Our Alto R1713 in Florida
We're lovin' it!
Monday, March 30, 2015
2015 Mar 27 Back to the Naval Aviation Museum for a Guided Tour
Today we decided to go back to the museum for a guided tour. We saw some of the same things we saw a couple of days ago, but they took on a whole new meaning when the tour guide told the stories that went with them.
Friday, March 27, 2015
2015 Mar 26 - A Rainy Day at Ft. Pickens
It rained all day today. Now the trash at the neighboring spring breakers site is soggy!
We took a rain-abbreviated trip down the road to Ft. Pickens. We're going to try to go again if the weather improves before we leave. The picture of the Pensacola Lighthouse, taken from the fort, is only a couple of miles away across the water. To drive to it is close to 30 miles!
More tomorrow when the weather is better!
We took a rain-abbreviated trip down the road to Ft. Pickens. We're going to try to go again if the weather improves before we leave. The picture of the Pensacola Lighthouse, taken from the fort, is only a couple of miles away across the water. To drive to it is close to 30 miles!
More tomorrow when the weather is better!
2015 Mar 25 - The Naval Aviation Museum and the Blue Angels
We woke up at 6:30 this morning in order to get an early start to get the Naval Aviation Museum on Naval Air Station Pensacola. During the late evening hours yesterday, a troop of spring breakers set up two large tents and scattered "stuff" all over their site. Anyway, we were on our way to the Museum by 8:00.
We got to the museum at 9:00 and looked around for 45 minutes before getting in line to go watch the Blue Angels practice which began at 11:30. After the Blue Angels show, we ate lunch at the CUBI Bar in the museum, then continued our tour.
I'll just say that the Blue Angels were great. We've seen them before, but they never cease to amaze. The female pilot of FAT ALBERT, the C-130 cargo plane assigned to the Blue Angels, was no slouch either! I'll let the pictures tell you the story of our day on the air base.
Our friends, Gary and Andrea arrived today while we were at the air base. We went to dinner with them at Peg Leg Pete's, just down the road from the park entrance. After dinner, we enjoyed our campfire for a while, then turned in for the night.
We got to the museum at 9:00 and looked around for 45 minutes before getting in line to go watch the Blue Angels practice which began at 11:30. After the Blue Angels show, we ate lunch at the CUBI Bar in the museum, then continued our tour.
I'll just say that the Blue Angels were great. We've seen them before, but they never cease to amaze. The female pilot of FAT ALBERT, the C-130 cargo plane assigned to the Blue Angels, was no slouch either! I'll let the pictures tell you the story of our day on the air base.
Our friends, Gary and Andrea arrived today while we were at the air base. We went to dinner with them at Peg Leg Pete's, just down the road from the park entrance. After dinner, we enjoyed our campfire for a while, then turned in for the night.