16 February ‘09 Monday
We’ve moved on again… Yesterday morning we pulled out of Martin Lake / Ocean Springs and headed east on Hwy-90. We drove through Pascagoula and up to Moss Point where we crossed into Alabama. Just prior to Pascagoula we passed over the Pascagoula River. The river spreads out for well over a mile wide and looks more like a large bayou filled with reeds that happens to have a river running through it. It’s known to be a wonderful place to do some kayaking… Oh the temptation… We have now added one more state to our growing list…Alabama. Our new site is located at the Styx River Resort, in Robertsdale, Alabama. In November of 1958 I joined the Navy. I went to boot camp in San Diego, was sent to a 2 month school in Norman, Oklahoma, and then sent to my first duty station at Pensacola Naval Air Station. That is where I met Bo Benedict. Bo was from Birmingham, Alabama and had arrived in Pensacola with his Austin Healey sports car. A car like that was the envy of every sailor on base, and I just happened to have the bunk right next to “this guy with the sports car”…just a little kidding, but true. Anyway, Bo and I had a good friendship that seems to have lasted 48 years. Just last month, as Louise and I were getting closer to Pensacola, I got thinking that I Just might get lucky and find Bo. As luck would have it, I did a short search on the internet and found a phone number for a Bo Benedict. After picking up my cell phone and dialing the found phone number, I found myself talking once again with Bo. I could tell immediately that he hadn’t changed one bit, he was still the Bo Benedict that I had known years ago. This afternoon Bo and his lovely bride Jeannie came by for a couple of hours here at the coach. Unfortunately time flew by on us today but we’ll be getting together again this week as Louise and I have been invited down to their house in Gulf Shores. We really enjoyed having them come by and see us, but there is one thing that I totally regret….I FORGOT TO TAKE A PICTURE !!! I’ll do better, I promise.
We’ve moved on again… Yesterday morning we pulled out of Martin Lake / Ocean Springs and headed east on Hwy-90. We drove through Pascagoula and up to Moss Point where we crossed into Alabama. Just prior to Pascagoula we passed over the Pascagoula River. The river spreads out for well over a mile wide and looks more like a large bayou filled with reeds that happens to have a river running through it. It’s known to be a wonderful place to do some kayaking… Oh the temptation… We have now added one more state to our growing list…Alabama. Our new site is located at the Styx River Resort, in Robertsdale, Alabama. In November of 1958 I joined the Navy. I went to boot camp in San Diego, was sent to a 2 month school in Norman, Oklahoma, and then sent to my first duty station at Pensacola Naval Air Station. That is where I met Bo Benedict. Bo was from Birmingham, Alabama and had arrived in Pensacola with his Austin Healey sports car. A car like that was the envy of every sailor on base, and I just happened to have the bunk right next to “this guy with the sports car”…just a little kidding, but true. Anyway, Bo and I had a good friendship that seems to have lasted 48 years. Just last month, as Louise and I were getting closer to Pensacola, I got thinking that I Just might get lucky and find Bo. As luck would have it, I did a short search on the internet and found a phone number for a Bo Benedict. After picking up my cell phone and dialing the found phone number, I found myself talking once again with Bo. I could tell immediately that he hadn’t changed one bit, he was still the Bo Benedict that I had known years ago. This afternoon Bo and his lovely bride Jeannie came by for a couple of hours here at the coach. Unfortunately time flew by on us today but we’ll be getting together again this week as Louise and I have been invited down to their house in Gulf Shores. We really enjoyed having them come by and see us, but there is one thing that I totally regret….I FORGOT TO TAKE A PICTURE !!! I’ll do better, I promise.