Alabama Bound

Pensacola

Before leaving Florida for good, we did want to stop at the National Naval Aviation Museum at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola. We had noticed it on the way down and had promised ourselves we would try and see it later.
This museum is exactly the type of place we like, with lots of really cool stuff to see and touch, and it's all free!

Our guidebook said to allow at least 1-1/2 hours but we ended up spending the best part of the day there. This place has so many planes on display that it is a bit overwhelming. And they have lots of other related displays as well, and a trolley tour to a nearby field where they keep a bunch more planes that would not fit in the buildings. Truly this is the best aviation museum we have yet seen, and we have seen quite a few.

Oh ya, they let you climb in and fly them too. I copied my technique from Tom Cruise in the movie Top Gun.

And a real bonus, we were able to find a new prop for our boat. We just have to see if we can squeeze it into the trunk for the trip home.

Tonight, we are staying in some random spot along the interstate, just outside of Mobile, Alabama. We are not sure where we are going tomorrow as the weather is threatening to turn against us again.