Weather 73F/23C Windy and Sunny
Sunday Where we are camped in Navarre we are surrounded by US Military Bases.
You know your not in Canada when....... the second night we were here after dark we could hear boom, boom,boom, ratatat, ratatat, ratatat, over and over. We both went outside about 3 times to look for fireworks but could not see any. A fellow camper the next day asked us if we knew what we had heard. Nope not a clue. Just heavy artillery practise and bombing practise !!! As it turns out they do it almost every night. And we are in the midst of 4 military bases nearby. Eglin Air Force Base is the largest air force base in the world 463,000 acres, employs 11,000 civilians and 11,000 military personnel. Then there is Hurlburt Air Force Field, Tyndall Air Force Base and Pensacola Naval Air Station. This is the home of the Blue Angels, the Navy's flight demonstration squadron (like our Canadian Forces Snowbirds). The base also has a Aviation Museum with IMAX theatre that is free to the public. We went on the base today and they stopped us to have us put our helmets on. When riding a motorcycle on the base you must have full gear - helmets, gloves, full sleeve coat, pants, and riding boots. The museum is huge, you could spend the whole day and has over 150 aircraft and numerous exhibits and simulators and it is "FREE" - even to Canadians : )
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| She doesn't have a clue what she is doing in that cockpit! |
Sunday Where we are camped in Navarre we are surrounded by US Military Bases. You know your not in Canada when....... the second night we were here after dark we could hear boom, boom,boom, ratatat, ratatat, ratatat, over and over. We both went outside about 3 times to look for fireworks but could not see any. A fellow camper the next day asked us if we knew what we had heard. Nope not a clue. Just heavy artillery practise and bombing practise !!! As it turns out they do it almost every night. And we are in the midst of 4 military bases nearby. Eglin Air Force Base is the largest air force base in the world 463,000 acres, employs 11,000 civilians and 11,000 military personnel. Then there is Hurlburt Air Force Field, Tyndall Air Force Base and Pensacola Naval Air Station. This is the home of the Blue Angels, the Navy's flight demonstration squadron (like our Canadian Forces Snowbirds). The base also has a Aviation Museum with IMAX theatre that is free to the public. We went on the base today and they stopped us to have us put our helmets on. When riding a motorcycle on the base you must have full gear - helmets, gloves, full sleeve coat, pants, and riding boots. The museum is huge, you could spend the whole day and has over 150 aircraft and numerous exhibits and simulators and it is "FREE" - even to Canadians : ) 
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