Things to do & places to Visit in Florida & Texas...

Me and my girlfriend are going to visit Florida in October. Do you guys got any adresses to cool places we need to visit? Car shows, junk yards, shops etc etc. We've already been to New York, Vegas, Grand Canyon, LA, San Fran & a whole lotta smaller towns in between so we thought it was time to hit Florida. We're also visiting Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana & Texas. It's gonna be awesome!

Thanks/Stefan, Stockholm, Sweden

 

The the Navy's Naval Air Museum in Pensacola @ the Navy base(sounds like your using I-10), the Garlits Museum in Ocala. USS Alabama battleship in Mobile, Al.

 

Excellent, we're staying one night in Mobile and now we got a cool museum to visit. We're staying for over one week in Florida so i'll definitely take a look at the Garlits Museum. Thanks for the tips. Keep em coming

 

If you're going to be here towards the end of the month, here's a couple of cool events for ya:

 

Don't forget to give "fantasy of flight" a look.............just down the road from Disney..it's worth the trip.

Mark

 

http://www.cruisinthecoast.com/

Early October

 

adjustablejohnsons: We're arriving to Florida 19th October so we're gonna miss www.cruisethecoast.com

hotrod mike: We're definitely gonna attend the Billetproof Drags

texoutsider: Awesome!

 

Give us a shout if your coming to Dallas / Ft.Worth Texas area. We can show you around or give you some directions here. Sounds like a great trip.

 

As for Texas, about the best place to visit is San Antonio....and the weather should be great then..
http://imwx.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USTX1200?from=dayDetails_bottomnav_undeclared

Warning!! You'll probably get addicted to Mexican food and have withdrawal when you get home.

http://www.sanantonioriverwalk.com/Riverwalk Dinner Cruises.html

 

mobile has the U.S.S. Alabama and the submarine U.S.S. drum i think the name was . it is awesome and unbelievable to walk thru and see how they lived while on board. my hat is def off to those that served

 

fla is a huge state to travel in what areas are you gonna be in may help or you can go to flacarshows.com

 

There is a world war 2 airplane museum in Galveston,TX. Its super cool and free, they except donations.

 

weeki wachee mermaids

http://www.weekiwachee.com/

 

http://www.classiccarbug.com/

The Shed BBQ and blues joint off I-10 exit 57 in Mississippi.

 

Goodguys Rod & Custom Association - 18th Lone Star Nationals at Texas Motor Speedway (Fort Worth off I-35 North)

October 1st - 3rd in Fort Worth, Texas

http://www.good-guys.com/events/eventDetails.aspx?eventid=10-621

 

Definitely plan your 23rd&24th weekend around Don Garlits Museum show and Billetproof drags. There will also be a gathering in Tampa the evening after the Garlits show and before The Drags. Check this thread:http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=506666

 

The air museum in pensacola was awesome. been ther twice and never gets old ,also free to get in! they got alot of vintage airplane engines,even cutaways of some to see all the internal stuff.

 

Hell, i live on i-10 before you get to beaumont tx..swing by and have a Lone Star!!!!

 

garlits is a must see

 

53>> I will, sir

Imnezrider>> Perfect, thanks.

59brook>> Miami, Fort Lauderdale & Orlando are the places we've booked hotels at.

Sam Navarro>> Awesome, we love museums!

Saxon>> Thanks, my girlfriend's gonna love that.

Judd>> Thanks!

Slow55>> We arrive October 19th

str8 6 str8 edge>> Awesome

matthew mcglothin>> Sounds great!

OLDCARDON53>> Yep, i'm definitely gonna visit that place.

 

Texas, depending where, but please see the "Cadillac Ranch" west of Amerillo just off Rte 66 in a farmers field on the south side of the old hwy.

There's a gate to walk to the old planted Cads!!

The interstate parallel's Rte 66 along here so it's been turned into an acess road.

pdq67

 

As someone said there's also the WWII submarine "Drum", plus airplanes & tanks @ the USS Alabama. It's just off I-10 on the Causeway. However Mobile is a rough town, it was the last stop on the Power Tour this year & quite a few booked rooms on the east shore, Spanish Fort or Daphne. People who stayed @ the Marriot downtown didn't have any reported problems. One Tour guy was shot at after chasing a guy who did a hit n run accident.

 

yes we did the power tour and mobile was definately the roughest spot we stopped in

 

fort lauderdale on a friday nite there is a cruise at a place called the tower shoppes a few hundred cars everything from army trucks to musclecars,hot rods, lambo's,jeep's etc couple of restuarants in the same plaza
saturday night in orlando there is an old car cruise at a place called old town right outside of disney on I-92
i think it is the week before garits/billetproof, there is a show in lakeland which also draws some incredible cars everything from a copy of the original mercedes shipped over from the factory to don garlits dragster's. i think this year the chairperson is lynn st james
if you need anymore on any of these 3 let me know

 

If you make it to Loxahatchee when in Florida, be sure to catch some of our cultural events. Just a few examples: dog fights, bear baiting, mud wrestling (after the mud bog), and the midget toss exstravaganza.

 

ya if you want to see the REAL florida take in a few of the mud bogs that are all over the place. that'll be a culture shock

 

oct 30 the worlds largest cocktail party in jacksonville

 

pdq67>> The Cadillac Ranch is a must

George>> We're only staying in Mobile a couple of hours for food & sleep.

59brook>> I'm gonna have to take a look on our schedule to see which dates we're in Florida. It sounds like there's a lot going on though.

gmartin73>> Sounds like a blast

I SMELL SMOKE>> We're in texas by then.

Some guys are telling me that we must visit Austin while in Texas. If anyone got some cool ideas of what to do there we would appreciate it alot

 

there is great hunting in texas and BBQ

 

I recomend driving up Hwy A1A while in South Floirda or driving down to the keys, if nothing else to get that feeling of being at the END of the country...pretty cool.
Stop in on Palm Beach...very pretty and you can stop by our store, too...lol.
Palm Beach is pretty, DelRay is really cool and should be stopped in if you in South Florida...Atlantic Avenue had great food and the like.