Road trip with Rosie - Day two

Today we woke up and hit the continental breakfast at the hotel. Typical sausage gravy and biscuits, but they also had fruit salad and scrambled eggs and TANG! Who remembers Tang, breakfast juice of the astronauts. I had two glasses!

We headed over to church and had to drive through the FSU campus. So pretty, but Rosie blew lots of raspberries at the Seminoles and got tickled when she saw some kid walking through in a Gator's jersey. After church, we passed Doak Campbell Stadium.

We headed south out of Tallahassee to St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. What a gorgeous place. Thousands of birds and marshes and a historic old lighthouse. This area experienced one of Florida's few Civil War battles. I could have stayed all day. I counted 37 black skimmers in one flock and also saw three black-necked stilts. Totally cool.

We drove east toward Panama City Beach. Traffic was not busy so it was good driving for Rosie. We found a beautiful Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly that was dying on the pavement at a gas station and picked it up. Rosie cradled it all afternoon



Stopped and had dinner at a tacky touristy restaurant right on the beach, Toucans, and the food was surprisingly good.

Arrived at the Marriott about 7:30. Lovely property and such a great price on the room $89.