Hampton Inn Pensacola-Airport

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>

Well, Liz, Cathy and TJ had the margaritas. I stuck with Sprite for this one. TJ caught a few waves at the beach even though there was hardly anything to catch. Then we went back to Liz's where Cathy took control as chef. She and Liz made this awesome bruschetta ...

... lights and all tons of cars. We all got off and proceeded east on 90. To my horror, the rains came in buckets and 4 minues later i was soaked alll the way thru. Waterproof Gear...my ass!<br><br>After two hours i'd made it 7 miles on SR 90. I got back to I-10 and was the only one on the road for miles and miles. I gave it more gas, which did two things: first, i froze my tail off. Secondly, I couldnt see anything due my faceshiled fogging up. It just got too dangerous ...

... 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>

... down to over-excitement and/or sun-stroke.<br><br>I had a brief but satisfactory moment of Zen a couple of days ago. Trace and I were flip-flopping around in the water and I started messing about making &#8220;eeek eeek&#8221; sounds. Trace looked at me sternly and said &#8220;What the hell are you doing?&#8221; to which I replied &#8220;Calling the dolphins.&#8221; Not a word of a lie, as Trace said &#8220;You&#8217;re an idiot&#8221;, about two hundred meters away an all ...

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.

... so I'll have to check them out on the return. If I can time it right, I might get to see some of the pre Mardi Gras parades in Mobile, Alabama. So I'm going to bed in Pensacola, Florida tonight. One thing that bugs me though, if this is the "Sunshine" state, where is the sun?!" Heading for Tampa in the mornin' and hopefully sunnier environs. ~JR

... not make it to eat was Lambert's! Lord willing, we will get to eat there next time. We went back to Bear Point Marina and went on the Dolphin Cruise. This Dolphin Crusie was better than the last. The video clips are pretty good. Three days, for me, is just not a long enough! Anyway, on the way out the kids called us and told us they were going out to the bridge and take pictures of the birds and ...

... eating in the room tonight &gt;&gt; so far it's cost us about the same as eating out (but we have got a bottle of wine included) - eating out is very cheap here. We're off to Biloxi, Mississppi tomorrow (so just passing thru Alabama via Mobile) - which is renowned for its gambling, We 're gonna pass on that and just carry on with the sunbathing and chilling. Only another 177 days to go...tee hee.