FLORIDA

Short trip today and smooth sailing. We left News Orleans early, and worked out at an AF gym in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. It was more of Muscle Beach Gym (all the guys in ripped t-shirts looking at themselves in the mirror)…but clean and well-equipped. We just go in, mind our business, do our workouts, shower and leave.

We fired up the RV generater to run our blender for our green smoothie breakfast. Smoothie ingredients: Frozen blueberries 1 banana 3 T flaxseed handful walnuts (or almonds or pecans) ½ C tart cherry juice 2 tsp magnesium powder 3 T potato starch (it’s a potent prebiotic) 1/3 C plain yogurt VSL3 probiotic packet water As many greens as I can stuff in the blender (spinach, kale, dandelion, collards, beet greens, swiss chard…it doesn’t matter…but I put about 3-4 CUPS of greens).

For protein I use NAKED WHEY (Undenatured 100% Grass Fed Whey Protein Powder, Unflavored) which I purchase online. If we don’t have the protein available we eat a couple of eggs. No, we don’t put raw or cooked eggs in the blender…we eat ‘em separately.

It actually tastes pretty good, although I’d much rather have doughnuts for breakfast.

We took Highway 90, and really enjoyed seeing the little towns of Pass Christian, Gulfport, Biloxi, Ocean Springs, Pascagoula. You could still see damage from Hurricanes Katrina and Ike, but overall the towns seem fully rebuilt. The little towns were picturesque, and we were impressed with the long, wide white sand beaches the whole way.

We stopped at Felixes Fish Camp outside Mobile for lunch, at Ronnie and Yvette’s recommendation. Delicious crab salad (me), crab soup and oyster salad (Ross).

Landed at Big Lagoon State Park outside Pensacola for tonight. T'Chat loves it here. Lots of bugs to chase.