Destin, Florida - 2012

Headed out to the beach for the day.

Beautiful day.

Water wasn't quite warm enough to swim in yet. Maybe later in the day.

If you enlarge this picture you can see the fishing lines going out into the gulf.

We walked all morning. I needed to stop and rest every now and then.
This was one of those rests.


What is he looking at?

Oh a boat!

Goober.

We built some drip sand castles on one of my needed rests.

A little warmer.
We did finally swim for a while but it was later in the day and the water was cooler than I like it.

Levi wanted us to eat at The Back Porch. So this is where we had lunch.


We had to ask the waitress the proper why to eat boiled shrimp!

Windows open up to the beach.

We went fishing that afternoon.

Levi caught a shark!


Then the shark caught Levi!


Another big catch.

These fish were all at the local Bass Pro Shop.

Levi looking at some Zombie bullets.


After petting the armadillo we left and headed home the next day.

Quick trip but a fun one.

American Pickers- Nashville Tennessee

My oldest son, Levi, and I made a quick run to Florida last week.
On the way down we stopped at the Antique Archeology store in Nashville, Tennessee.

The store is in a retired car factory. (Re-Tire. Cars Get it?)

In the picture above you can see their rooster logo above the stores entrance.

They had many items in the store that had been on episodes of American Pickers.
The tags on them told which season they were on and the name of the episode. This microphone as with several of the "Star" items in the store were not for sale.

Levi wanted this mike to use while he dispatched.

Old shoe display.

The back of the store.

A photo booth that Jack White used in a video.


This guy is a real American Picker.


I wondered what they did with the sized engines they bought.
This one was mounted on a stand and used as a centerpiece. Rusty as ever.


I own (or owned?) a guitar like the one hanging on the left.

Store display overalls.

The sale counter.


We saw this vintage picture on display while we were there.
(Not really. This is Elaine and her sister Diane. I'm just mean)



We each bought a Antique Archeology T-shirt. We did have five grand to drop on anything else. Yikes!!!



A view of downtown Nashville from their store.

Karate Chop!

From Richard Dragon Kung-Fu Fighter, 1970.