First state past Louisiana,

second state, and finally

Florida!!  We were surprised by the great roads, useful signage, and interesting dead things along the side of the road. Mainly we saw smooshed alligators along with some raccoons, and a fox.  Carl Hiaason wrote a bunch of funny books with a character named Skink who was a former governor but walked off the job into the bush one day.  He ate a lot of road kill.  I’m sure he would have done well along this stretch of interstate!

In Pensacola we discovered the National Naval Aviation Museum.  We spent the entire day there and as you might suspect, Mark was in seventh heaven!

Marine One and Mark emulating Tricky Dick!!

Trying to one-up old high school pal, Mark Dove, Mark tries out the cockpit of a Blue Angel jet.

Blue Angel planes in the atrium of the museum. Incredible!!  And, yes, they are full-sized!

For Stewart Miller. This is the first plane to land in Antarctica. Mark told everyone about your tour there!  This incredible museum has planes from the Wright Brothers to the fastest jets of today.  Many of the refurbished planes are ones of a kind and many of them were resurrected from Lake Michigan where they crashed during training in WWII.  This place was well worth the visit!!

Tomorrow we are off to Tallahassee and then DISNEY WORLD!!!