You have heard of stormchasers well we were the storm dodgers! There were two options today, one was to go into Mobile from the North West and chance thunder storms and lightening which could be a possible stopper or two, head down to the Gulf Coast and come in along the coastline from the West avoiding the weather front. It was a no brainer and bore the brunt of an extra twenty miles to get down to Gulfport.
Gulfport I would equate to the US Blackpool but hotter with nice white sand and sparkling blue sea. I have to say BP have done a good job cleaning up, I was surprised to see a BP garage still operating.
The ride along the coastline was breathtaking and even more so crossing the deltas on low and high bridges spanning more than several miles at a time. Today was the day we would get through 3 States, Louisiana, Alabama and into Florida - nearly there. Looking at the weather everything is setup to get in for lunchtime Saturday as prefer that to getting in late on Good Friday.As I passed through Alabama, I had to play Lynyrd Skynyrd on the headphones, bit of Freebird and Sweet Home Alabama gets those peddles turning, Mobile was stunning and very colonial a joy to cycle through, the highlight seeing USS Alabama moored at what looked an amazing war museum, however we had stopped before Mobile at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial which was very moving.
Finally into the sunshine state of Florida, it was getting late and both of us were getting tired, we pushed onto just East of Pensacola through Bagdad:-) and Milton, however had to go on to Crestview to get a room, so back to Milton in the morning to start - grrrrrrr. Route US 90 East all the way and a tailwind to go:-) No punctures today!
Lessons learnt today:
For all your GPS technology you can't beat a map
Confirmed that I have been beeped in every state
Our car is a V8!!!!! Unfortunately it is red - no love
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