Microtel Inn - 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>

not good news to report today. I left pensacola FL this morning bound for Miami. Fate had another plan in store...5 or six miles east on I-10 traffic stopped cold. Uuugh...i hate that. Stop and go traffic and no lane splitting makes me cranky. Each time i have to stop theres a high chance of me losing my balance and falling over. The next thing that happened was the state troopers directed everyone off at SR 90, which parallels I-10 but goes thru the little towns and has ...

... a pesky fork-seal leak Id noticed the day before. We started talking about throttle-locks, to keep my hand from falling off by the end of the day. He ended up giving me, for FREE, a little paddle shaped piece of plastic called a cramp buster. It slips on the right hand grip and you just lay your palm on it instead of having to twist the grip all day long. Oh....my....gosh. this thing is a miracle! I rode about 650 miles today ...

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 was still pretty exhausted and didn't have my head in the game the way I should have. I am sure that I will learn to stay closer to my camera in future ventures so I don't lose the memories of what makes all this travel so great.<br>

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... all the damage around here, but Hurricane Ivan in 2004. We're not sure now whether Biloxi was affected by Katrina, Ivan or both. <br><br>As we got into bed, the breeze picked up quite considerably. Obviously the storm is getting closer, but at least tonight it's cooler than it has been for many a night so we should sleep well. <br><br>Miles travelled: 134 <br><br>Total miles travelled: 9185 <br><br>Days on road: 76 <br><br>States visited: 17 <br><br>National Parks visited: 11