Suburban Hotel Pensacola

Pensacola... the show was good, the hotel was horrible.

For the record, Pensacola does not count as Florida. The panhandle is not Florida. I know Florida. Pensacola is Alabama light.

I couldn't even find a Publix nearby!

On to New Orleans!!!!!

:)

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.

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.

... roasted red peppers and artichoke hearts and mozzarella cheese. Delicious! And for the main course mushroom and chicken pasta. Mhm....slept in a bed and it was wonderful. Torrential downpour the next morning. But clear skies after that on our way to Louisiana!!!

... 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.

see ya on the road tomorrow, hopefully.

RAH

... touching your "undergarments". Anyway it was a nice gesture and i have all clean stuff now.

So this morning my uncle made the bombest waffles ever! Then we went to his friends house in town, the guy is a serious BMW freak, has about 11 machines in garages and two or three other makes as well. Here are some pics. Anyway we talked with BMW guy for an hour, he was a wealth of knowledge and said I didnt need to visit a mechanic ...

... wasn’t drinking at all, made no effort to help her,...methinks it happens quite often to her. After chuckling quietly to ourselves for an hour or two about her misfortune, we opted for one large Bushwhacker each and an early night.

Our bar is so cool most of the customers arrive by boat.

Walking in the shallows, about 50 feet off-shore, one day we noticed large amounts of 3 to 4 inch long fish gathering around our feet. They were feeding off whatever ...

Well, this is where we called home until the economy crashed and took my business with it. But that gave us an opportunity and impetus to seek broader learning in Saigon. Of all the places we've lived this is at the top. On the bay, with a yard, dog....the American dream. Quiet town living, safety, low cost of living, only the occasional hurricane. It is a good place. We miss our friends and will return.

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 ...

... Tom figures I can't get into too much trouble with 12 volt, so he's letting me learn on this one. We went to lunch at Flounder's as recommended by Amy. It was a great place...excellent food and great eclectic atmosphere on the water. We then browsed the stores at the wharf where I met a couple who wanted to pick my brain on the trip as they are going to be taking a similar trip this fall ...

... they are not serving any food on most of the flights within the US. What's up with that? Ok, so I might not be a huge fan of airplane food but something little should be included in the price. I had of course missed the information about the non-food flight, so I was dead hungry 4,5 hours out of the 5 hour flight to Charlotte, North Carolina. I did get to New Orleans ok, and my baby was there to pick me up. Me, Ian ...