Big East Trip Day 6

Big East Trip – Travel Day 6
Sunday June 13, 2004

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Kissimmee, FL – Monroeville, AL
Full stop @ Monroeville, AL (KMVC)
We stayed in Lake Buena Vista, FL for 5 nights. We visited 3 of the 4 Disneyworld Parks and also drove east to the Kennedy Space Center. We put our feet in the Atlantic Ocean in Cocoa Beach, and the water was noticeably warmer there than the Atlantic we touched in Maine. But, it was time to start heading home. We’d be covering a lot of ground in the next two days, so we got out early. Luckily the weather was cooperating and we had a nice flight along the Gulf coast towards Alabama.

On landing we got fueled up, and were told to taxi to the other end of the field for parking and restaurants within walking distance. We did that, walked along a country road and had lunch at a restaurant along the highway. It was pretty much in the middle of nowhere, as the signs leading out lead to cities I’d never heard of. After lunch we walked back to the airplane, got in and left.


Monroeville, AL – Shreveport, LA
Touch & Go @ Natchez, MS (17M)
Full stop @ Shreveport, LA (KDTN)
This flight went pretty much as planned. We had to dodge some clouds here and there, but it was pretty nice overall. The closer we got to Shreveport though, I could see weather building up. On my radar I could see thunderstorms just starting to show up south through northwest of Shreveport and on the move. Shreveport was still clear though and I could see it and Barksdale Air Force Base a long way out.

After landing, we got a shuttle ride to the terminal in an elongated golf cart. The main ramp was torn up and under construction, so we weren’t able to park that close to the terminal. After calling our hotel, they came out and picked us up. Once at the hotel the sky opened up and a street flooding thunderstorm pummeled the city. It was so bad, when we got a free ride to a restaurant, the driver had to take alternate routing as the main road was flooded out completely. We had a great dinner and swam in the pool later. We all went to bed pretty early and got a great nights sleep.

Accommodations
Holiday Inn/Bossier City

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