June 15, 2010: Crowds gather at Pensacola Beach for glimpse of Obama

President Barack Obama toured Pensacola Beach this morning, where spectators greeted him with cheers and chants: "Save our beach! Save our beach!"

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The president arrived at the beach shortly before 9 a.m. Boom was visible in the waterways as the motorcade drove over the Pensacola Bay bridge. In Gulf Breeze, spectators lined the route to wave and take pictures. Several onlookers held signs showing support and frustration -- such as "Kick Tony's ass for us. This is ridiculous." Another said, "Thanks for your support, Mr. President. You still have mine."

Waiting at Pensacola Beach this morning, Greg Simonds was just hoping for some kind of progress in the ongoing oil debacle.

"We just want some resolution," the 27-year-old Pensacola man said. "Everybody says they are doing something. It doesn't seem like they are."

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"We've lived here all our lives," he said. "It's going to be destroyed."

Heather Shimp and her 12-year-old daughter, Lily, were also at the beach early this morning to wait for the president.

“I don’t know exactly what he’s going to accomplish,” said Heather Shimp, a Pensacola resident. “I think a lot of it is show, but I guess I am glad he is here. It’s just a tough situation. It’s hard to even wrap your mind around what it happening.”