Yesterday we drove over to Eglin AFB and did the BX/Commissary thing and checked out the famcamp. Eglin's Commissary is one of the nicest we have ever seen.
We then drove over to Hurlburt Field to check out their famcamp. This is a very old park but the base is in the process of building a new one. We saw that the work on this park is progressing nicely and should be finished within the next couple of months.
03/29/2013
It has been a long time since we have played golf. In fact, I don't think we have whacked a golf ball in almost two years. So yesterday we decided to go out to Hurlburt Field's golf course and hit some balls on the driving range. When we got there we decided to play nine holes instead. Our games are a little rough around the edges but it was fun to get out there again.
After our round of golf we joined friends from the RV park for a pizza at the Helen Back Cafe in Fort Walton Beach.
04/02/2013
Last Friday we had a great day playing a round of golf at Hurlburt Field with our new friends, Dennis and Lynn Montgomery from Illinois. Dennis is retired from the Army who spent most of his career in Special Forces. Our golf game wasn't the greatest but spending time with Dennis and Lynn was priceless.
After hacking our way around the course, we decided to stop at Dewey's Seafood Restaurant near the RV park. Although they didn't have raw oysters (which I was craving for) the shrimp and grouper was delicious.
On Easter Sunday, Joyce and I along with several of our new friends had brunch at McGuire's Irish Pub in Destin. The food was good and the conversation was lively.
Monday evening Joyce and I had dinner with TJ and Mary Langdon at Old Bay Steamer in Fort Walton Beach. TJ and I flew together in the 7th Military Airlift Squadron before he left Travis for instructor duty at Altus AFB, OK. I hadn't seen TJ in over 25 years and it was good to see him again. For y'all that know TJ, he and Mike Graziano, who was a Flight Engineer in the 86th Squadron, are the Simulator Certifier's at Hurlburt Field.
Yesterday we hooked up the trailer, said goodbye to all our friends and headed to
New Orleans Joint Reserve Base/NAS. The traffic on I-10 was heavy all the way but moved along smoothly until we got into the New Orleans area.
We're now parked at Aviation Arbor Oaks RV Park, one of the newer parks in the military system. The old section of the park is still here but used for folks that are staying here long-term. The new section has large, fairly level concrete parking pads with modern hookups.
04/02/2013
Today we drove about 45 miles east of here to Vacherie, LA to tour the Oak Alley Plantation, one of several sugar cane plantations in the area.
Oak Alley Plantation
Postcard Scans
Notice the black netting on the mirror. This guestroom was also used as a layout room when there was a death in the family.
I took the following pictures.
A replica of the slave quarters. At one time there were 93 slaves on the plantation and 20 slave houses.
This is one of the pots that we used to boil the sugar cane. Slaves were required to stand over the pot and skim off the impurities. Hard labor to say the least!
The overseer's quarters. Now a private residence of a great nephew of the last owner's wife.
A fire extinguisher.
Rain, rain, thunderstorms and more thunderstorms. It started storming and raining last night around midnight and it hasn't let up. According to the news some areas have had over three inches and by the looks of the creek at the edge of the RV park here, we've had at least that much. The forecast is for the rain to let up some after noon but more is on the way for tomorrow.
We won't get much sight-seeing done the next couple of days so we'll do the laundry and other housekeeping chores.
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