What do you want to eat tonight? Part 2

Meal planning isn't easy and every day we have to find answers to the questions, "What do you want to eat tonight?" & "What haven't we had for a while?" I thought it might help if I kept a log of what we have been eating.

The original list was getting so long I decided to break it into six-month segments. You can always find both lists by clicking "Categories" on the sidebar to the right and then clicking "Menus".

To see what we ate during the previous six months, January through June, 2007, click here. For the menus since January, 2008 click here.

The image at the top is from the menu at the Whistle Post Tavern in Conyers, Georgia. Good eats. Always worth a stop.

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Sunday, July 1, 2007 -- beef and veggie kebabs on the grill, rice pilaf
Monday, July 2 -- grilled pork chops, baked beans, biscuits
Tuesday, July 3 -- Ken's birthday dinner at Jamie's Restaurant, classic French cooking
Wednesday, July 4 -- Noodles Alfredo, KFC
Thursday, July 5 -- Hunt Brothers Pizza from the BP Station on Scenic Highway
Friday, July 6 -- lunch at La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant, snacks for supper

Saturday, July 7 -- Chicken Fried Steak, mashed potatoes, country-style gravy, collard greens
Sunday, July 8 -- Chicken Salad on greens from the garden, whole wheat croutons
Monday, July 9 -- Marie Callender's Pot Pies
Tuesday, July 10 -- Chinese take-out
Wednesday, July 11 -- lunch at Madison's Diner (see The Duchess' Favorite Sandwich); for dinner, leftover Chinese take-out
Thursday, July 12 -- breakfast at the Village Inn for
Eggs Benedict; dinner was Salisbury Steak, Merlot gravy, mashed potatoes, baby carrots
Friday, July 13 -- BBQ burgers, potato salad, corn on the cob

Saturday, July 14 -- Southern-style crowder peas & speckled butter beans with bacon and biscuits, home made banana cream pie
Sunday, July 15 -- lasagne, salad
Monday, July 16 -- Kung Pao chicken, green beans
Tuesday, July 17 -- BBQ steak, baked potato
Wednesday, July 18 -- leftover Kung Pao chicken, green beans
Thursday, July 19 -- Jack's birthday dinner at Pensacola's Coach 'n' Four Steakhouse
Friday, July 20 -- taco salad

Saturday, July 21 -- chicken curry, green peas, pineapple
Sunday, July 22 -- Beef & veggie kebabs
Monday, July 23 -- Spaghetti Bolognese with Basil Pesto Focaccia from Panera Bread
Tuesday, July 24 -- lunch at Granny Cantrell's Southern Cookin' with lots of veggies and some peach cobbler; snacks for supper
Wednesday, July 25 -- Vichyssoise, Phillips' Crab Cakes, chopped salad
Thursday, July 26 -- bacon burgers (Nueske's Bacon of course) with fresh corn from Bailey's Farmers Market
Friday, July 27 -- Teriyaki pork tenderloin, corn & crowder pea succotash, rice and gravy

Saturday, July 28 -- Chinese Pie, green peas
Sunday, July 29 -- pork loin sandwiches, stuffed celery
Monday, July 30 -- chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes, country gravy, corn
Tuesday, July 31 -- chicken salad
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 -- Lunch at Commander's Palace, New Orleans; for supper, sandwiches at the Beau Rivage's Terrace Cafe in Biloxi, Mississippi
Thursday, August 2 -- pepperoni pizza, salad
Friday, August 3 -- peel-and-eat Gulf shrimp, potato salad

Saturday, August 4 -- Beef Stroganoff, Noodles Mary Westbrook & green peas
Sunday, August 5 -- Beefy baked beans, pico de gallo, corn chips
Monday, August 6 -- Burgers with pico de gallo, salad
Tuesday, August 7 -- Lunch at Siam Thai in Pensacola; snacks for supper
Wednesday, August 8 -- Noodles Alfredo, fried chicken, pesto with French bread
Thursday, August 9 -- Kung Pao Chicken, green beans
Friday, August 10 -- Oven-roasted filet steak, crusted with Panko over Dijon mustard, mashed potato

Saturday, August 11 -- leftover Kung Pao Chicken, green beans
Sunday, August 12 -- spaghetti with meat sauce
Monday, August 13 -- Salisbury steak and Nassau Grits
Tuesday, August 14 -- lunch at Charles Barnhill's Buffet, snacks for supper
Wednesday, August 15 -- BBQ steaks
Thursday, August 16 -- lunch at Piccadilly, snacks for supper
Friday, August 17 -- Beef & veggie kebabs

