New Orleans LA to Panama City FL – This morning we left the Hampton Inn on St. Charles Way New Orleans and headed for the open highways. Well… not quite, wifey wanted those “white powder balls” they sell at the Cafe Du Monde located in the french quarters. The parking was so bad I had to illegally park across the street and wait for Lorraine to get the goods. We couldn’t even eat them there and took off for another spot. I found the perfect shady section in front of a historical building. Unfortunately it was police station and a cop came out and told me to move or get a ticket. Moved on…
We finally headed out to our next destination stop for the day Pensacola Florida. As it turned out we got there fairly quick so decided to move past it and see how far we could go. I thought it would be nice to take the scenic Highway 78 route along Gulf side of the state, so did every person returning home from the fourth of July events held a day earlier. We literally crawled for miles on end due to all the lights and congestion in the beach cities like Santa Rosa.
After being caught in traffic for so long it was bound to start thundering and pouring rain. We had to pull off the road and park the bike under the overhang of a bank that went out of business. When the thunderstorm passed us over we drove again through the light rain.
Tonight we got lucky and unlucky. We found a hotel to spend the night after are first choice told me they booked the last room just minutes ago. They referred us to the Days Inn right across the street. So the good thing is we found a place to crash as we were both tired from the commuting style traffic on the coast. The bad thing this place was literally a flea infested dump!!!
Lorraine packed a mondo sized bag of Skittles to munch on for the trip, I’m very thankful for this since her gum popping drives me nuts when I’m driving. She lost 3/4 of the large baggy bag filled with Skittles. She definitely needs to replenish them.
