Compass Point Gulf Shores

Pensacola... the show was good, the hotel was horrible.<br><br>For the record, Pensacola does not count as Florida. The panhandle is not Florida. I know Florida. Pensacola is Alabama light. <br><br>I couldn't even find a Publix nearby!<br><br>On to New Orleans!!!!! <br><br>:)<br>

De camino hacia New Orleans, paramos a visitar dos Parques Nacionales, el Big Lagoon, uno de los mejores parques en la costa de los USA, y el Tarkiln Bayou Park, caracterizado por las raras especies de plantas como algunas carnivoras.<br><br> On the way to New Orleans, we stopped to visit two national parks, Big Lagoon, one of the best parks on the coast of the USA, and Tarkiln Bayou Park, featuring the rare species of plants and some carnivores.<br>

... since my inclination is to go faster than I should, so i pulled off and got a room. at 200pm local time. Today is my day off I guess. I will try again tomorrow. If its still bad weather i'm outta here and heading to SC. Oh, i gotta say after 700 odd miles with the cramp buster, i'm sold on that thing! It makes a huge difference! my hand still hurts but mostly from the previous days' ride.<br><br>see ya on the road tomorrow, hopefully.<br><br>RAH<br><br> <br> <br>

... West and Hemmingways house to see his 5 million cats. Oh, and one last thing: I always knew it would happen, just not this soon in life. I've met someone dumber than I. When i pulled up to the hotel I saw a dude on a BICYCLE. He was making a trip similar to mine only he started in St. Augustine FL and is bound for San Diego CA. on a bicycle.....he rode 180 miles today. Yep, it takes on kinds.<br><br>Keep the rubber side down-<br><br>RAH <br>

Leeroy experienced a road trip U.S.A style 6:30am straight to the coach with a stop at Pensacola beach nice white sands e.t.c. for lunch &amp; Avo...too bad there was a thunder storm warning so beach was closed for the afternoon so ended up a 8 hour straight drive.. the seas were angry that day my friends.

<br>5 pm<br><br>Well, old jenny davis wasn't working.  Too bad for us.  <br><br>Anyway, I'm driving with my dad from the Flora-bama bar to Pensacola where we're staying tonight and I'm trying to figure out why. Why are all these brand new condos here? We have to know that someday a storm like Catrina ...

I met my good friend Mark in Gulf Shores to mark the bookend of my trip. We had a great time with his family doing the normal Gulf Shores things like lots of fishing, talking and whatnot. I did get a few pictures here, but at this ...

... of us on the left, directly in front of us was a car with a low bed trailer, the "party car" front passenger had the door open, even as the cars started moving forward, as the trailer moved forward the corner of the trailer caught the door! "Oh dear" the driver stopped before ripping the door off, but when he backed up, the door no longer closed correctly. They attempted to have a discussion on the ferry, but the ferry loader simply signalled ...

... HOW I LOVE THE BEACH; THE BIRDS, THE OCEAN, HUNTING FOR SANDCRABS, THE DOLPHIN CRUISE, FEEDING THE SEA GULLS POP CORN UNDER THE BRIDGE, WALKING...DRINKING COFFEE ON THE BEACH...JUST LISTENING TO ALL THE SOUNDS; SEEING ALL THE SIGHTS, LISTENING TO YOUNG PEOPLES MUSIC. ONE THING ABOUT SUGAR BEACH CONDO'S; IT IS MOSTLY FAMILIES...NO DRUNKS OR HALF-NAKED PEOPLE. I REALLY ...

(50)JULY 27, 2009<br>We decided to go back to the beach early. Invited Son and family to go. They took us up on<br>it. They will be going to school and our son will be in training as he is a rookie firefighter. So, it will be lots of learning and commitment for them when they get back. We could not get a bigger condo at this late a date. So, we decided to make do and make memories. The weather ...