Saturday, August 18 -- Corn Maquechoux (Queen Ida Guillory's mother's recipe), Corn Fritters, a side order of Nueskes Bacon, and peach shortcake (fresh corn and peaches from Baily's Farmer's Market)
Sunday, August19 -- Chicken Caesar Salad
Monday, August 20 -- French Dipped Sandwiches, potato salad
Tuesday, August 21 -- lunch on the beach in Destin at The Back Porch, salads for supper
Wednesday, August 22 -- Crab burgers
Thursday, August 23 -- chicken salad on mixed greens, garlic croutons
Friday, August 24 -- BBQ burgers, two coleslaws: traditional and mustard

Saturday, August 25 -- Kung Pao Chicken, green beans
Sunday, August 26 -- leftover Kung Pao Chicken, green beans
Monday, August 27 -- Hamburger Stroganoff, noodles, English peas
Tuesday, August 28 -- lunch at Golden Corral, snacks for supper
Wednesday, August 29 -- taco salad
Thursday, August 30 -- Chicken Fried Steak, mashed potatoes, cream corn, country gravy
Friday, August 31 -- Gazpacho, deep-fried Gulf shrimp, smoked sausages in buns

Saturday, September 1, 2007 -- Monte Cristo sandwiches, beef and vegetables soup
Sunday, September 2 -- spaghetti and meatballs
Monday, September 3 -- creamed chicken on toast points, carrots in brown butter
Tuesday, September 4 -- lunch at Jesse's Restaurant in Magnolia Springs, Alabama; dinner at Memphis Q, Beau Rivage Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi
Wednesday, September 5 -- breakfast at Harrah's Grand Biloxi Casino & Hotel, dinner at home: cold roast beef with chipotle cream, salad
Thursday, September 6 -- BBQ burgers, corn-on-the-cob
Friday, September 7 -- Vichyssoise & Pizza

Saturday, September 8 -- Beef & veggie kebabs
Sunday, September 9 -- Fish Fry at Kim's
Monday, September 10 -- crab bisque, curried chicken salad sandwiches
Tuesday, September 11 -- Mexican food at La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant
Wednesday, September 12 -- Chicken Fried Steak, country gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans
Thursday, September 13 -- chicken satay, spicy peanut sauce, steamed rice
Friday, September 14 -- James Beard's Quiche Lorraine, Romaine salad

Saturday, September 15 -- Bill D's roast beef birthday dinner at NAS Pensacola
Sunday, September 16 -- charcoal grilled fillet steak wrapped in Nueske's bacon and stuffed with garlic cloves, with mashed potatoes
Monday, September 17 -- Noodles Alfredo, KFC, green beans
Tuesday, September 18 -- Lunch, burgers at the Flora-Bama Lounge, Package and Oyster Bar; Dinner, salad with ham, cream cheese and green olive roll-ups
Wednesday, September 19 -- Festival of International Treats (cleaning out the freezer)
Thursday, September 20 -- Salisbury Steak, rice, red wine gravy, carrots & peas
Friday, September 21 -- Kung Pao chicken, rice, spicy shrimp, steamed broccoli

Saturday, September 22 -- leftover Kung Pao chicken, steamed rice, fried rice
Sunday, September 23 -- bacon burgers, fries
Monday, September 24 -- French Dipped Sandwiches, cole slaw
Tuesday, September 25 -- lunch at Granny Cantrell's Southern Cookin' with lots of veggies; snacks for supper
Wednesday, September 26 -- Chicken pot pies, mashed potatoes
Thursday, September 27 -- charcoal grilled fillet steak wrapped in Nueske's bacon and stuffed with garlic cloves, with new potatoes
Friday, September 28 -- Chicken and dumplings with Redbird Corn Pudding

Saturday, September 29 -- sliced leftover steak in red wine sauce, steamed rice, salad
Sunday, September 30 -- soup and pizza
Monday, October 1, 2007 -- spaghetti with meat sauce
Tuesday, October 2 -- lunch at Jesse's Restaurant; snacks for supper
Wednesday, October 3 -- pork chops with rice and gravy, applesauce
Thursday, October 4 -- grilled steaks wrapped in Nueske's bacon, mashed potatoes
Friday, October 5 -- Chicken Caesar Salad

