And Again . . . .

On the Road.  We headed back to Florida around 3 or 3:30 PM Friday.  Terry had a very nice funeral.  He would have been proud of it if he could see it.  Brother Terry Houser gave a wonderful message. 

We drove as far as Montgomery, Alabama and stopped for the night at a Comfort Inn and Suites.  It was very nice and clean and we slept well.  We got up early, had breakfast and were on the road by 7:00 AM.  We decided to drive 31W all the way to the coast.  We drove through some very pretty towns on the way--Luverne, Opp,  and Florala in Alabama to name a few.

  Small grain bin house on Hwy 31 in Alabama  (This isn't exactly the one I saw because I didn't have time to get a pic but it looked like this.  Pretty neat.)

These were just some neat things I wanted to take pictures of on the way down.

Then we came to Lakewood which had a sign that it was Florida's highest point.  (I think they need to stoke up their "stuff" a little more because, we didn't even cop a buzz driving through.)

Anyway, we drove over to Destin, Florida since we had never been there and then came up Hwy 98 along the coast for a while.  We stopped for dinner in Mexico Beach at Toucan's.  I had sweet and spice shrimp (oh my gosh, they were the absolutely best flavor) and Mike had a fish wrap.  I had so much, he had to help me eat them. 

Then we decided to spend the night in this town.  It's a nice quiet place and we are staying in a hotel where our back door actually opens up right on the beach.  We had to pay a little extra for the beach front room but so what.

 Mike at the back. the front

 

We are staying at El Governor in Mexico Beach, Florida right on the beach.  We can actually sit in our room and watch the sun set on the west gulf coast.  We took chairs out to the beach for a while but Baby, it's cold outside.  BRRRRRR!  So we came in.  

 

Our room here is very nice.  It even has a kitchenette. (Actually, I could spend quite a bit of time here if we didn't already have a camper in Punta Gorda waiting for our return.)  This beach is LOOOOOONG and you would literally walk for miles and be walking in the water.  One cool thing about Florida weather reports is they always give the condition of the ocean and how choppy the water is.   

 

 

Our sunset tonight.  Good night all.

 

Mexico Beach sunset
Going down in the west
All the colors in the sky
Kiss another day goodbye.

 

(Only Neil Young said California instead of Mexico Beach.