On the move...The Journey Home, Part 1, 2, 3

As we head back east I plan to keep this post as a running post of where we are and how we got here.  I'll update by adding parts (1,2,3 etc.) which will be seen on the title.  I'm thinking that by doing it this way you stay updated but since we will probably doing less sightseeing there won't be much of interest to report. Of course if there is something or I feel like waxing poetic I will create a new post.

Thursday-Saturday, February 16-18, 2017

Part 1
We left Austin and ended up back in St. Charles, LA at the Isle of Capri Casino.  If you recall we "camped" here on the way out west.  This time we paid the $20/night so that we would have electricity and access to their gym and showers.  I didn't use the gym but I thought about it. I'm practically on the road to being physically fit😎 Seriously, I thought that I was going to lose weight on this trip but it's been the opposite.  I personally attribute most of it from menopause😏

Leave Austin, TX 12:00pm
Rte. 290E►610(N)E►10E
Gas - Exit 789 off 10E Loves $1.98/gal
Arrive St. Charles, LA, Isle of Capri - 5:48pm
Miles Traveled - 298.6

Saturday-Sunday, February 18-19, 2017
Part 2
Another travel day with no specific plans, just go as long as we feel like driving.  We ended up at another Walmart parking lot in Pensacola, FL.  We shopped around for a few incidentals and then searched for a place to eat...I really had a hankering for pasta but we ended up at a place called Po Folks, must be a chain as I've seen several since eating there...sort of like a Shoneys or something like that but specializing in Southern Comfort Food.  It seemed like everything was fried....and I wonder about weight gain :)  Fried chicken livers, fried chicken, hush puppies, mashed potatoes with gravy, and macaroni & cheese...ugh!!!  Huge portions, I still have half my meal in the fridge.

Look who we saw at the Mississippi Welcome Center :) - He appears smaller in person....what I really mean to say is...I've got a big head!


Leave St. Charles, LA 10:40am
Rte. 10E(LA)►12E(LA)►10E(MS)
Gas - LA exit 101 Valero, $2.05/gal
2:40pm Welcome to Mississippi, 4:28pm Welcome to Alabama, 5:29pm Welcome to Florida
Arrive Pensacola, FL Walmart on Creighton Ave. - 6:41pm
Miles Traveled - 392.1

Sunday-Monday, February 19-20, 2017
Part 3
When you travel you should be aware of holidays.  It's President's Day weekend and all of the campgrounds are booked.  We ended up driving until we didn't feel like it anymore and got a hotel room outside Tallahassee.  The nice thing about not having a plan is that you often come across things that are unexpected.  We ended up stopping at the Gulf Islands National Seacoast Visitor Center which is only open M-F, but we did take a nice walk along the very white, fine sandy shore...really quite lovely.

I also got my pasta, having stopped by Olive Garden...I ate a bunch of salad, as I feel my "road diet" doesn't include enough greens...it was yummy!  I also had a gorgonzola & steak fettuccine alfredo...again boxed up half of that...I need to find time to eat all of our leftovers.  Wilson says I obsess about food and I think he's right...At some point I'll post my "road wisdom" about eating.  I've got all sorts of advice :)

Leave Pensacola, FL 10:10am
Gas - Pensacola Walmart - $2.25/gal
Rte. 110S►98E►30A(scenic shoreline, small villages)►98E►231N - Great classic rock stations on the radio - windows down, hair blowing in the wind, singing to the oldies...oh God, classic rock is now oldies!
Arrive Tallahassee, TX - 5:53/6:53pm (we're back on eastern time) - Quality Inn, exit 209A - used a coupon from Visitor Center coupon book $59
Miles Traveled - 236.3

Monday-Wednesday, February 20-22, 2017
Part 4
The world is going back to work, freeing up campgrounds.  Right now we are getting ready to leave Tallahassee and will be heading to Fort McAllister SP outside Savannah, GA.
We've mapped out the next week or so and will camp for a couple of nights then head back into SC to revisit Wilson's cousin (maybe) and my cousins prior to camping another couple of nights then heading off to Asheville, NC and the Biltmore...yeah!!!  From there we will be heading back north to Philadelphia where we will have Alex worked on and go to Wilson's grand nephew's 2nd birthday party, then back to VT, perhaps by way of CT...we'll see......Stay tuned

Leave Tallahassee, FL 10:46am
Rte. 10E►295N►95N►17N►144E►144Spur
Gas - Exit 283(10E) - BP $2.26/gal
Welcome to GA 1:51pm
Arrive Fort McAllister SP, Savannah, GA - 3:48pm ($32/night, Senior Disc. $26/night)
Miles Traveled - 286.7