What a wonderful morning in the Florida panhandle. Out my window is sand, sea, and sun … and it’s Saturday ... and it's the beginning of summer. Not a bad start to the beginning of summer, eh?

My story continues to unfold before me on this drivingjourney so far from Maine to Key West, to Cuba, to the west coast of Florida. I have filmed interviews with so many interesting people for the documentary, Discovering America One Story At A Time. I am way behind on my blog posting. I have a long list of things I want to do.  But this morning I am taking a time out.

Sipping on my precious and necessary 7 a.m. morning coffee, I am laying in bed in my American touring home on wheels, ARGO; looking out the window at the bright sand on Panama Beach. Truly the most beautiful soft white powdery sand of any beach in the world I’ve seen.

It will be a sunny beach day with a temp high of only 82. My plan is a no-plan-beach-plan. Walk at the waters edge. Lay in the sun. Listen to the waves. Read. Doze off. Rinse and repeat.

This morning I am already so relaxed I may need a second cup of coffee before I can call my body to muster. But the anticipation of my day on the beach is slowly overcoming my inertia.

This is too good of a day to miss. And I don’t want to miss a minute of it. As the Beach Boy’s Kokomo song goes, “… we’ll get there fast, then we’ll take it slow.”

Wishing you a relaxing day. Wishing you the best ... on the start of Memorial Day Weekend. Monday we honor the military veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice, giving their lives that we may live in freedom. May we never take it