Blogs from Pensacola, Florida, United States, North America

Nearly 3 months ago, I dropped my husband Don off at a parking lot near the Seattle Airport with his friends. A quick peck kiss, a hug, and he jumped in the car and just like that he was gone and I was on my own. He has been very much involved and participating in his own journey as I have been in mine. Finally after all this time, I get to see him. With a few fibs, Google Map stocking, hours of driving, help from friends (thanks Ethan & Amanda), I drove up to Don while he was peddling down the road. I am not good at lying, so he knew something was up, but seeing me in person was certainly a surprise! He is skinny, sun bleached shaggy hair, but still my guy and ... read more

I took a night off from blogging last night so tonight brings me about 625 miles from the last update. The run from Charleston to Jacksonville started out like most days last week. Threats of rain but nothing until that is...I hit the intersection of Hwy 17 and I-95, then I got dumped on. I was just about to pull off and make a change in helmets and perhaps put some rain gear on when it subsided. I decided to stick it out.... big mistake right at the South Carolina -Georgia border I hit a torrential down pour. I had to stop in the middle of the down pour and change helmets before I crossed the Georgia border. Side bar: I carry three helmets with me on my trips: #1-Top helmet which keeps the sun off ... read more

The drive from Lapeyrouse Seafood Bar, Grocery & Campground in Chauvin LA to the Pensacola RV Park in Pensacola FL was a longer-than-preferred drive (266 miles and about 5 hours), and I extended the trip by making a stop at the NASA Stennis Space Center and the INFINITY Science Centerin Pearlington MS. I have passed the attraction numerous times and have wondered about its nature; but, although it is only a couple hundred yards from I-10 and is adjacent to a Mississippi tourism information facility, I have never taken the time to check it out. Not having planned any stops, the space enthusiast in me succumbed to a knee-jerk reaction and pulled off I-10. The John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC) is a NASA rocket testing facility located on the banks of the Pearl River and, ... read more

Well, here we are again, starting another great (I hope) vacation. This year we are taking an 11-day tour in India with Intrepid Travel. We leave Pensacola Sunday morning (actually, I am writing this at the airport), with our first leg to Houston. Next, we fly to Newark International for our final flight to New Delhi. This is going to be a real experience before we even get to India, since the flight from Newark leaves at 8:30pm Sunday and doesn’t arrive in New Delhi until 9:30pm Monday. Yep, 25 hours! 11 hours of time zone changes and a grueling 14 hour flight. I’ll let you know in my next post how it went, but I am prepared, I think, having bought a rather expensive travel pillow so I can hopefully sleep a good part of ... read more

Wanted to post a new entry today as tomorrow and Monday are travel days. We had a good second week in Pensacola but the weather was a factor in most of our plans. It has been warm but very windy with clouds and some showers coming in off the Gulf almost every day. We did sneak in a few walks but we didn't get to make any of the motorcycle rides we were hoping for. We took the truck and went to Gulf Shores and drove all the way out to Destin. Would like to go back to the beaches some day when the weather is better as they are wide open and beautiful. We also did our return trip to the Naval Aviation Museum to see the rest of the planes in Hanger 1 and ... read more