FL 2-5-15

We woke up to a rainy day. After raining hard most of the night it stopped by 9 ans we began getting ready for our move to Tallahassee. The site was muddy and by the time I completed the outside work so was I. We were parked in a difficult site with trees everywhere and a narrow street in front of us. But with Ruth's guidance I was able to pull out in one attempt and didn't hit anything. In a few minutes we had the Burb hooked up and were on our way.

I-75 is an easy drive and the new shocks made it even better. In no time we were heading west on I-10. 18 miles from our destination, I took an exit for fuel and an Oscar break. Oscar did fine but me, not so much!

I pulled into a BP station because it had great access and the price was $2.28/gal. I parked at the pump with the GREEN nozzle (usually denotes diesel fuel) and pumped 46 gallons of gas before I realized all the nozzles were green and I was putting gas in my tank. I guess I'm the only one who had not seen a gas nozzle that was green.

At least I was smart enough not to try to move Gracie or even turn the key. I called Good Sams (our RV service provider) told them what happened and they dispatched a service truck to pump the tank. After a 2 hour wait they arrived. While they pumped I was told I'm not the first and it always seems it's a BP station where this happens. 76 gallons later it was empty. Then accross the street to get 5 gallons so I could drive over for a fill up. 102 gallons!

By that time it was nearly 8:30 so we made the decision to call it a day and sleep in the parking lot for the night.

2-6-15

I woke up at 5 shivering. It was 55 degrees inside and 37 outside. That's cold for FL. I quickly started the generator and turned on the heat. By 6 it was 65 and we were both awake, so off we went to Pensacola.

I-10 across the panhandle is an easy drive. Mostly straight and the landscape is either trees or huge cattle ranches. We changed time zones along the way which got us to Milton (about 15 miles from center Pensacola) by 11 AM. We settled in at Avalon RV, relaxed a bit after setting up, then took off for the beach.

Surprise, another sugar sand beach with very clear emerald green water. After sunset we headed back to the CG and called it a day. From what we have seen so far, I think we'll stay 5 or so days before moving on.