Today we set off from Tallahassee after breakfast provided
by the hotel we stayed in. The drive was
uneventful and a little boring, the same old alley of trees that we’ve spent
about the last 9 hours driving through.
We gained an hour due to crossing into Central time zone and headed
straight for the Naval Aviation Museum and had a quick bite of lunch at the
café there. Super cheap, $20 for a BLT
for me and Mach 1 (pulled pork bun with BBQ sauce) and two bottomless coffees. Then it was time for a wander around the
museum, J as expected, like a kid in a candy store. I wandered aimlessly oblivious to the
rareness of the aircraft around me, but did appreciate the 4D Blue Angels
experience – a theatre in which you want 3D footage of the Blue Angels (the US
Navy flight demonstration team) and sit on a platform that moves and tilts as
if you are being hurtled through the sky.
Well not quite, but it was a fun thing to do and helped support the
museum.
We headed back to our motel – the Suburban Extended Stay hotel
about 10 mins drive from the airforce base.
Less than half the cost for two nights as one night in Miami. It feels a bit like a cross between an army
barracks and a hostel, and you certainly wouldn’t want to blue-light the
sheets. But there are no roaches so far,
and I’m reminding myself I’ve stayed in worse dives and survived to tell the
tail.
Tomorrow morning, we will be away early to get back to the
air force base to watch the Blue Angels practice. They start at 11.30am but the helpful woman
advised us to get there by 9 as it’s pretty crowded.
Tonight we will escape the motel and brave the wilds of
downtown Pensacola for dinner.
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