Third Trip Update: April 13th - 15th

Hello all!
We're finally out of Florida! We're currently camped at a friends house in New Orleans (Metairie) for the night. We plan to check out the French Quarter tomorrow.

Before leaving the Tampa area on Monday, we stopped in for lunch to catch up with some good friends (Bob & Donna Smith). Our goal had been to make Tallahassee by nightfall, but we ran into some of Florida's thunderstorms and we ended up stoppig and sleeping at a rest stop about 80 miles from Tallahasee.
We had a quick drive to Tallahassee in the morning where we had a really nice windshield tour of the Florida state capital by our friend "Moscow Marge" Brayfield. We saw the ancient Lake Jackson native Indian Mounds (1200 - 1500 AD); the Governor's Masion, Capitol Building, and Florida State (Seminoles) University; and the local American Legion and VFW. Tallahassee definitely has a different feel than the rest of Florida since it has rolling hills and large oak and pine trees versus palm trees.
We left the city around mid-afternoon on Tuesday, we headed to the Gulf Coastal communities of Destin, Fort Walton Beach and Pensacola. On our way stopping at the Air Force Armaments Museum, which had a whole lot of really cool static displays, including a B-17, B-52, and an SR-71 Blackbird!
When we got to Destin, we stayed at a RV park that was right on the beach. We tried to go swimming on the gulf, but it was around 63%, and the water was surprisingly cold.
Before leaving the Gulf Coast, we stopped to explore Hurlburt Field (HQ AFSOC), where they have the Airfroce SpecialOperations Command. But today's mostly been driving through Alabama and Mississippi to Louisiana. We stopped at Battleship Park in Alabama to see the U.S.S. Alabama.
We are still enjoying the road, and tomorrow we'll be seeing New Orleans thanks to the Christophers who'll be giving us a tour.

New Pictures up on our Photobucket:

http://photobucket.com/airstreamadventurers

'Till next time,

Scott & Shan

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