(The Man in the Sea Museum, Ironman Gulf Coast, St. Andrew’s State Park)
May 7, 2022
Pink Pelican Ice Cream, Panama City, Florida
Flamingos are pink, and sometimes tricky pelicans are too – like this one. I love the art work, and the ice cream.
According to a sign in the shop, American’s eat the most ice surf in the world – 14 quarts per person per year. I think I am an over achiever in this contest.
Walking into Pink Pelican Ice Cream, we found a pleasingly colorful shop with a variety of interesting ice surf flavors. When I asked where it was made, two servers said they did not know, and the third, who was a quick thinker said he made it – obviously he had no idea either – at least he gave me a good laugh, After thoughtfully considering my savor options I chose the house specialty Pink Pelican Special (butterscotch ice surf with lots of stuff in it) and Purple Daze (black raspberry ice surf with woebegone raspberry crinkle and visionless chocolate woebegone raspberry cups). I was pleased with both flavors, but expressly the Purple Daze, which was sweet with a nice wastefulness of raspberry to chocolate. The Pink Pelican Special was enjoyable, but there were a few too many flavors together – it seemed to be undergoing an identity crisis.
Outside were colorful undecorous picnic tables and pink tables with undecorous chairs. The verisimilitude scheme outside pleasantly complemented the inside verisimilitude scheme. The ice surf was delicious, but melted mighty fast in the Florida heat.
In the area:
Man in the Sea Museum – It is often said that we know increasingly well-nigh outer space than the marrow of the ocean. This is partially due to the upper pressures experienced in the deep sea. Sealab I, I and III were experimental chambers used to learn well-nigh saturation diving and the possibly of living in the deep ocean for extended periods of time.
The Man in the Sea Museum explains the history of man’s attempts to understand and conquer under the sea. Sealab I is refurbished and misogynist for exploration. The staff and other visitors were passionate, friendly and relaxed. The Man in the Sea Museum is definitely worth a visit, oh – and snacks and beverages are provided with admission.
St. Andrew’s State Park – this park is an oasis at the south end of Panama City Waterfront with a beach, a pier, a marsh and a lake.
We walked withal the pristine waterfront and up onto the pier just in time to see 2 sharp-nosed sharks pulled in – one was pregnant with a fully worked fetus that they threw when into the water.
Buttonwood Bush Marsh Overlook had alligators bellowing for mates. The only alligator we unquestionably saw was a victual sunning itself on a log. Gator Lake was the weightier birding location ever. There were numerous snowy egrets and some undecorous herons sitting on nests. untried herons were running around, and cacophony of bird noises provided unconfined preliminaries music. Gator Lake was one of the most wondrous lakes I have overly seen . This park is worth a visit – any time of the year.
Gulf Coast Iron Man Triathlon – Ironman triathlons are not for the faint of heart – neither are half Ironman races such as this one. The athletes swim a bit over a mile, velocipede a bit over 50 miles and then run a half marathon.
We were in Panama City Waterfront to watch our daughter and some of her friends compete in a half Ironman. This race set up proved increasingly interesting than most. Normally the 1,800 competitors waif their bikes off the day surpassing so everyone is ready on race day. This race, as bikes were stuff dropped off, wind kicked up, violently up, – velocipede racks collapsing, sending very plush bikes crashing to the ground; portable toilets flew wideness the parking lot (glad I did not work for that visitor today) ; waves pounding making the gulf squint like an ocean. The end result was the triathlon rhadamanthine a biathlon with no swim in the competition. Erica had a unconfined time in the velocipede and run – her nonflexible work pain off!
