Yesterday was a travel day. We left Tallahassee around 8:30 AM and drove around 4 hours to Ft. Pickens National Park at Pensacola Beach. It's is a barrier island with sugar-sand beaches. Last evening we had a group cookout on the beach - hot dogs, chili, potato salad and chips.
This morning we left our trailer at 8:30 this morning to go to the National Aviation Museum located on the Naval Air Station here in Pensacola Florida. It is packed with planes and helicopters going back to WW II including the Navy plane that first crossed the Atlantic in 1919. A guided trolly tour took us around the grounds with even more to see. There were movies about flying along with flight simulators both of which we experienced. We walked away from the movie about the Blue Angels in awe of what these pilots do.
Afterwards we had lunch at Flounders. The restaurant was really cool. Right on the beach volley ball and all. Tim had a shrimp salad with mango and Pat has Mahi tacos. We have
Patricia Rowlands
38 chapters
February 24, 2018
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Pensacola. Florida
Yesterday was a travel day. We left Tallahassee around 8:30 AM and drove around 4 hours to Ft. Pickens National Park at Pensacola Beach. It's is a barrier island with sugar-sand beaches. Last evening we had a group cookout on the beach - hot dogs, chili, potato salad and chips.
This morning we left our trailer at 8:30 this morning to go to the National Aviation Museum located on the Naval Air Station here in Pensacola Florida. It is packed with planes and helicopters going back to WW II including the Navy plane that first crossed the Atlantic in 1919. A guided trolly tour took us around the grounds with even more to see. There were movies about flying along with flight simulators both of which we experienced. We walked away from the movie about the Blue Angels in awe of what these pilots do.
Afterwards we had lunch at Flounders. The restaurant was really cool. Right on the beach volley ball and all. Tim had a shrimp salad with mango and Pat has Mahi tacos. We have
had better. I think we have been spoiled by Harrys.
Back to the trailer. Pat took a quick nap and Tim did some beach exploring. When he got back we went for a evening walk on the beach.
1.
The Route Map
2.
Heading for Winston Salem
3.
The Tennis Shoe
4.
Busy Cleaning the Airstream
5.
The Harbor
6.
The Great Outdoors RV & Golf Resort
7.
NASA: The Kennedy Space Center
8.
A Visit with Mickey
9.
Happy Valentines Day!
10.
The Ancient City: St. Augustine
11.
Life's a Beach!
12.
Florida Capitol
13.
Wakulla Springs
14.
A Capitol Idea
15.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
16.
Magnetic Personality
17.
Anchors Aweigh
18.
Geronimo
19.
Still in the Panhandle
20.
Lazy Days in the Panhandle
21.
Quirky Key
22.
Springs have Sprung
23.
Lazy Days
24.
Giddy Up
25.
Fat Tip
26.
Alligator Alley
27.
The Keys
28.
Hooray for Hollywood
29.
Will We Get Sick?!
30.
Is It Morning Already?
31.
It's A Situation Mon!
32.
Turning Over a New Leaf.
33.
No... thank you.
34.
The Pathway Between The Seas
35.
Rich Port
36.
Born to be Wild
37.
Beautiful!
38.
The Last Chapter
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