Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. At 4:30 a.m. in "This City", it is 46°. We anticipate that's as low as it will get this morning  Right now it feels like 43° due to the light winds. Today a high of 62° will be followed by a high of 53° on Friday, then 62° on Saturday. Those temperatures will be followed by 53° on Sunday. In short, a roller coaster ride of temperatures for a few days. Like they say, that's winter in Florida.

Yesterday we took a nice morning walk with Sugar the Weather Dog. She is moving into middle age and a brisk pace quickly gives way to a slower trot instead of a full pull on the end of the "Human Puller."

In the afternoon, Mary and I decided to use some of our time to travel to Pensacola and visit the lighthouse that is located on the grounds of Naval Air Station, Pensacola. We had no idea what to expect, but it turned out that we were pleasantly surprised by a small museum, and a very tall lighthouse. We opted not to go all the way to the top which would require 117 steps up, but more importantly, 117 steps down. Having done a lighthouse before, it is the down trip that takes more out of your legs.

We did take some pictures to commemorate our visit. I'll share those shortly. Otherwise, we didn't do any of the things that we had planned. That's okay, because there is always another day. We came home to watch some news and then a movie with the intrepid weather dog.

The sun will rise at 6:31 a.m., and set at 5:34 p.m. In between, there will be sunny skies.

Now for some of those pictures.

As you approach the lighthouse and grounds

What's a museum without a tribute to the U.S. Coast Guard?

This is an old lighthouse and keeper's quarters

This gives a nice perspective

Naturally, the ocean is nearby

Yep!

At the top is the light and it's Fresnel Lens, used to magnify the relatively weak light so that it can be seen out at sea

The sky was blue, and the day was sunny

Ciao.