Saturday, October 6 -- Monte Cristo sandwiches
Sunday, October 7 -- BBQ burgers with bacon, grilled onions, green salad
Monday, October 8 -- Chicken Pot Pie, rice, gravy
Tuesday, October 9 -- lunch at Bennigan's Grill & Tavern, snacks for supper
Wednesday, October 10 -- beef and veggie kebabs, rice
Thursday, October 11 -- lunch at Madison's Diner, snacks for supper
Friday, October 12 -- Chinese take-out

Saturday, October 13 -- grilled beef salad
Sunday, October 14 -- leftover Chinese take-out
Monday, October 15 -- crab cakes and fresh corn on the cob
Tuesday, October 16 -- dinner at Barnhill's Buffet
Wednesday, October 17 -- clam chowder, spaghetti with meat sauce
Thursday, October 18 -- tomato & bacon canapés, French Dipped Sandwiches
Friday, October 19 -- Chicken Fried Steak, mashed potatoes, country gravy, corn

Saturday, October 20 -- Cajun-style deep fried turkeys with potluck side dishes at the fall gathering of the White Trash Yacht Club, Pensacola
Sunday, October 21 -- steaks at the Crescent City Steak House, New Orleans
Monday, October 22 -- on board the City of New Orleans, "Dinner in the diner, nothing could be finer..." (lyrics, Mack Gordon/music, Harry Warren).
Tuesday, October 23 -- lunch at Cafe 42 in the Bill Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, Arkansas; dinner was BBQ ribs and brisket at Charles Vergos Rendezvous, Memphis, Tennessee
Wednesday, October 24 -- lunch at the Gold Strike Casino, Tunica, Mississippi; dinner, takeout sandwiches delivered to the hotel room from Westy's (see Westy's T-shirt), Memphis
Thursday, October 25 -- breakfast in the dining car on the City of New Orleans; dinner at the Cracker Barrel, Gulfport, Mississippi
Friday, October 26 -- Kung Pao chicken, rice, green beans

Saturday, October 27 -- leftover Kung Pao chicken, steamed rice, green beans, fried rice
Sunday, October 28 -- meatloaf, mashed potato, gravy, corn
Monday, October 29 -- Shrimp Creole, steamed rice, French bread
Tuesday, October 30 -- hamburgers and bacon
Wednesday, October 31 -- pizza and salad
Thursday, November 1, 2007 -- beef stew and biscuits
Friday, November 2 -- Ken, ill, not eating; Jack, frozen dinners, McDonalds, etc.

Saturday, November 3 -- Ken, not eating; Jack, frozen dinners, McDonalds, etc.
Sunday, November 4 -- Ken, not eating; Jack, frozen dinners, McDonalds, etc.
Monday, November 5 -- Ken better, Chicken Alfredo, classic green bean, fried onion & mushroom casserole
Tuesday, November 6 -- BBQ Steak Jesse, twice-baked mini-red potatoes
Wednesday, November 7 -- lunch at Hacienda Mexican Restaurant; snacks for supper
Thursday, November 8 -- dinner at Coach 'n' Four Cowboy Steakhouse
Friday, November 9 -- chicken pot pies

Saturday, November 10 -- Kung Pao chicken, steamed rice, green beans
Sunday, November 11 -- beef and veggie kababs
Monday, November 12 -- leftover Kung Pao chicken, steamed rice, fried rice
Tuesday, November 13 -- dinner at the Grand Biloxi Casino
Wednesday, November 14 -- chicken salad with chopped salad
Thursday, November 15 -- burgers with bacon and fries
Friday, November 16 -- steak soup

Saturday, November 17 --Chinese takeout
Sunday, November 18 -- crab cakes and noodles Alfredo
Monday, November 19 -- takeout fajitas (beef and chicken) from Chili's Grill
Tuesday, November 20 -- chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, country gravy, corn
Wednesday, November 21 -- leftover Chinese takeout
Thursday, November 22 -- Thanksgiving Day dinner at Bill and Maria's
Friday, November 23 -- Billy's 80th birthday lunch at Kim's

