CAN YA HANDLE THE PANHANDLE ????

WHEW ! MADE IT TO FLORIDA. 358 MILES TO GO TO COMPLETE THE CIRCLE.

STOPPED IN NAVARRE BEACH FOR 3 NIGHTS. NICE CAMPGROUND AND WE ARE 68 FEET FROM THE BEACH. THE FIRST NIGHT, IT RAINED AND RAINED AND THEN RAINED EVEN MORE. OVER 5 INCHES. OUR ROOF DOES NOT LEAK !!!!!

NEXT DAY WAS CLOUDY. WENT TO THE BEACH. IT LOOKED LIKE A SNOWSTORM HAD COME THROUGH. THE SAND IS SO WHITE, IT LOOKS LIKE JANUARY IN QUEBEC.

GOT THE WINDSHIELD FIXED, MONTREAL STYLE... $$$, NO RECEIPT.

TODAY WAS SUNNY. WENT TO DESTIN. JUST ANOTHER T-SHIRT TOWN. SANDESTIN, HOWEVER, IS MUCH MORE UPSCALE AND CLASSY. CAMPING ON THE BEACH THERE IS $82.50 PER NIGHT. SO, WE WILL HEAD JUST ONE MILE FURTHER, TO TOPSAIL.

RATED AS ONE OF THE BEST SP IN THE COUNTRY. WILL BE THERE 3 NIGHTS, THEN MOVE ON TO MEXICO BEACH.

CHECK IT OUT --- TOPSAIL

KATRINA AND IKE.....ONE - TWO PUNCH

LEFT NAWLINS AND WENT THRU THE CEMETERIES. ALL BUT ONE ARE OK. THEN THRU THE KATRINA AREA.

IMAGINE VERDUN, LASALLE AND LACHINE. THAT IS ABOUT THE SIZE. BUT EVEN IF THE LEVEE HAD HELD, THE AREA WOULD STILL BE WIPED OUT. THE ROOFS ARE RIPPED OFF AND THE HOUSE ARE WIND DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR.

MOVED ON TO MISSISSIPPI. GULF SHORES GOT HIT BY BOTH KATRINA AND IKE. HOUSES THAT BELONGED IN WESTMOUNT WERE BLOWN AWAY, RIGHT OFF THE FOUNDATIONS. 95% OF THE HOMES ARE GONE. UNBELIEVABLE.

THE BEACH IS AMAZING, 35 MILES OF SUGAR WHITE SAND, NO ONE ON THE BEACH. THE ONLY THINGS THAT SEEMS TO HAVE WITHSTOOD THE HURRICANES ARE THE WAFFLE HOUSE RESTAURANTS.

THE CASINOS ARE ALL REBUILT, AS ARE SOME CONDOS. IT WILL TAKE A LIFETIME TO REBUILD.

MOVED ON TO ALABAMA. GO RED TIDE.

TOMORROW, THE CIRCLE CLOSES......FLORIDA.

WILL R&R IN DESTIN, MEXICO BEACH AND PORT ST JOE FOR A WEEK BEFORE HEADING TO CRYSTAL RIVER.

BIG D TO BIG EASY

DALLAS TO NEW ORLEANS. 506 MILES OF MISTAKES.

FIRST, WE LEFT LATE. THEN ON SOMEONE'S SUGGESTION, WE CAME DOWN THROUGH LOUISIANA INSTEAD OF TEXAS. EXTRA 52 MILES, GENERIC SCENERY.

WENT FOR THE EXTRA MILEAGE AND ENDED UP IN A FULL CAMPGROUND, LOW ON GAS. WE FINALLY FOUND A GAS STATION. MASSIVE WHEW!!!

FOUND A KOA, 10 MILES OUT OF NAWLINS, FULL TOO. THE GUY CAME OUT AND FOUND US THE LAST SPOT IN CAMP, BEHIND THE DUMPSTER.

WENT TO TOWN TODAY.

ST. CHARLES STREET HAS NICE STATELY HOMES, FRENCH QUARTER IS A HAVEN FOR PERVERTS. WHAT A MESS.

HOWEVER, THE BEIGNETS WERE GOOD, CAFE AU LAIT ALSO.

BBQ WAS MEDIOCRE AND THE SEAFOOD PLATTER WAS GREAT. CRAWFISH ARE NOT IN SEASON. IMAGINE THAT.

LOST THE COTTERPIN TO TOW THE CAR WITH. GOT A NEW ONE, PLUS ONE OF THE BINS LOCKS IS BROKEN. WILL FIX THAT IN FLA.

TOMORROW - BEACH ON THE REDNECK RIVIERA, THEN ON TO DESTIN.

BIG D. BIG TOWN

LEFT POST LATE AND DROVE THRU TO DALLAS. GREAT CAMPGROUND AND WE TOOK THE PRESIDENTIAL SITE. WE HAVE A GARDEN, FOUNTAINS, STATUES. NICE AND LUXURIOUS.

WENT TO DALEY PLAZA. EVERYONE IS QUIET, SOMBER AND STILL REMEMBERS WHERE THEY WERE, THAT DAY.

NEVER BELIEVED THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES....'TIL TODAY. STANDING ON THE X'S AND LOOKING AT THE WINDOW, YOU REALIZE THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF IT ALL.

THE REST OF THE CITY IS LIKE CALGARY ON MEGASTEROIDS. GLASS, CHROME AND MORE GLASS. CLEAN AND GREAT ROADS.

WENT TO A HUGE WESTERN APPAREL STORE. BLACK RESISTOL HATS START AT $149, WHITE AT $249. BELT BUCKLES GO FROM $40 TO $10,000. LARIATS COST $29 AND ARE MADE OF WAXED ROPE.

TOMORROW - LA LOUISIANE. LAISSEZ LES BONS TEMPS ROULER. GAUX TIGERS.