We are finally in Florida. We left Lafayette, LA around 9:30 am after refueling and headed east on I-10. through Mississippi and Alabama. It was a perfect travel day weather-wise but not so much traffic wise. The traffic was very heavy again - lots of trucks, cars and RVs as well as lots of road construction. In fact we had almost a 30 min delay as 3 lanes of I-10 traffic were compressed into one lane due to construction on the east side of the I-12/I-10 Intersection heading towards New Orleans. We also passed through two major cities (Baton Rouge and Mobile) as well several other Gulf Coast towns such as Gulfport and Biloxi, MS.
When we entered Mississippi, we stopped at the large visitor's center near the border. It looked like a large southern plantation outside - beautiful plantings, large trees, etc. The interior of the "plantation" house was something else. Hard to describe - sort of deep south mixed with Elvis posters and Easter decorations. It was nice to be able to stop and walk around during the long trip. We arrived at our destination for tonight, Avalon Landing RV Park in Milton, FL, just east of Pensacola, around 4 o'clock. We have stayed here before and have a nice waterfront site.
We went out to dinner tonight at a nearby sports, biker, family place called Ollie's. They had six parking places right in front to the door reserved for motorcycles, although none were there. They were playing loud music we have never heard before and probably won't be buying, had at least 20 TV sets with different things on each one, and lots of families, couples and guys who looked like Navy sailors, judging by their haircuts. The food was good, the people were friendly and the beer was cold. Judy didn't want to shoot a round of pool after dinner however, so we headed back to the RV for an early bedtime.
We have another long drive tomorrow to Crystal River, FL. It is about and hour and a half north of where we will be staying in the Tampa area. My sister Eileen lives there in the winter with her friend Linda.. My sister Sharyn in Grass Valley will also be there for a visit having gone on a cruise with Eileen, Linda and Eileen's daughter, Amy. We will spend two nights there before going down to Bay Bayou RV Park in Oldsmar, FL to begin the second part of our vacation - spring training baseball.
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