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Florida Gulf Coast Part 1

We are staying in the same campground again tonight, just a different spot.  The best thing about the van (compared to tent camping at least) is that everything is pretty much ready to go.  We just have to unplug the power, make sure nothing is going to fall off the counters, and hit up a place to dump out the bucket under the sink that catches the dishwater.  We usually forget to check the counters, but nothing has broken yet.

It was a little chilly this morning, not quite 60 at 8am.  We were just a few miles from a few mile stretch of Gulf Islands National Seashore, so headed there first.  We were all ready to give them our parks pass, but before 9am they don't charge to get in.  Neat drive down through the park, and eventually we pulled off and crossed the dunes to the ocean.  Very secluded place, felt like we had it to ourselves.  We walked the beach for an hour.  I was worried it would rain, but stayed dry, just super humid.

Next we decided to backtrack a bit and see the beach in Alabama, since we've never done that.  Took about 30 minutes to get to the state park.  The Alabama beach was very similar to the one we just left in Florida and the one we saw the day before in Mississippi.  Super white soft sand, and lots of red/orange seashells.

I wanted to go mini-golfing, so we stopped at a place with a volcano.  It was just past 11am, and Sunday, so we had the place to ourselves.  Joe won, had two hole-in-ones.

All the beach walking and mini-golfing made us hungry so we stopped at the Florida/Alabama state line for lunch at Florabama.  Had some good fish sandwiches overlooking the intercoastal.

The sun was finally coming out, so stopped at the next free beach in Perdido Key.  Hung out for a few hours playing in the sand and enjoying the sunshine.  It was only 70, but felt much nicer.  I think we both got a little sunburn.  Saw a lot of military planes, there is a Naval Air Station in Pensacola, primary training base for the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard and home base of the Blue Angels.

Finally had the time to clean out the van, put everything away where it goes, and sweep the floor. 


46 miles
 201.03 spent
15 mini golf
50 liquor store
47.44 lunch
51.59 grocery
8 snacks
29 Big Lagoon State park

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  1. Ahhh I wish it was 70 here in Ohio!!! Also wandering what the $50 at liquor store is?? That's a lot of beer for Joe!

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