Craig's blog

After we left Mobile we drove into the Florida panhandle.  We left the interstate near Pensacola to take Hwy 89 along the Gulf coast.  It was a great drive until we reached Fort Walton Beach where we got in some of the heaviest, slowest traffic I’ve ever been on.  It was two lanes each direction, but was completely stopped for about 3 miles.  We got gas and then I used Waze which took us off the main drag and through residential streets for the last mile or so. This probably saved 30 minutes.  Eventually we got out of the town and finished our drive.  We stopped at Henderson Beach State Park which I’d heard was awesome, and while it still didn’t have any campsites, we went down and played in the water for a few minutes.  Then we continued on to our campsite at Topsail Hill State Park.  It was a nice, but very groomed RV park.  Patty said it looked more like a neighborhood than any other park she’d ever seen.  We barbequed some steaks and ate outside after the rain stopped.