Saturday, November 24 -- Steak Jesse, Brabant Potatoes
Sunday, November 25 -- chicken fried chicken, rice and gravy, broccoli
Monday, November 26 -- dinner at Bonefish Grill
Tuesday, November 27 -- hot chicken sandwiches with green peas
Wednesday, November 28 -- James Beard's Quiche Lorraine
Thursday, November 29 -- bacon burgers with red beans and rice
Friday, November 30 -- Kung Pao chicken, steamed rice, green beans

Saturday, December 1, 2007 -- leftover Kung Pao chicken, steamed rice, fried rice, egg rolls
Sunday, December 2 -- BBQ steak, mashed potatoes
Monday, December 3 -- french toast with Nueske's bacon and Canadian bacon, Jimmy Dean's sausage patties
Tuesday, December 4 -- chicken salad sandwiches
Wednesday, December 5 -- spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic bread, salad
Thursday, December 6 -- Road food, driving to Clermont, Florida
Friday, December 7 -- Road food en route to Miami, dinner at La Rosa II between MIA and Little Havana

Saturday, December 8 until
Saturday, December 15 -- on board the Grand Princess for a Caribbean cruise
Sunday, December 16 -- Road food on the drive home
Monday, December 17 -- bacon burgers
Tuesday, December 18 -- chicken and dumplings, cream corn, carrots
Wednesday, December 19 -- Dinner at the Pensacola Yacht Club, hosted by Billy
Thursday, December 20 -- grilled pork chops, Noodles Mary Westbrook
Friday, December 21 -- Jack took us to Jerry's Cajun Cafe for dinner he had a steak I had barbecue shrimp

Saturday, December 22 -- Cajun Fried Turkeys at Kim's
Sunday, December 23 -- spaghetti and meatballs
Monday, December 24 -- BBQ steaks, corn casserole and little red garlic potatoes for the Billy Daughdrill's and Kim, with banana pudding for dessert
Tuesday, December 25 -- Christmas lunch at Kim's: fried oyster and shrimp po' boys and Joan's Ambrosia
Wednesday, December 26 -- Brunch: Eggs Benedict; Dinner: Kung Pao Chicken, steamed rice, green beans
Thursday, December 27 -- sliced leftover steak in gravy, mashed potatoes
Friday, December 28 -- leftover Kung Pao Chicken, steamed rice, green beans, egg rolls

Saturday, December 29 -- smoked salmon, cream cheese, salmon mousse, toast points, bagels, green onions
Sunday, December 30 -- beef kabobs, charcoal grilled veggies, Christmas cookies
Monday, December 31 -- burgers, black eyed peas with bacon and smoked sausage


Click here for meals January through June, 2007. For the menus since January, 2008 click here.

Are we there yet?

Below is a list of driving distances in miles (with estimated driving times) from Pensacola, Florida to many cities in the Southeast United States. I also included a link to tourist information for each city.

Both the distances and the driving times are from DeLorme's Street Atlas USA 2006. The routes that the program suggested are based on using the fastest highways, not necessarily the most direct ones.

ALABAMA Birmingham 250 miles (4:25) • Fairhope 58 miles (1:06) • Magnolia Springs 49 miles (1:08) • Mobile 57 miles (0:57) • Montgomery 164 miles (3:06) • Troy 137 miles (3:07)

ARKANSAS Little Rock 511 miles (10:35)

FLORIDA Apalachicola (via Rts. 71 & 65) 216 miles (4:22) • Cocoa Beach 499 miles (7:58) • Destin 58 miles (1:35) • Fort Lauderdale 643 miles (10:23) • Fort Myers 582 miles (9:05) • Gainesville 332 miles (5:07) • Jacksonville 349 miles (5:23) • Key West 835 miles (15:15) • Lake City 290 miles (4:30) • Miami 668 miles (10:42) • Ocala 365 miles (5:36) • Orlando 441 miles (6:56) • Panama City Beach 131 miles (2:33) • St. Augustine 387 miles (6:07) • Tallahassee 188 miles (3:00) • Tampa 460 miles (7:05) • Venice 524 miles (8:10)

GEORGIA Atlanta 323 miles (5:32) • Blue Ridge 414 miles (7:25) • Savannah 485 miles (7:29)

LOUISIANA Lafayette 312 miles (4:55) • Lake Charles 382 miles (5:56) • New Orleans 200 miles (3:06)

MISSISSIPPI Biloxi 119 miles (1:52) • Jackson 251 miles (5:17) • Natchez 335 miles (5:44) • Summit 272 miles (4:14) •Tunica 449 miles (8:43) • Vicksburg 292 miles (5:57)

