Saturday
December 27, 2008
10:55 AM = Left motel
3060.5 trip miles
21,147 total
73 F
70% Oil life
100% Fuel
11:06/3073.2 = Crossed Pearl River and entered Mississippi
11:17/3086.5 = Took x13 for Hwy 43 South, going on scenic U.S. 90 East through Biloxi
11:24/3092.1 = Turned Left on U.S. 90
Nice drive, but some of the piers didn't have any walkways -- probably blown off by Katrina[1]
12:35/3130.5 = Back on I-10 @ x50 ... Lunchtime
12:57/3157.2 = Entered and was welcomed by "Alabama the Beautiful" ... Good ole Southern hospitality!
1:18/3183.4 = Took x26A/Canal Street in Mobile -- traffic ahead
1:37/3195.9 = Back on I-10 @ x30
2:07/3231.5 = Entered Florida!
2:17/3243.2 = x12 in Pensacola. I'm gonna spend some time in this gorgeous city!
3:40/3275.5 = Spent some time driving around town then entering Pensacola Bay Bridge
3:53/3282.7 = Parked at Pensacola Beach
4:00 PM = Back to car... I forgot I'm not much of a beach person, and I only like this particular one if there's noone on it -- like on my first visit here. Right now there're too many people and I wanna drive some more before dark...
4:13/3289.1 = Turned around, road closed ahead. I guess its back to Gulf Breeze and U.S. 98 -- or stay in Pensacola maybe
4:31/3279.4 = Back to Gulf Breeze, and turned right on U.S. 98 East -- I'm not spending the night in P-cola, maybe Ft. Walton Beach
5:35/3342.0 = Checked in @ Comfort Inn Destin
[1] I've since been told that it was in fact Hurricane Ivan, not Katrina. But I'm leaving that as is -- Katrina is what I wrote in the trip journal.
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