Soooo, I haven't posted in quite a while. Yes, we are on the road again, but just for a short time. Short to us is 2 months. We left home and made our way to Crawfordville, Florida, to visit our friends for a night before heading to Pensacola, Florida. While we were checking in at Blue Angels' Recreation Area, the clerk told us the best and freshest seafood in the area is at Joe Patti's at the end of A Street in Pensacola. You can visit the restaurant a block away, or you can choose your seafood and have them steam it in the seafood deli. We chose the latter, and boy, was it good.
Sol was parked in site 50 of Battleship Row. It was a good site, away from most campground traffic and backing on the woods. All the sites in this loop had concrete pads and the trees were not a hazard. The other campground loop had dirt pads and the trees would have posed quite a problem for Sol if we had chosen that loop.
While at Blue Angel's Recreation Area we were able to do some hiking and exploring. Our first hike was around the many trails at the recreation area. The trails were on the outer edges of the three disc golf courses located at the rec area.
Our next hike was at Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park. We walked a portion of the long trail, Perdido Bay Trail. Bob had loaded our GPS with geocaches and we added a few to our total. Along the trail we found some gnarly trees.
Perdido Bay Trail loops near Perdido Bay.
After we did about 3 miles on Perdido Bay Trail, we retraced our steps and walked Tarkiln Bayou trail. This trail is a boardwalk over the swamp to the bayou which empties into Tarkiln Bay. In the spring, there are unusual plants which are unique to the area. Unfortunately, it was not spring and no sign it was coming any time soon.
Another day we went to Gulf Islands National Seashore on Perdido Key. Even though it was windy and cool, were able to walk the short boardwalk nature trail.
As you can see from this picture, the handrails are warped even though they are the composite material used in most new decks.
This picture shows all the handrail is warped. So far the foot boards are straight, maybe because they have more nails to hold them in place.
From the nature trail we walked across the main road to the beach area.
From Perdido Key, we returned to the Pensacola area to visit Fort Barancas which is located on Pensacola Navy Station.
Our next hike, we went to Big Lagoon State Park to hike.The first stop was the observation tower. Yes, the wind was blowing and it was another cool day.
The Blue Angels treated us to a fly-by. It is hard to tell from this picture, but there are three planes flying in formation.
There were several places with decks overlooking small lakes. And yes, there were geocaches located near each one.
Other than the Blue Angels, the only other interesting sight was this armadillo.
Our days of hiking near Pensacola came to an end as the following day, our last day in the area, was predicted to be rainy and cold. That day was our day to visit the base bowling alley. Bowling is one of our favorite past times when the weather doesn't cooperate.
Next stop......Ocean Springs, Mississippi!
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