NORTH CAROLINA Asheville 555 miles (9:05)

SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston 585 miles (930) • Florence 599 miles (10:01) • Hilton Head 524 miles (8:18) • Myrtle Beach 704 miles (11:29)

TENNESSEE Chattanooga 394 miles (6:37) • Gatlinburg 544 miles (9:18) • Knoxville 503 miles (8:18) • Memphis 440 miles (8:46) • Nashville 442 miles (7:19)

TEXAS Austin 708 miles (11:12) • Dallas 697 miles (10:48) • Galveston 559 miles (8:42) • Houston 524 miles (8:06) • San Antonio 719 miles (11:04)

Astronomy Pictures from NASA

Click here to view NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. There's also an archive of the photos from previous days.

Maine Trip, May 2007 -- Day 2, Part 3

After looking at the arsenal restoration project we passed the nearby, and beautifully restored Fort Western, built in 1754. For reasons I must have known as a child, but have forgotten -- I do not know why the fort, clearly on the east side of the Kennebec River would be called Fort Western.

We crossed the Kennebec and continued south along the western bank of the river to the next town, Hallowell. In pre-colonial days Augusta was part of Hallowell. The first settlement was in 1625 by British traders and trappers. The city of Hallowell was founded in 1762 and Augusta became a separate city in 1797.

Maine became a state in 1820 having been a territory of Massachusetts before that. In a way it was a colony of a colony. Hallowell's granite quarries were famous and many grand buildings throughout the U.S. including several in Washington, DC and New York City were made from Hallowell's stone.

Today Hallowell is best known for the many antique shops that attract visitors from all over the northeast U.S. and eastern Canada. There are many beautifully well-kept, lovingly restored old homes big and small here. But there are many more in sad shape. One needing massive restoration work is the 1875 Governor Bodwell House on Middle Street in Hallowell.

Fortunately an organization in Portland identifies the state's most endangered structures and coordinates restoration efforts. To read about the Governor Bodwell House and other properties on Maine Preservation's list of Maine's most endangered historic properties click here. Their site also has a list of their success stories. The photo is by Joe Phelan of the Kennebec Journal.

Maine Trip, May 2007 -- Day 2, Part 2

The drive from Bangor to Augusta takes about an hour and fifteen minutes. On a sunny day it is very pretty, with low hills, distant mountains and some lakes here and there. For my drive I didn't see much of anything other than the highway. There was fog and heavy rain all the way.

I got to my parents' house mid-morning and we had a nice visit. After lunch we went out to run errands and drive around town. On the east side of the Kennebec River along the riverfront we drove through an area that was the Augusta Arsenal.

The old Arsenal is a complex of eight granite block buildings, dating back to the 1820s. Today it is part of the Kennebec Arsenal Renovation. The buildings will be fixed up and will be part of a riverside recreation and tourist area -- planned are residences, a marina, a major hotel and lots of shops.

After the military stopped using the arsenal buildings they housed patients of the Augusta's Insane Hospital, later known as the State Hospital. In recent years the arsenal building looked abandoned although I believe the state government used them for storage.

The location is on a beautiful part of the Kennebec River looking across to the State Capitol buildings. If this project goes as planned it will be a great benefit to the city, its visitors and residents. It will take unused land and make it a destination -- creating something from nothing.

Maine Trip, May 2007 -- Day 2, Part 1

On Friday morning, May 18, I woke up in Bangor, Maine. Something
I had not done in probably 45 years. It was cold and rainy. My room overlooked the airport terminal building. It was very grim in the gray light that morning. It looked like an Eastern European concrete block building from the Cold War period. Like a rural East German airport in a black and white movie of a John LeCarre novel.

After a really bad breakfast in the hotel coffee shop I checked out of my room and went across the street to the airport lobby to pick up my Hertz car.

I realized that despite the warm weather in Maine the week before, I was now facing more cold than I had planned for. So I stopped on the way at a Wal-Mart to get a sweatshirt and some jeans.

Bangor looked a little bit more prosperous than my last visit four years earlier. Probably from all that gambling money. Recently a slots-only casino has appeared downtown and there was more tax money pouring in than the locals ever expected.

