Florida Trip~Part 3

Gregory E. Moore RV Resort is big and beautiful!  We loved the wide roads, tall trees, and abundance of foliage.  (Additional info about this park (and others) can be found by clicking on the tab marked, "RV Trip Log" at the top of this blog.)

Here are a few pics from around the park.

Here's the road out front of our 
RV site, and the RV across from us.

They offer over 160 sites.

A look up our road in the other direction.

(That's us on the right.)

The view out one of our windows 
to Rick & Carrie's site next door.

Pretty greenery divides each site.

Every day, we walked the dogs.

Some days Linda and I 
walked our four dogs together.

We usually meandered around a block 
(or two) which made the dogs "happy campers!"

George and I saw this little cutie along the way.
His name is Harley.
 

All our non-Rving friends left after a couple of days, and only the RVers remained.

Here's our sites. 

(Charlie & Sandy, Joe & Linda, Geo & me, Rick & Carrie)

Okay, let's exit the park and go to the boardwalk. Linda, Joe, George and I explored The Destin Harbor Boardwalk late one morning.

Joe & Geo truckin' along on the boardwalk.

It was hot and super humid that day so we stopped in at Harry T's for a refreshment. They invited us to sit upstairs even though that area was closed.

Upstairs at Harry T's.

The view was gorgeous.

We went by here on our cruise.

The view from the cruise up to Harry T's.

The multiple shades of blue were mesmerizing!

It makes me smile.
How about you?

A cute, little shop--Redneck General Store.

After walking the boards a bit, we 
decided it was way too hot and time to go.  

We saw this sign on the way out.  

I wonder if Jimmy Buffet's lost 
shaker of salt will turn up here!

Next, we headed to Pompano Joe's for lunch.

 Don't you love these colorful windows?
I do!

And matching umbrellas too!

Joe and Linda had been to 
Pompano Joe's before and loved it.
(We could see why!)

It didn't feel hot either.
A perfect breeze sauntered off the water 
to keep us cool and the food was quite tasty too.

See ya soon with the final part of the trip.

Many Smiles to You My Blogland Friends,
D~~~~

Florida Trip~Part 2

It was after dark when we arrived at our destination in Florida--Gregory E. Moore RV Resort in the Topsail Hill Preserve State Park.  Our friends Charlie and Sandy were already there, and their RV was set up, as well as Clyde, Sandy, their daughter Rachel, hubby Alan, and his Mom, Tammy.  They flew in the day before and were staying in one of the cute camp cottages.

On our first evening, we went on a three-hour evening cruise (insert Gilligan's Island theme song lyrics here).  There were 13 of us so we had the catamaran to ourselves.  Nice!

Shots around the vessel before we departed. 

Tammy, Sandy, Clyde and Joe

 Rachel, Rick and Carrie

Charlie

Linda and Sandy 

George and I 

Our Cruise Director and his Photographer

Attempts at hula hooping broke out

Along with laughter, 

and other shenanigans!

It was a perfect time for photos.

And pirate sitings!

Pirates, I tell ya! Pirates!

Blackbeard!

 Dolphin watching was really cool! 

We cruised by the Destin Boardwalk too.

And it was a treat to absorb the glorious sunset!

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The next evening, we enjoyed dinner at 
The Back Porch Seafood and Oyster House.

The food was good but they didn't seat us all 

together even though plenty of tables were available.

What's up with that?

Group shots on the beach just 

outside The Back Porch's back door. 

Part 3 coming up soon.

Smiles,
D~~~~

Florida Trip~Part 1

On our way to Florida, we stayed overnight at the Grand Gulf Military State Park in Port Gibson, Mississippi.  We were meeting our friends (Joe and Linda, and Rick and Carrie) so that we could caravan the rest of the way to Florida tomorrow.

Lovely drive!

George and I arrived at the Military Park before 1:00 (hours ahead of the others) so we toured the grounds.

This was a Roman Catholic church 
for a very short time (1868 - 1870)
Then, it was a Confederate Memorial Chapel.  

It's currently considered a non-denomination chapel to be used by religious and other groups approved by the park.  After seeing all the spider webs inside, I'd say it's not used very often.  Makes me sad.

Here's the exact scoop.

You might have to click to enlarge it for reading.

 

On the way up that hill to the church, we ran into this black snake.

It's super creepy running into a serpent on the way to a church!

I love the organ and piano.

We couldn't get near the piano though because of the cobwebs.

This is a Dog Trot House which is also known 
as a breezeway house, dog run, or possum trot.

A Dog Trot house consists of two log cabins connected 

by a breezeway which you can see in the center picture.

Pretty cool but I had to look it up.

A few images from the 

Old Grand Gulf Town Cemetery.

Do you see a problem with this one-man submarine?
You apparently needed a good set of lungs to man it!

I don't know if you can see it but the grates in the bottom of the hole are the remains of the jail destroyed by the Confederates.

About to leave the Military Park and head to Florida.

On the way to Florida, we stopped off at the Battleship USS Alabama so the guys could tour it.  Since the ship would be very hot inside, us girls opted to hang out in the RV while they toured.

George took these pictures so I have no idea what's what!

I know that's Joe & Rick.

I can't imagine sleeping in these bunk beds!

Talk about too close for comfort.

Smokes, candy, and hair products from back in the day.

(Specifically World War II times).

The ship's barber shop and dentist chairs.

These instruments make me dizzy!

Too many numbers!

I imagine they were quite instrumental though.

(Sorry, I couldn't resist.)

Apparently, they got to Rick and Joe too!

I have to ask:

What is this picture?

It looks like a Google Earth view 

of the New York City streets.

Woo-hoo! Giant crayons!

Now we're talking.

Looks like lots of toilet paper to me.

C-3PO's brother?

I wonder what kind of moisturizer this guy uses.

He looks well preserved considering his age.

Look at those guns!  

They must work out.

Actually, they are quite impressive, huh?

Wrong ship Joe!

Railroad tracks?

Off we go into the wild blue yonder...

If Darth Vader had a plane, 

isn't this what it would look like?

I don't know what this is 

but I love the shine and bling.

It looks exactly like the inside of my watch.

Time for a spot of tea at sea!

And then it's back to work.

That's it for Part 1.

Be back soon with Part 2.

Smiles,

D~~~~