Flounder' Chowder House, located at Longitude 30.334061, Latitude -87.1421807 800 Quietwater Beach Road Gulf Breeze, FL 32561, was a restaurant I first visited back in February of 2015 on a work related visit. The food was amazing. Cannot say enough about how good the local cuisine is around the Pace, Gulf Breeze, Pensacola, and Pensacola Beech area. We did not visit one place with disgusting food or a terrible experience. Hemmingway's, yes think the author Earnest Hemmingway, Peg Leg Pete's, McGuire's, and all the others we visited were amazing. The oysters at Peg Leg Pete's are something a person must experience at least once in their life. The one thing I must mention is the Key Lime Pie from Flounder's Chowder House. The photo should say it all. It is a triple decker of amazing key lime flavor that should be shared with at the very least, two people. If you get a chance to visit Pensacola Beach, or Destin, try it out.

It has been a long time since I have posted here. I use Facebook primarily for content sharing now. I do still use my site for helping me keep up with biographical information around my career, cyber security feeds, and other geeky items. Here is one of my favorite photos from this past weekend. Sherri and I riding on the Harley making a stop to get gas. Sherri had to get a selfie. Nothing like a Harley ride to make the day feel better.

Check out the Cobra after a paint detail and ceramic coating. The convertible top and wheels were also cleaned and treated. She looks great. Many thanks to Eric and Christina Gray for the ultimate paint correction.

Here is a recent shot from the cruise in. We had a good time that night.

Our Triple Yellow 2017 Ford Mustang GT Premium Performance Pack gained another trophy at Ponies in the Smokies. A top 75 from over 700 entries. To be recognized in the top 10% is an honor. Great job to Sherri on cleaning the car well after a rainy day the day before, and after using it as the primary driver all week. Also, many congratulations to all the other various club members that took home a trophy. Several clubs has members in attendance. First Tennessee Regional Group Mustang Club, Northeast Tennessee Mustang Club, Muscle Car Ministries, Tennessee Valley Mustang Club, and Carter County Car Club all had members in attendance. It was an amazing show.

Find links to the various clubs on my site in the links section. I have also included a link to the Ponies in the Smokies home page in this post. 

Finally, a photo of downtown Elizabethton with empty streets: 

On Saturday‎, ‎December‎ ‎01‎, ‎2018 5:12 PM, before the Elizabethton/Carter County Parade began, I was able to grab some photo of the empty streets after years of trying. This is something I wanted to get for years. The downtown area, though small as compared to other local and regional cities, seems majestic and grand with those beautiful Christmas lights and sidewalk canopies. We are truly blessed to live in such a great area of Upper East Tennessee. We are also blessed to have so many wonderful tourist attractions and events that we can participate in as locals, and invite others from surrounding areas to enjoy.

Please share our little town with others. We have the weekly Cruise In and annual car show offered by the Carter County Car Club, the Annual Covered Bridge Festival, the Roan Mountain Rhododendron Festival,  and many more great events. Of course we have our annual Christmas Parade with was great this year. 

An annual tradition for those that live in the communities of Carter County or the city of Elizabethton. We had a chance to attend this year, so we were not passing it up. We were able to network with many of our friends, discuss politics, and discuss things that are important to the county, while bringing in the holiday cheer. Our little city is beautiful, and we love our home town.

The Last Carter County Car Club Cruise In - Down Town Elizabethton - Trunk or Treat

Trunk or treat was amazing. These are photos of Tanner and I from the last Carter County Car Club Cruise In. More photos will be available in the JoePearce.com Gallery soon, and on Facebook. We greatly appreciate those that came to hand out candy and appreciate all of the attendees that brought their families to participate. The Carter County Elizabethton Car Club is a totally charitable organization that fully supports only children's charities to help ensure the children of our community have some help when needed. It is a great group of people helping great causes, doing it for God, the lord being our greatest champion. Praise his name.

It was amazing to see the overall turnout of visitors to the Trunk or Treat event. The weather was cold and rain was coming down, but people still attended. The day had been a bad weather day overall, but people still brought their families so the children could dressup and particiapte in this great event. For some families, this is the only opportunity these children have to trick or treat and feel safe. Also, it is one central place, close by for many, thus this event helps with saving gas and other wear and tear on their vehicles. We were so glad to see the great turn out, and can't wait until next year. See you in the Spring. 

