Blogs from Pensacola, Florida, United States, North America - page 2

Bonjour à tous Aujourd'hui journée positive. Même si elles le sont toutes pour moi, mais dans le lot, ils y en a qui ce différencient, par leur "platitude" genre hier. Hier je vous annonçais que je devais passer en Alabama, et bien ce ne sera que demain. Ce matin une petite centaine de km pour me rendre à Pensacola. La route passe au milieu de dunes toutes blanches dommage que je puisse m'arrêter, elles sont replantées d'herbe, sans doute pour l'érosion, donc interdites d'accès. Pensacola est souvent citée, dans les films ou séries américaines, dont le sujet est lié à US Navy. C'est ici qu'est implantée la plus grosse base aéronavale au monde. Elle est la base principale d'entrainement de tous les pilotes de l'US Navy, du Corps des Marines et de la Coast Guard, ainsi ... read more

While we are staying here in Foley, AL we decided that we weren't too far from Pensacola so we decided to drive down there to see the Naval Museum. It was about a 45 minute drive from here. It was nice and scenic traveling down the coast. It rained most of the night and most of the day so it was a very dreary day. There weren't any people out on the beaches but when we got to the museum we found out where they all had gone! The parking lot was packed. The museum is very spread out so it didn't feel like it was full. It is a very interesting place with plenty to see. I guess the Blue Angels fly on Mondays and Tuesdays and some Wednesdays weather permitting. Too bad we couldn't ... read more

Jan. 23. We crossed the border into Mississippi and immediately headed for the Visitors Center to get information about the area. It turned out the Infinity Science Center, a NASA museum was right there. We decided to stop in as we love museums and science centers. It turned out to be a very interesting place. We had it pretty much to ourselves (that seems to be the story of this trip) and the people there had lots of time to spend with us. We ended up talking to a man named John Crouch for a long time. It turned out that Mr. Crouch had worked on the Saturn rockets and developed a transporter for the external fuel tank. He had many interesting stories to tell. Funny thing... as we were leaving, we saw Mr. Crouch and ... read more

Second Day – June 28 After a good night’s rest we joined Sharon, who graciously shared her house with us, for some morning refreshments and congenial conversation before heading out to meet our friend Jeremy for breakfast. Today’s plan was to drive from Atlanta to Pensacola. The trip covers roughly 350 miles. We met Jeremy in Norcross, GA (a northern suburb of Atlanta) at a local chain restaurant called the Flying Biscuit. They offered a unique breakfast menu and Jeremy, Jill, and I enjoyed our breakfast. Chatting with Jeremy for an hour or so we caught each other up on what was going on in our lives and vowed that we would try to get together again sooner rather than later. Before saying our final good byes, we enlisted Jeremy’s help for finding a ... read more

3/25/13 PM Kona found her first cactus with her left rear paw. Pricked her good and a few spines remained in her pad. We did our best with tweezers, the salt water will help, we'll keep an eye on the pooch, but she's a tough broad. Slept in the van for third night. 3/26/13 Day two on Pensacola Beach in Florida. A long narrow peninsula with rolling sand dunes, creamy white sand & aqua waters, high warm sun and a consistent 5-10mph wind with a mean chill. Low 40's in AM. 55-60 during the day. We are across the bay from a Navy base home to the Blue Angles. 8:30AM they were screaming across the sky directly above us, 'Practice Session' ; practice again tomorrow at 8:30 and this time ill be on the sands getting ... read more