Fans of Stephen King's books also bring money with them when they visit the area to see some of the real-life locations mentioned in his books. They may not bring in as much money as a shoe factory provided 50 years ago, but they are relatively non-polluting and don't burden the public schools. Mr. King himself is known to be a generous donor to good causes in the area. He probably provides as much, perhaps more, than a typical factory owner did in charitable giving. His house is quite the landmark, Gothic towers, spider-web gate and a high iron fence decorated with bats and gargoyles.

Bangor was a very well-off city through much of the 19th Century and into the 20th. But business and jobs moved away and it showed. A bad joke from years ago: at a party sombody said, "Bangor has seen better days." Sombody else said, "No, Bangor has seen better years." And then, "No, no, Bangor has seen better centuries." We all laughed, but it was true.

By the time I headed out of Bangor, south-bound on Interstate 95, the skies were brighter and the town looked very green with signs of spring all around. But the heaviest rains were between Bangor and Augusta and that's where I headed in my rental Toyota Matrix.

Maine Trip, May 2007 -- Day 1

Fright Night is Every Night in Bangor, Maine

About two weeks ago, on a Thursday in mid-May, I went to Maine to see my parents and sister and her family. I took American Airlines (and their American Eagle brand of little jets for smaller cities) from Pensacola, Florida, to Bangor, Maine. Jack stayed home to watch the cats and tend the garden.

Usually when I go to Maine I fly to Boston and then drive up to Augusta where my parents live. From Boston to Augusta is a little more than a three hour drive -- longer if you stop at L.L. Bean in Freeport. Going to Boston instead of Bangor means less time in the air but it was certainly worth the extra flight and the extra flying time to arrive in Bangor, just an hour's drive away from Augusta. With no big-city traffic congestion.

I left Pensacola at 9:25 A.M. (Central Time) and arrived in Bangor at 10:20 P.M. (Eastern Time -- it's one hour earlier than Central Time). The distance was 2,371 miles: 604 miles from Pensacola to Dallas; 1,389 from Dallas to New York's LaGuardia; 378 from New York to Bangor. All the flights were full and there were many disappointed people on stand-by. I spent the night at the Sheraton Hotel that's attached to Bangor International Airport.

The hotel was fine and I was tired from a long day of flights and waiting for flights. I was delighted to discover the AM and FM radio reception was good. I love to listen to the radio at night. And the one station I wanted to listen to in Bangor came in clear as a bell -- Stephen King's WKIT, 100.3 FM, the Rock of Bangor. It is one of the only live radio stations left in Maine and it has actual local DJs, 24/7. And yes, it's that Stephen King. Oh, and yes, Stephen King fans -- Bangor is Derry.

You can check out the station's website here and listen to it here. (If you have trouble listening to it from my link, try launching the live feed from the station's website.)

New link added -- from Hawaii

For several years my friends on the Big Island of Hawaii, Cheryl and Steve, have sold Hawaiian gifts, flowers and food items by mail order and over the Internet. The photo on the left shows the flower arrangement I had them send from Hawaii to my mother in Maine for Mother's Day this year.

Many of the items they sell -- the soaps and candles -- they make by hand at their home in the rain forest near Hilo using natural ingredients and wonderful Hawaiian fragrances. They also make sushi candles and soaps that look real enough to eat, but don't.

Cheryl has now made a blog, Hawaii Vacation Gifts by Doublebrush and from it you can learn a lot about Hawaii -- like, how many Starbucks and McDonald's are in Hawaii? and the secret no one tells you if you are moving to Puna.

By the way, the name Doublebrush comes from the fact that they are both artists.

I added a link to Cheryl's blog in the sidebar to the right under Blogs from Near and Far.

Escambia Bay Bridge Construction

On September 16, 2004 the storm surge from Hurricane Ivan nearly destroyed both sections of the Interstate 10 Escambia Bay Bridge outside Pensacola, Florida. Temporary repairs were made and limited traffic was permitted. Both sections of the bridge are now being destroyed and the new west-bound lanes are taking shape.

Here are some webcam photos to show the progress. You can visit the bridge's official site here. I will post more photos as the construction progresses.

In case you are confused by the pictures, the new west-bound lanes will be approximately where the old east-bound lanes were.

Behind the Scenes with the Cruise Ship Crews, Part 2

Here's a link to an interesting article from CruiseMates.com, Working on a Cruise Ship, by Paul Motter.

To read my original post about cruise ship crews, click here.