Sherri and I had an opportunity to visit Orlando, Florida recently. It was a great trip and the first time we had traveled anywhere since 2015. Photos will be uploaded to the gallery soon, but I will post a couple hear as a teaser. We got the chance to visit Universal Theaters during Halloween Horrors nights, where I rode a roller coaster The Mummy, for the first time since before heart, Sherri rode a couple of others. We didn't get to due the Hulk due to a storm. It was still great fun and I highly recommend that people visit there if when they get a chance.

Here is an example of the great fun we have at the FTNRMC Freddy's Cruise In and Car Show. The president of the First Tennessee Regional Mustang Club is presenting me with a people's choice top 20 for the SVT Cobra. 

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This was a great Ford Mustang show. Here is a little video that was posted on the First Tennessee Regional Mustang Club YouTube page. The Cobra is around 3 minutes and 20 seconds. We are pulling into the show that morning.

The Pearce's New Ride:

Well, the Pearce's finally purchased a new ride. It is a 2017 Ford Mustang Premium Convertible with a few extra goodies. She sounds and runs great. We are going to call her Stinger.

Make sure to come out for the Freddy's/FTRMC Car Show June 30th at Freddy's Frozen Custanrd and Steakburgers in Johnson City, TN. This is to support a great cause and organization, Krusin for Kids. Last months show went to helping one of our Mustang club members with medical bills. All of these shows help charitable organizations or individuals in financial need. Please come out and participate or help by parking cars, handing out fliers, or in any way you can. 

Freddy's Cruise In and Car Show - June 30th, 2018

Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers - 928 N State of Franklin Rd, Johnson City, Tennessee 37604

First Tennessee Regional Mustang Club

Northeast Tennessee Mustang Club

The marriage of Chris Clawson and Haley Lewis. I was only able to video part of the ceremony due to walking Haley down the isle. Allow me to present Mr. And Mrs. Clawson. Photos will be uploaded to the photo gallery.

A quick video of the car show sponsored by First Tennessee Regional Mustang Club. 

Received another top 20, placing 4th. Had a great day for a good cause.

The is Ruger's sister, Luna. She is called Luna due to having a very quirky demeanor. She is a "Lunatic" in many ways, but a very easy going female.

Not the best photo, but the best I have at the moment. I hope to get better photos tomorrow.

Sherri won tickets!!! It was a great weekend.

Here is another photo from Sadie's baby shower. There were so many friends and family there.

We had Sadie's baby shower this past weekend.

Check out Tanner on his new toy. He loves it. He doesn't have the coordination to ride it just yet, but we will work on it. He will learn in time. He is such a cute, loving little boy. We love him so much. Keep him in your prayers. Also, keep Haley in your prayers. Tanner's baby sister Sadie will be here soon. Please pray for a health, happy baby, and for a safe, healthy, and happy mamma.

After much time of having water draining problems, erosion, flooding, and septic tank issues, we are finally getting the back of the property cleaned up and leveled off. Many thanks to Bill Shoun for helping us out.

A quick video of many car clubs, shows, and rides we have attended.

Here is a video of our yearly Halloween setup.

We had a ride with the Northeast Tennessee Mustang Clun and the First Tennessee Regional Mustang Club to Shady Valley, Backbone Rock, Damascus, and Holston Dam this past summer. I was able to capture a very good shot of my car. We also grabbed a great shot of a few of the Mustangs participating in the ride.

Here is a photo of a recent new toy. It is a 2005 Harley Davidson Sportster 1200 Custom. A basic bike that does all I need. I have no plans for long rides yet, though Sherri is wanting to do longer rides. I mainly just wanted something to ride around the local mountains and lakes with. I will be getting Sherri one soon now that we have both taken the motorcycle safety class.

We recently ate at Paula Dean's fairly new restaurant at The Island in Pigeon Forge. It was great. Country cooking at its finest. They even offered Sherri some no meat accommodations and didn't charge for her meal.

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Tanner's Birthday Party:

We recently got the family together to have Tanner's birthday party. It was great fun getting all of the family together, and Tanner had a blast. I believe everyone did. Here is a photo I grabbed of Tanner and mommy before the party started.

 

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Cruise In:

Grabbed some video tonight at the cruise in. The video has Harold's 2006 Z06 427 Corvette and my 2003 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra convertible. I also walked through a bit of the cruise in to capture a few of the other vehicles. It was a beautiful night for a cruise in.

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While on a work trip back in April 2015 we had the opportunity to drive from Allentown to Hershey and Philadelphia. You no what they say, "while in Rome, be a Roman" which led us to the middle of Philadelphia to get a sandwich.