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

Friday September 16 Pics

One of the marinas in Hilton Head


Bridge connecting north HH to south HH

Dolphin!

Owl! Caught you looking, he's fake

Friday September 16

7:30am - Our day started at the normal time. You can almost set your watch by us by now! We drove around Hilton Head Island a little, checking it out. A lot of gigantic houses, private golf courses, exclusivity galore. We then had breakfast at McD's. Seriously, before our next vacay, I think I am going to buy some stock! lol We headed out to our first activity, a dolphin tour! Yay! It was also a harbor cruise, so it served a dual purpose. It was neat to cruise around Hilton Head, seeing all the houses from the water. On the peninsula, the houses have water views on both sides. One of the houses there was listed a couple years ago for 14 million, the highest ever listed on the island. The house never sold and fell into foreclosure and was sold last year in a short sale for five million. It is a second home for the new owners and the captain of the boat we were on said he has only seen them once, over 4th of July weekend. I think if I bought a house there, I would visit more frequently, it's gorgeous! As we cruised out, we did not see any dolphins and I was disappointed, and soon it was time to head back. I was hoping we might see some on the way back and we got lucky! Yes! We saw some! Just a couple, but none the less, I got to see some. I was happy. We headed back to shore after watching them for a few minutes (our cruise time was about up). Once back on shore, we headed on to our next destination, Savannah, GA. We wanted to do a riverboat cruise in Savannah, but we didn't get into town in time to make the last one, so we decided to do a trolley tour of the city instead. That was really neat, it took us around to some of the more historic and architectural places around the town. Unfortunately, for the second time on the trip, I forgot my camera. One of these days, I am going to forget my head. We definatly put Savannah on the list to visit again because they are steeped in history and the architecture is just astounding. Once our tour was done, we headed out of town to where we were going to put down for the night, Jacksonville, FL. I wanted to stay on the river, and choose a hotel that was on the river. When we got there, they were out of river view rooms, we had to pay for parking, half the lights in the room didn't work, there was no fridge and the internet didn't work. Needless to say, it was not worth the price we paid, and I was not happy. Hopefully it will be better tomorrow.

Weather - Cloudy and cool

Thursday September 15 Pics

Suspension bridge into Charleston


Carnival cruise ship

Original Customs house

Fort Sumter

Shrimp boat

Retired aircraft carrier

Thursday September 15

7:30am - Our day started at the usual time. I woke up with a bit of a headache. It's been warm, upper 80's, low 90's, but it's the humidity that is killing me here! It makes it so much warmer. I am not used to it. Breakfast at McD's. We then hit the road down to Charleston, SC. Originally we had planned to do a dolphin tour but we changed our minds last night and decided to skip both that and the SC Aquarium. We decided to do a harbor cruise and take the trolley around the city instead. Before the harbor cruise, we stopped off at the Fort Sumter museum and checked out the artifacts they had. It was small, but the history and items they have were interesting! The harbor cruise was very nice. We spent the time on the lower deck, inside where it was air conditioned! We saw a Carnival cruise ship in port and the bridge into Charleston, which was the first triangular bridge in North America. And we saw dolphins! There were quite a few, but they were so spread out I never knew where the next one was going to jump up so I couldn't get a picture. Bummer. I know! Another time maybe. There are four old forts in the area that were all pointed out to us and each has a rich history in the Civil War. After the harbor cruise, we got on the trolley system and took two of the three routes around the city and saw various things. One of the main things we saw was The Citadel. This is a military college that up until three or four years ago was all male. After the trolleys, we decided to head down to Savannah, GA. We decided to stop in Hilton Head Island instead so we can check out the island tomorrow! Woohoo, looking forward to it!

Weather - Sun and muggy