RoadDog Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 This has been a hard winter. Well, we're overdue as it really hasn't been bad since1979. At least the snowmobilers are happy. We decided to get out of the Midwest and took a trip down to the Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida Panhandle coast. We took US-66 from Dwight to Springfield, then hoofed it on I-55 clear down to Jackson, Ms. Then US-49 to Gulfport, then, a lot of driving on US-90, US-98, and I-10. Took US-45 all the way back from Mobile to Champaign, Illinois. Some stuff: ** Didn't "catch" my $2 lobster dinner ** Had rolls "throwed" at us not once, but twice ** Here a mullet, there a mullet, ate a mullet ** Miserable at Morgan,-- Stairs, stairs, and more stairs at Barrancas ** Saw the first US plane to fly across the Atlantic, no, not Lindberg's ** Didn't go to ANY casinos ** Played Lots of NTN, 49 new places ** Katrina still a bad girl ** Had famous Mobile hot dog at the Dew Drop, but no oysters at Wintzell's ** Adequately burned ** FOUND A MOM AND POP MOTEL ON THE BEACH AT DESTIN, FLORIDA ** Flew with the birds, snowbords that is ** Condo here, condo there, condo everywhere. Good Times and always about 30-40 degrees warmer than home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keep the Show on the Road! Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 This has been a hard winter. Well, we're overdue as it really hasn't been bad since1979. At least the snowmobilers are happy. We decided to get out of the Midwest and took a trip down to the Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida Panhandle coast. We took US-66 from Dwight to Springfield, then hoofed it on I-55 clear down to Jackson, Ms. Then US-49 to Gulfport, then, a lot of driving on US-90, US-98, and I-10. Took US-45 all the way back from Mobile to Champaign, Illinois. Some stuff: ** Didn't "catch" my $2 lobster dinner ** Had rolls "throwed" at us not once, but twice ** Here a mullet, there a mullet, ate a mullet ** Miserable at Morgan,-- Stairs, stairs, and more stairs at Barrancas ** Saw the first US plane to fly across the Atlantic, no, not Lindberg's ** Didn't go to ANY casinos ** Played Lots of NTN, 49 new places ** Katrina still a bad girl ** Had famous Mobile hot dog at the Dew Drop, but no oysters at Wintzell's ** Adequately burned ** FOUND A MOM AND POP MOTEL ON THE BEACH AT DESTIN, FLORIDA ** Flew with the birds, snowbords that is ** Condo here, condo there, condo everywhere. Good Times and always about 30-40 degrees warmer than home. RoadDog, Tell us more! I'm headed along the Panhandle and up into Mississippi in a few weeks. I will be coming up from Miami and plan to stay along the gulf coast once I get there on what I think American Road called Crazy 98. Any advice? Keep the Show on the Road! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadDog Posted March 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 We had a lot of fun while there. The Mom and Pop motel in Destin, the Sea Oats Motel, was right on the beach amidst the many, many, many condos. Definitely check out the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola. Great eating at Lambert's in Foley, Alabama, about eight miles from Gulf Shores. Free "Throwed Rolls" and "Pass-Arounds" and great food. Try the pork steak. For partyin' try Flor-abama right on the Alabama-Florida line and on the beach. Watch for it though, as it looks more like a construction site at first glance. In Mobile, try a hot dog at the Dew Drop and all kinds of great seafood and sayings at Wintzell's, although I suggest going to the original downtown one. These are two of the town's oldest places. Still lots of Katrina damage evident in Biloxi and Gulfport, but really bad in Waveland to the west. Drive along the gulf from Pas Christian going west. Most wreckage has been cleared off, but you can still see where places were. Have a good time. quote name='Keep the Show on the Road!' date='Mar 21 2008, 12:22 PM' post='9700'] RoadDog, Tell us more! I'm headed along the Panhandle and up into Mississippi in a few weeks. I will be coming up from Miami and plan to stay along the gulf coast once I get there on what I think American Road called Crazy 98. Any advice? Keep the Show on the Road! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Burr - hester_nec Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 "Definitely check out the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola." The museum in Pensacola is definitely on my list - I've visited it before, but at that time it was crammed in a couple of old quonset huts (if that doesn't give you a clue as to how long that was - it was around 1965!!!!!) Your comment about the "end of a hard winter" reminds me of something Minnie Pearl once said - "My boyfriend told me I was a breath of spring - - actually he said I looked like the end of a hard winter!!!" LOL Safe and happy travels Hudsonly, Alex Burr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keep the Show on the Road! Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 "Definitely check out the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola." The museum in Pensacola is definitely on my list - I've visited it before, but at that time it was crammed in a couple of old quonset huts (if that doesn't give you a clue as to how long that was - it was around 1965!!!!!) Your comment about the "end of a hard winter" reminds me of something Minnie Pearl once said - "My boyfriend told me I was a breath of spring - - actually he said I looked like the end of a hard winter!!!" LOL Safe and happy travels Hudsonly, Alex Burr Alex, Thanks, the Naval Air Museum is in my data bank now! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennyG Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Been wondering where you were. Welcome back to the land of ice & snow although I hope we're done with that for awhile. Back in December I did US-90 between Mobile and New Orleans and know that plenty of Katrina damage remains. But isn't it amazing how quickly they got those casinos reopened? I'll add my vote to yours and Alex's regarding the Navy Air Museum in Pensacola. I was there around 1978. Slightly after the Quonset huts, I'd guess. I checked to see if another big Pensacola attraction, Trader Jon's was still there and learned it closed in 2003. It was a bar with stuff hanging everywhere. Navy folks, including the Blue Angles, hung out there and supplied pictures, helmets, etc. There was at least one bathtub and a human skeleton (not sure if real or not). On my first visit, I didn't realize that the place had entertainment for the first half hour or so of my visit. I got a beer at the bar then walked around studying the collection of weird stuff hanging from the walls and ceiling. At some point, I sensed near by motion and pulled my eyes from the decorations to discover a totally nude girl dancing about two feet away. When that happens, you know there's a lot of stuff on the wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadDog Posted April 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 Denny. as you know, as you get OLDER, the eyesight goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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