Another blue sky day, with the temperature climbing up to 24°C. After breakfast and a quick stint catching up on blogs and e-Mails, we headed about 35 miles east to the city of Pensacola in Florida. Pensacola is home to the US Naval Air-Station and hosts the Blue Angels aerobatic display team. There is also a good aviation museum on the Air Station, but as we’d been there in a previous trip we didn’t go there this time.
We were in Pensacola mainly to hit some stores, this time there were a couple that were good for me. At Harbor Freight I bought some tools for the metal working I do at home, as well as a couple of tools for the trailer. We also went to another store so that Lyn could get some thread for her new “toy” at home, the long arm quilter. JoAnn fabrics figured in the tour next so I stayed in the truck playing Angry Birds! Lastly was a large Hobby Lobby store that catered to both our interests.
On the way out of the city we picked up some lunch, and them headed down to the shore of the Gulf of Mexico. We arrived by the inland route, so we decided to take the coastal route home.
Of course no trip would be complete without a touch of geocaching, so we stopped a few times and got 3 for 3 including our first in Florida and my 100th find. Thanks to Paul for the 100th find medal he got me!
Back at the campsite we found a lot of new RV’s including two new neighbours. Around this time of year the residents change from long stay “snowbirds” to week-enders. This means there is a lot of trailers moving around, as many of the week end trailers are stored on site and have to be towed to/from the storage area. The guy that moves the trailer on to their sites really shows how bad my reversing is with the RV. Whereas I will take six or seven shots at getting the trailer in the correct position on the site, this guy reverses in first time every time.
Another good forecast for tomorrow, I could get used to this
2 Responses to Three in a Row