It's all about the food

This was the view from our spot just outside Pensacola, on the "bayou".  

We did a tour of Pensacola's historical section which was quite interesting. The original settlement which eventually became a fort, changed hands many times between the British, French and Spanish. Pensacola is the oldest settlement in the US but it wasn't continuously inhabited, which makes St. Augustine, founded 6 years later in 1565, the oldest continually inhabited settlement.

But enough of history. Let’s talk about the weather…….no, you don’t want to hear about the weather. Let’s just say it’s supposed to warm up in a few days. 

We left the bayou a few days ago and are now in Gulf Shores AL. We found a great little park right on the water,  only a few minutes from town. 

Gulf Shores is a beach destination with its fair share of condos and beach houses.  It also has dozens of great little restaurants. We went to one of them for an afternoon snack yesterday and had the crab claws. Wow! They are small, from the Blue Crab I think, and they are outstanding. Salty, a bit spicy and happiest when dipped in butter.

Speaking of food, Gulf Shores has it in abundance. Seafood that is. We have often found that sharing an appetizer still requires a "take home box" or as we Canadians call it, "a doggie bag". This is what the doggie didn't get last night.

Clockwise from the top, fried coconut shrimp, fried breaded chicken, fried Mozzarella, a hush puppy (there were three, but two didn't make it to the picture), onion rings, fried of course, a cheese quesadillia, french fries and a stuffed crab. "Fried" is the common denominator here and it's all GOOD, (but probably not so healthy).

And I just couldn't let this one go, if we're talking about the local cuisine.

Larry the Cable Guy Cheeseburger flavoured tater chips. The blurb on the back of the bag said something like "they'll take care of your flavour cravin's faster than a cop can kick down a trailer door". Worldwide distribution rights are probably up for grabs.

The next stop is New Orleans, the Big Easy, where you can walk around town with a drink. What is the world coming to!