We are in Destin and have had a great first day here...we got to spend time on the beach yesterday morning and had a delicious seafood dinner at Pompano Joe's with Mike's sister and their family last night. Mike and I also enjoyed a wonderful walk on the beach later last night as the waters began to rise.

We are on the outer edge of Gustav, but are still seeing lost of effects from it...this morning we woke up to the waves coming almost to the bottom floor of our condo. The beach we played on yesterday is completely covered with water. It is pretty impressive. We are experiencing some rain and wind...but just a few miles to our west(Pensacola)they are having serious storms with bunches of tornado warnings!

Here are 2 pictures from our condo windows...the one with the rail shows how close the water is getting to us. The beach is covered and we are amazed at the power of the storm.

We are praying for the people in New Orleans and areas that will be greatly affected by Gustav....they have already been through so much. Hopefully everyone has evacuated from the areas that will be hit the hardest.

If we are having these effects hundreds of miles away from the eye of the storm, I can not imagine what it must be like closer to the eye.