Are We There Yet?

Tonight we are in Festus, Missouri.  We traveled through Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Missouri today.  It was a long day, but we're that much closer to home.

More tomorrow.

Sweet Heading-For-Home Alabama

Well, we aren't home in Alabama, but we're heading for home.  We left Orlando this morning at about 8:00 am and drove a little more than 500 miles.  Tonight we are in Mobile, Alabama.    Our drive took us up to Tallahassee and then across the panhandle through Pensacola and into Alabama.

We had planned to drive up the east coast, but changed our itinerary because of the weather and aftermath caused by hurricane Sandy.  We hope to be home by Friday.  I'll keep posting so you'll know where we are.

By the way  HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

More tomorrow.

Spaced Out

Today we went back to the Kennedy Space Center with Sean.  This time we went to the IMAX movies.  They are both done in 3D and the one about the Hubble telescope was awesome with the scenes about the nebulae and stars.

We also went to some of the exhibits and walked through the Rocket Garden.  Here are a couple of photos.

Tomorrow Sean and Amy leave and then we head for home on Wednesday.  It's okay because it has cooled off a lot since we came, temp in the 70s the last couple of days.

I'm looking forward to getting home, but I will really, really miss the pool.

More tomorrow..or the next day.

No Pearls Today

Today was kind of dark and dreary.  We are getting some weather from hurricane Sandy with wind, rain and clouds.  Last evening was gorgeous, breezy, warm and dry.  So, I guess we can take a rainy day today.

For dinner tonite we went to Big Fin Seafood. It was fantastic!  I had the half dozen raw oyster appetizer and blue crab crusted grouper.  John had stone crab, blue crab and cioppino.  It was delicious.  Here are a few pictures.

Sean and Amy will be here tomorrow.  We can't wait to have some guests.  They leave on Tuesday and we leave on Wednesday.  I will be sorry to leave but glad to go home.

More tomorrow, or the next day.















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A Golden Day

This was probably the most beautiful day yet.  It was about 84, low humidity, absolutely clear sky.

After dinner at Bob Evans we went driving around and stumbled on the "town" of Celebration.      
It;s actually a Census Designated Place and master planned community.  It was built by the Disney Corporation and looks like the perfect town.  I honestly expected Beaver Cleaver, Ozzie and Harriet, and Mary Tyler Moore to come out of the houses!

Here's a photo that doesn't do it justice at all.

Staying here would be like living in the Magic Kingdom.

More tomorrow...or the next day.

Gator, Anyone?

Tonight we drove to St. Cloud, Florida and had supper at Catfish Place.  We both had the Florida Cracker Special:  Catfish, Frog Legs, Turtle and Gator.  Believe it, or not, it was all VERY good.  Of course, the hush puppies and sweet tea were great too.   My favorite was the alligator.  Seriously.

More tomorrow, or the day after.  

Roller Rinks And Drive-In Movies

Today we went driving the back roads again.  This time we headed west, toward Tampa.  Our route took us through Plant City, Lakeland, Winter Haven and finally Tampa.

There are a lot of interesting things to see along the way taking the back roads.  In some places it's like being time warpped back into the 1950s or 1960s.  In one short stretch we went by a roller skating rink and a drive-in movie theater.  And the old motels, the ones with the little cabins are all over the place.

When we got to Tampa we found a great place for lunch.  Brocato's Sandwich Shop.

This is a great little restaurant.  It's pretty small, but they also do take-out orders.  They make fantastic cuban sandwiches and incredible devil crabs.  It was well worth the drive and we even brought home supper since neither of us could eat the whole sandwich!

More tomorrow...or the day after.