Destination Destin

After the short tour through Lakeview, we continued eastward into Mississippi. Stopping for gas, we found ourself at the 90 highway so we decide to take the scenic tour along the Gulf of Mexico for a while. We could also still see hurricane Katrina damage passing through Pass Christian, Long Beach, and Gulfport. To end the scenic tour, we decided to stop at one of the casinos in Biloxi where Charles won $37 on craps and I won $12 on nickel slots. We are a couple of regular high rollers! ;-)










Other than the 1 hour it took to get through Mobile and the Mobile tunnel (never found out why the traffic was so bad), the remainder of the ride was uneventful into Destin, the World's Luckiest Fishing Village (est pop 12,162).






For the trip, we drove 3062.6 miles and used approximately 90 gallons of gas, averaging about 34 MPG. Not too bad for a Civic fully loaded with books, clothes, etc & considering the possibility of all those bad gas station pumps . . .

Date	Location	Price	Gallons	Miles	MPG
5/31/2008	Lake Havasu, AZ	3.799	8.291	308.5	37.21
6/1/2008	Houck, AZ	3.899	11.254	341.4	30.34
6/1/2008	Trinidad, CO	4.099	10.49	410.9	39.17
6/3/2008	Colby, KS	3.819	9.361	367.5	39.26
6/3/2008	Braman, OK	3.779	10.48	335.1	31.98
6/4/2008	Burleson, TX	3.799	12.292	318.9	25.94
6/5/2008	Wallisville, TX	3.819	11.207	388.7	34.68
6/6/2008	Bay St Louis, MS	3.869	11.295	386.6	34.23
6/6/2008	Destin, FL	x.xxx	5.5	205	37.27
			90.17	3062.6	33.96

Time to enjoy the beach for a few days.


















Charles leaves from the Destin airport ready to carry the rage on and into Chicago!