We have started making our way to our next Workamping gig in San Benito, Texas. Since we had to travel around the Florida Panhandle to get there, we wanted to take our time and see some sights on the way. The first day we drove to Tallahassee, FL and used our Harvest Hosts membership to park overnight at the Tallahassee Automobile Museum. The museum is right off of I-10 and was easy to pull in to and out of. The admission to the museum was $15 per person and we were ready for the opportunity to get out of the truck and walk around for a while. The museum has a very unusual collection of many different things. The highlight is their cars, which includes models from 1894 through the present. The museum also has an impressive collection of knives, cash registers, pedal cars, and many other items. Our timing was great since it poured down rain while we were walking around inside and the rain stopped by the time we were ready to leave!

There wasn’t much within walking distance, but there was a Farm to Table restaurant, Backwoods Crossing, right across the street. We walked there for dinner and are so glad we did. The restaurant was nice and the food was excellent! We walked back to our rig for the night and the next morning we got back on I-10 to continue our journey.

Our next stop was Miramar Beach, which is a few miles east of Destin. We stayed at Camp Gulf, a really nice RV resort right on the beach. We couldn’t get a site on the beach, but were only a few feet away from it. We got up early the next morning to walk on the beach and got this beautiful shot of the sunrise!

That day the sun was shining and it was beautiful so we thought we’d spend some time on the beach. Sadly, it was breezy and a little too chilly to enjoy the beach (although Mike did manage to get in the water, which was surprisingly warm).

Later in the afternoon, we decided to visit the Destin boardwalk to get some walking in. That evening we took a lovely walk along the beach to Surf Hut for dinner. Candi got the Shrimp and Grits and Mike got Stuffed Shrimp. We really enjoyed our dinner and for dessert we got a piece of their house-made Key Lime Pie. Mike enjoyed it but Candi confirmed that she really doesn’t like Key Lime Pie!!!

The next morning we went to Another Broken Egg Café for breakfast. They have a huge selection of breakfast items and if you are a first time visitor they give you a complementary order of their ‘biscuit beignets.’ They were good, but we are withholding our opinion of them until we get some ‘real’ beignets in New Orleans! For our meal, Candi got the seasonal Banana Bread French Toast which was topped with apples and raisins, and Mike got their Bacquezo Omelette, which had just about everything in it! Both breakfasts included a side of their house-made sausage which was really good.

There was a small tropical storm moving into the area that day. Since the storm was mostly east of Destin we decided to drive a little west to Pensacola to do some sight-seeing. Candi’s all-time favorite movie is ‘Contact’ and she has always dreamed of visiting Pensacola since it sort of plays a big part in the movie. It is a cute area with a nice beach.

We found a bar and restaurant that was undercover but was open to the beach. The food was just okay, but the view was spectacular! The storm caused enough of a surf to make the waves fun to watch and there were even a few surfers taking advantage of them.

On the way back to Miramar Beach we stopped at a beach area to enjoy the sand and waves and take some pictures. The sand in this area is very soft and light colored. It is also cool and nice to walk on. And the water is amazing, now we understand why they call this the Emerald Coast.

After spending one more night in Destin it was time to move on and start heading toward New Orleans!