Day 3: Down came the rain

We were up early and headed to breakfast.  Right outside of the hotel there was a Waffle House.  Our kids have never been there so we decided this would also be a new road trip tradition. The kids loved it.  I'll have to admit, the food was pretty good.

 After breakfast, we headed to the National Museum of Naval Aviation at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola.  I am so glad this was our plan for the day because to flood gates were open.  It rained all day long.  I don't recall the last time I saw so much rain. 

All I can  say is WOW.  This place is amazing.  They have some of the coolest planes and the kids were able to get inside some of them.  I am not going to attempt to name them or give info about them because I don't know much other than what I read on the signs.  This is the home to the Blue Angels and sometimes they are there signing autographs but not today. It took us about 3 hours to look around.  Anther plus for this is that it was FREE!!!!  Everyone had a great time.



This was found under water and you can watch a short film to learn more about it.

 

My dad was in the air force and his job was loading bombs like this one on to airplanes.

 

They were practicing putting on the seat belts.

This was the Navy's first aircraft. 

If you are ever in Pensacola this is definitely a place you should visit.  The pictures don't do it justice.

 

There is also a light house that you can visit but we only stopped long enough to take a picture. 

 

This was the first day the kids fell asleep in the car.  Three hours of quiet other than the radio or adult conversation.  We may pay for it tonight because they will not want to go to bed but it was so nice!!

 

 

 

Our next stop was Tallahassee.  It rained (poured) on and off the entire way.

We decided to see the capital building since on our many trips out here we have never stopped.

The Old Capital Building

The "New"  (not so impressive) Capital Building

Disappointed but I guess it's hard to compare it to the one in Texas

 

Then it was dinner time.  We missed the exit for one restaurant that we wanted to try.  Since the turn around was 5 more miles we weren't going to turn around and go  in the opposite direction. 

We came across this joint.

 

 

 

The food was very good.

 

This is David's new found food... a burger with an egg...   that's not for me. 

I'll just stick with a traditional burger and have eggs for breakfast.

 

 

 

Connected to Rays' was a candy store.  I found some candy I haven't seen in many years and I tried to get the kids to try some "good" candy.  Some of this candy you can get in stores now but the sweet 'n sour pops, I haven't seen in years.  Haylee wanted the mint toothpicks but I did convince her to get the cinnamon ones mainly so I could try them.  Now that everyone is hyped up on sugar, we are driving on to Gainesville for the night.  We will be up early again tomorrow for another adventure.