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We continued our two-trips theme in the summer of 1987. Our biggest
trip was a tour of the Gulf Coast from Mississippi to Florida. Later, we decided to ride up to
Indianapolis for a brief visit.
Our first vacation was along the Gulf Coast from Panama City Beach
in Florida to Gulfport, Mississippi. This was our first of several trips to Florida. We started
in Panama City, which is a strip town with many tourist attractions off the Gulf of Mexico.
Obviously we spent some time on the beach. That was a new experience. We also went to a place
called Marine World. They had exhibits and aquariums featuring ocean life. I remember a great
dolphin show there. We played mini-golf for the first time at Pirates Island Golf Course. I won
by three strokes.
From Panama City, we drove west. We stopped in Mobile, Alabama at
a retired war ship. It was huge and I lost my mom in it. Our last stop was the sister cities of
Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi. We played two more rounds of mini-golf and mom won both.
We also spent time on the beach and took a ride on a shrimp boat. Along the way we stopped at a
museum and read about Hurricane Camille and visited another place with sea life, called Marine
Land.
As summer dragged on we yearned for another challenge. We picked
Indiana. It was the third week of August and it was hot. Our main stop was Indianapolis. We
saw the Pan American Games there. The U.S. beat Puerto Rica in basketball 80-75. We also saw
a dog show in Columbus, and mom found a worm in her salad in a Starlite, Indiana restaurant.
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