Friday, February 26, 2010

Whatever is in Between Florida and Mississippi, and Mississippi


Nobody is entirely sure what lies in between Florida and Mississippi, however experts believe it is a horrible land, filled with barbarians hell bent on blindsiding quarterbacks well after a play is over.  It is obvious there are only 2 men in the world with the balls to venture into this forsaken land:


 

I parked the USS Kanan and went on to investigate the USS Alabama Memorial in Mobile.






Much like Alabama, Mississippi was one of those states in which I really didn't know what to check out, so I played it by ear and stopped in Historic Biloxi, Established in 1699.




There I spent some time gazing into the Gulf of Mexico and then headed off for some southern-style gambling at the Hard Rock Casino, where I turned $20 into $90 then eventually $60, but I had a far better time than I did at the Hard Rock Casino in Vegas.


 

Later I'd go on to spend a night in Jackson, but I only checked out the capitol, tada!

 

Your American Hero,
-AK

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Kanan in Florida: A Crocodile at a Gator Rally

Florida seems like one of those states that everyone has been to at least once or twice, like California, but I had never been so it was a must stop for Kanan Across America!  I wanted to tour the whole state, but I only managed to check out the northern, redneck part of the state; I saved the douchy, southern part of the state for a later date.

My first stop was Jacksonville, home of Tim Tebow.  It was raining pretty heavily, unfortunately, so I didn't do much touring; I did have a pleasant stay at a Red Roof Inn.

A reconnaissance mission to The Swamp was in order.  I had to tap into all of my mad spy skillz to infiltrate Urban Meyer's evil lair, but in the end I would be ready to take on the mighty Gators at the BCS National Championship Game!  Of course, they forgot to make it...




Eventually, I would finally find out the source...

...But I was compelled by their philosophies!

At the end of the day, I realized they're not so bad!

Tallahassee was my next stop, where I toured the Florida State campus.  I wanted to make a funny and refer to Florida St. as Florida A&M, but much to my chagrin, there's actually one of those in Tallahassee :(  FSU has, by far the coolest collection of statues around its football field!






After a hot and humid night at a Florida rest stop, I got to welcome the next day in Pensacola Beach, I had the whole beach to myself, THE WAY IT SHOULD BE!



 



The Sun never did show up during my stay in the Sunshine State, to be continued?

Your American Hero,
-AK

Sunday, January 10, 2010

KAA: Alabama

I spent half a day in Alabama last summer.  That is all.

Your American Hero,
-AK