Another driving day from New Orleans to Crestview, Florida. It was cloudy and spattered with rain at various spots along the way. This is the flattest of flat lands along the Gulf Coast.

We stopped about half way through the day at the Gulf Coast National Sea Shore, the longest protected sea shore in the country.  Unfortunately, because it was actively thundering and threatening a down pour, we did not stay long.  Bit what we did see was beautiful.

I’m always inspired by John Muir, and his words were certainly appropriate for this amazing place – a stunning cathedral of water, trees and sky filled with a stunning variety of many of God’s creatures.

I only wish we had the opportunity to see more. Now that we know it’s here, we will certainly return one day.

One major milestone for me, personally, today.  With a lunch stop in Alabama, I have now been in all 50 United States, the District of Columbia, and the American Territory of Guam.