soup I have ever had and the kids shared Irish Potatoes with a blue cheese sauce and Ruben Eggrolls which were featured on Food Network. Also "Big Daddy" from the food network has a burger named after him from when he visited.





Then for dinner Ralph ordered the Corned Beef & Cabbage and I got the "Ruben". I was really excited and ate half of my sandwich before I remembered to take a picture.



Our family really enjoyed the food and atmosphere here at McGuire's Irish Pub and highly recommend you visit there as soon as you can.






I hope you enjoyed this restaurant review because we sure did enjoy being there



Have Fun, Travel Safe & Stay Healthy!!!

-~*’¨¯¨’*•~㊅ Fun at the Beach ㊅~*’¨¯¨’*•~-

The Florida Panhandle has many miles of the most beautiful beaches with the whitest sands. There are many areas you can go and have hardly anyone there and it's like having your own private beach. Our daughter Denise, her husband Franks and the grandkids came up to spend a week with us but they stayed at the beautiful Margariteville Hotel. We spent a lot of time at the beautiful beaches & pool at the hotel everyday while they were here.



The kids enjoyed playing in the sand and splashing on the edge of the water

We bobbed around in the water which was the perfect temperature.

As you can see there is hardly anyone on the beach and it was nice to enjoy the day in the water and lounging around without the crowded beach...

Have Fun, Travel Safe & Stay Healthy!!!

✈Pensacola Naval Aviation Museum ✈

We visited the Pensacola Naval Aviation Museum , located inside the Pensacola Naval base, with my daughter, Son-in-Law and grandsons. What a great day we had looking at all the types of aircraft on display from Presidential helicopters to fighter jets to space mission history. If you're fortunate enough to be there on the days that the Blue Angels practice it is a GREAT show. Sadly they were not there the day that we visited. Check the Blue Angels site for details and days they practice.

This is our third visit to the is fabulous museum and we still enjoyed it as much as the first time. We wanted to take our family to the museum and them all the hundreds of aircraft on display. Our little grandsons really enjoyed looking at all the different planes and helicopters.




This museum has it all and will entertain and educate aviation enthusiasts, history buffs and even those interested in space exploration history. This isn't your typical museum with the exhibits behind velvet ropes. You can walk up to and around all the aircraft. There is also a recreation of "main street" during WWII showing a slice of how life may have been on the homefront. A recreation of an aircraft carrier and blimp.

There are even aircraft that are cut away so you can see the interiors. There are a couple of the simulators rides and also an IMAX theater. We really enjoyed the IMAX featuring the Blue Angels tremendously.





Also there is a bus tour that will take you out to the flight line. On this tour you'll see additional aircraft and also hear how they find them and rebuild them to the condition they are in the museum. You can view the guys working on the old planes.



All of this is absolutely free and the only extras are the IMAX theater and simulators. There is even a restaurant inside which is pretty good for a bite to eat. We enjoyed a sandwich. We spent the entire day here as there was so much to see & do.



There are enough hands-on things for younger kids that you may have to drag them out at the end of the day. Bring a camera because you will have the opportunity to get in cockpits of several aircraft. If this picture looks like a duplicate...you're not seeing doubles ~ it's the twins...lol lol

Hope you have enjoyed this ~ sorry it's so long but I took over 300 pictures so you can imagine my trouble choosing photos.

Have Fun, Travel Safe & Stay Healthy!!!