An Hour Gained, An Hour Lost!

Our final night in Florida!  Decided to go to the only chain restaurant we ever go to while in Florida - Carrabba's!!!!!

Casey had some yummy scallops, shrimp and garlic mashed potatoes!  I had a delicious scallop and shrimp salad!

The next morning we loaded up the car and hit the road!  Drove up I75 then west on I10.  I didn't realize that we would change timezones in the middle of Florida, but we did!   Entered CMT somewhere west of Tallahasee and we gained an hour.  So, what should we do with the extra hour?  Shop?  More happy hour?  Nap?  No way.  Let's get a flat tire on the highway!  That is way more exciting.  Yep.  Our rear left tire went flat about 90 miles east of Penasacola.  Some lady passed us and rolled her window down to let us know.  We pulled off the highway asap.  And yes, it was flatter than a pancake.  So, we unloaded all the luggage from the trunk, got the donut out, took the flat tire off, put the donut on, re-packed the luggage and found the closest tire store.

Didn't realize we changed countries along the way.  Couldn't believe the accents of the people here in Bonifay, Florida.  We were in the deep south now!  The people at this place were so nice.  They fixed the tire right away for us.  The whole process took about 1 hour.  So, we
gained the 1 hour by changing timezones, and used it to repair our tire!  But that didn't stop us from getting to our resting place for the night - Mobile, Alabama!  Got there about 7pm, checked into our hotel and headed immediately for food and drink!  The hotel recommended a place about 10 miles away.  We didn't want to get back in the car and drive, but we did.  And we were sooooooo glad that we did.  We had the best meal! 

 This is only HALF of my blackened sutchie po boy sandwich.  I had turnip greens to go with it (and hot sauce).  This was the most amazing fish I've had so far on the trip.  It was so flakey, sweet, spicey.....yum!

Casey had a Soft Shell Crab Po boy!  Waited too long to take the picture though.  But, it was also very good!

After this great meal, we went back to the hotel and crashed!  So tired.  Up early on Thursday for our 2 hour drive to New Orleans.  I'll post some pics of our first couple of days in the big easy soon!

Enjoy.