12-22-14, Monday. We took a road trip today to Pensacola Beach, Florida. We were gone 12 hours and covered four states (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida).
We left about 9:00 and it was raining pretty hard until we were nearly out of Louisiana.
Along the way, we stopped at a Waffle House in Mississippi for breakfast. It was greasy, but boy was it good! Waffle House was Kevin's choice of places he wanted to eat while we were down south.
Driving through Mobile, Alabama, we made a spur-of-the-moment stop at the Battleship Memorial Park (Jim took credit for this stop although Tracy will try and claim credit!). We toured the USS Alabama, the Submarine USS Drum and the Aircraft Pavilion. What a great decision it was to stop here.
We finally made it to Pensacola Beach and the white sand was beyond unbelievable. The temperature was about 68 degrees and just perfect although the water was cold. I might have to look into some timeshare weeks there in the future! The condos are right on the beach!
On our way back to NOLA, we stopped in Alabama at Cracker Barrel for dinner. Cracker Barrel was Tracy's choice of places she wanted to eat while we were down south!
Our final stop of the day was the rest area right after we crossed into Louisiana from Mississippi. Jim & I had stopped there on a road trip we took back in 2013 but there were so many people crowded around these carvings I couldn't get a good picture. I can't remember the guy's name, but he carved these out of oak trees that were uprooted during Hurricane Katrina.
Fortunately the rain had stopped by the time we got back to Louisiana! It was a long day, but we had fun and even learned some history!
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| B-520 Stratofortress named Calamity Jane |
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| Jim & Kevin reading about the B-520 |
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| B-520 Stratofortress |
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| Tracy, Kevin, Laura & Jim getting ready to board the USS Alabama |
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| USS Alabama |
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| USS Alabama |
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| Laura going crazy with one of the big guns (thank goodness it wasn't loaded)! |
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| Kevin wasn't nearly as crazy as Laura! |
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| On the deck |
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| Stealth Bomber in the Aircraft Pavilion |
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| A-6 Intruder - this is one of the types of planes that fly the canyon over Sunland. |
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| Calamity Jane |
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| Tracy on board the USS Drum Submarine |
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| Me |
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| Laura coming up out of the USS Drum |
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| Kevin coming up out of the USS Drum |
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| Jim coming up out of the USS Drum |
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| Pensacola Beach |
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| Pensacola Beach |
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| Laura & Kevin |
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Jim & I
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| Tracy & I |
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Would have loved to find a sand dollar that wasn't broken - they would have been huge.
Laura said this was a crab shell was from a crab that had molted. |
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| Pensacola Beach sign |
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| In other words, don't leave your garbage at the beach. |
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| Carved from dead oak trees. |
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| Carved from dead oak trees. |
Carved from dead oak trees.
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