Tuesday September 20

8:00am - Today we decided to sleep in a little since we had gotten up so early yesterday. We were pretty close to what we were going to do, so we were not in a big hurry. It was a sad morning, after turning away from the coast yesterday, we were officially back land-side. It will be another year before I see ocean again. Off to breakfast at McD's and then to our destination for the day, Dallas World Aquarium. We took the trolley and were going to walk until we got there and realized it was about six or more blocks off the trolley line. Car, please. lol So we thought about stopping at the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank on the way back to the car. C looked it up on his iphone and, well, no, we couldn't do that either. Tours have to be arranged in advance, but tours are suspended right now because of remodeling. Oh, well. Another time. At least we know and we can look at making a reservation for a tour next time. So we got to the car and drove down to the Aquarium and parked. The aquarium was pretty big and very well organized. They have manatees there! You don't see those very often. We spent a couple hours there, which was a long time for us, but we enjoyed it and had a good time. We even had lunch. We headed out on the road to where we planned to stay for the night, Norman, OK. Just outside OKC. We saw two places that we put on the list for next time as they looked interesting, they were exotic animal parks. I like those. We got to the hotel at a decent time and got pizza from a local place and just watched some TV. Tomorrow we start our Route 66 tour!

Weather - Sun

Monday September 19 Pics

TX sunset

Red Jacket Firearms - "Sons of Guns"

VexCon - "Billy the Exterminator"

VexCon - "Billy the Exterminator"

Monday September 19

6:00am - Our day dawned bright and early and with promise. .....Until we opened the door and walked outside. And saw that it was just downpouring. We still headed out to our first destination, picking up breakfast at McD's along the way. We had to drive through rush hour traffic, which is why we had to leave so early. We got to the other side of town about 45 minutes early, and it was still coming down. We wanted to do a swamp tour, but it was an open air boat. Not something you want to be on when it's raining and you have no jacket and an expensive camera. So we bagged it. We also bagged everything else we were going to do in New Orleans because it was all outside stuff - walking around the French Quarter and a riverboat cruise. We had checked out the weather forecast on C's iphone while we were deciding what to do and saw that rain was in the forecast for the entire day, so we pulled up stakes and headed out. We didn't have anything else planned so we just did some touristy siteseeing. We located Red Jacket Firearms ("Sons of Guns") outside Baton Rouge and VexCon ("Billy the Exterminator") outside Shreveport. We then headed towards Dallas, TX and called it a day about an hour east of Dallas. Nothing exciting today, it was a pretty boring day.

Weather - Rain (southern LA)
Sun (nothern LA, TX)

Sunday September 18 Pics

Sunrise at our oceanfront hotel the other day

Cemetary at Pensacola Naval Air Station

Ocean across from the lighthouse

The lighthouse

"Top Gun" F14

"Blue Angel"

Fly Navy

Sunday September 18

7:30am - Our day started at the normal time. We had to pack up our laundry from last night so we didn't get on the road until almost 9am. Breakfast was at McD's. We are still in the land of bagel sandwiches. Our destination today was the Naval Aviation Museum. The museum is actually on the military base, Pensacola Naval Air Station. The military allows people onto the base to visit the museum, the lighthouse, and the cemetary. They give you a visitors pass that you display on your dash while you are on base. We go to the museum and take the trolley tour around the field where they have a multitude of planes. The tour guide was a retired naval pilot that knew the history of every plane and gave detailed descriptions of each. It was great to have someone who flew the planes talk about them. The field is directly next to where the Blue Angels reherse. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, you can sit there and watch them practice. They have a Blue Angels jet on the field that on those days they open to the public and you can go and sit in. I can't imagine what that place is like during the summer! Packed, packed, packed. We spent a lot of time looking at all the planes they have inside as well. The place is huge. Another must see if you're in Pensacola. We stopped by the lighthouse and the cemetary before heading out. We did not have anything else planned for today because we had a pretty long drive over to New Orleans, LA. Today we were in four states. We started in Florida, drove through Alabama and Mississippi, ending up in Louisiana. We stopped in Slidell, just outside New Orleans. After much searching, we finally found a place open, and that delivers, for dinner. And we are all set for tomorrow. We have a big day planned tomorrow, so we have to get to bed early tonight.

Weather - Sun (FL, AL, MS)
Rain (LA)

Saturday September 17 Pics

Woody


Batmobile


70 Mustang, 1 of 1. Yes, please!

DeLorean. Yes, please!

GTO Judge

Saturday September 17

7:30am - Yep, you guessed it. Day started at the normal time. Breakfast at the normal place. We have a great routine going! We headed out straight away to our first destination, Tallahassee, FL. We are destined for the Tallahassee Car Museum. C loves cars, his favorite are the (real) muscle cars from the late 60's and early 70's. This museum had quite a few on display and even I found at least two that I would like to take home. They had lots of other things too, trains, model cars, cash registers, boats, knives, even some guns. There were lots of items there! It was pretty interesting. After we left the museum, we headed on our way to Pensacola, FL. We have something planned here as well, but we did not get in early enough so we just checked into the hotel and I did boring old laundry. I know, exciting, right? lol We spent most of the day driving so not much to tell today, sorry! More tomorrow, I am sure!

Weather - Sun and humid