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We drove back over the toll bridge to Navarre Beach in the morning. The temperature was eighty degrees and the Gulf water was a greenish blue. We took a stroll onto the beach. I met a guy on the beach who moved his family to the area seven years ago. He's a computer consultant. He flies to Atlanta or Houston every week to work and returns to his family on weekends. Hmmm.
Driving north towards Interstate 10 we passed Eglin Air Force Base. As we drove past we saw a number of airplanes sitting outside a building available for public viewing. I did a double take when I saw that one of the planes was an SR-71 Blackbird. We had stumbled upon the Air Force Armament Museum. What an amazing place! Regardless of your feelings about the weapons of war, the planes on display at this place hold a great place in the history of aviation. I encourage you to follow the link to the museum and look at all the airplanes on display. Some of the planes we saw were: the SR-71 Blackbird; the World War II workhorse P-51 Mustang and B-17 bomber; the unbelievable huge B-52 bomber; the F-105 Thunderchief that my co-worker Bob flew in Vietnam; the fairly recent fighter planes F-15 and F-16; and a Russian MiG-21.
Tallahassee proved to be farther than we expected. It took forever to get past there and on towards Jacksonville. The two-hour layover at the Air Force Armament Museum gave us a late start so we just kept driving into the night. We finally stopped in Hardeeville, South Carolina around 11:00 p.m.
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