Drove back on 98 west to Pensacola for bike maintenance and more touring.  The work was fast; they seemed more in a hurry than I was.  I think they missed some recommended work, so I may find another service center in Tampa.

Found forts near the Air Museum.  As with Fort Jackson, the forts were built pretty much after forts became obsolete, but no one knew what else to do.  As with so many other advances, they reached the height of their technology after the tech had become overtaken by entirely different tech.

The Naval Air Museum is as modern as they come.  Definitely the most impressively designed museum I’ve seen on the trip.  A zeppelin exhibit!  They have an Imax theater and Blue Angels flight immersion simulator.  Actually, there was a change of command today so the Blue Angels themselves did a little show.  The cafeteria/bar was decked out with plaques that had been at the Cubi Point Officer’s Club bar at Subic Bay.  I’d been in the that bar in the Philippines, so it was more interesting for me than for others.  I actually remembered some of the plaques.

I had been watching the sky all day and just as I was about to leave the museum I realized it WAS TIME TO LEAVE.  I quickly found a hotel about an hour east of the my location and dashed off.  I was battered by a lot of wind (again!) on bridges and some rain on the way, even stopping at an underpass to put on my raincoat for the first time.  But I missed the worst of it.  About an hour after arrival the skies really opened up.  Thunderstorm warnings, tornado warnings, etc.  It was definitely not the kind of storm anyone on two wheels should go through.  The forecast is not good for tomorrow, so I may ditch any sightseeing plans and just push through to clear skies in Tampa.