My 6,000 Mile Road Trip ~ Part 2

We took 3 days to drive from South Dakota to Florida.

 My original plan was to take a day or so longer than that so we could sight see on the way down but......all 3 of us were so excited to see Ben and spend time with him that we decided to just get there! 

We spent our first night in Clinton, Missouri and our second night in Tallulah, Louisiana. 

We saw some beautiful country between Clinton, MO and Little Rock, AR. I would love to go back when I had time to just explore all the back roads. Branson was fascinating to me (even with the hour or so we sat in traffic!). It's so pretty there. 

Driving through part of Louisiana into Mississippi and then into Florida we started feeling claustrophobic as there seemed to be continuous lines of trees along the road. 

We just wanted to see the country we were driving through. 

We dropped down out of Jackson, MS into Mobile, AL. 

We picked up I-10 there and took it through Pensacola then over to Eglin AFB, FL where Ben was. 

We had time to kill when we arrived on Okaloosa Island as Ben was still in school. We found our condo then ate a yummy meal at The Crab Trap across the street ( oh, that crazy, busy street! ). Those hush puppies were amazing!

One of my very favorite men in the whole world :)

Inside The Crab Trap

This was underneath The Crab Trap

 

Parking lot decor

Floyd's Shrimp House ~ next to The Crab Trap

My Ben! I'm so proud of him ~ I sure do miss him though!

Ben asking Grandpa if he will pin the EOD crab pin on for him at graduation. Of course Grandpa was thrilled.

It was such a great experience eating out in Ft. Walton Beach, Okaloosa Island and Destin. Everywhere we went the atmosphere was interesting and fun. The food was fabulous no matter where we went! This picture is inside of Helen Back's.

Out back at Helen Back's.

Curious name ~ Great food! I had a french dip sandwich with cream cheese on it.

Destin Harbor Boardwalk ~ This was a fun place to walk around. So many eye catching colors not to mention the incredible Emerald Coast it's located on!

 

 

Look at the lovely sugary, white sand.

This cracked us up ~ Hadn't seen one before.

 

 

DJ and the girls were able to fly down for a couple of days. We celebrated Dani's 21st birthday at the condo :)

 

Part 3 next...