The Gulf Coast on Ben and Carma

Galveston, Texas

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Galveston in January.

Grey skies, wide beaches, and not a crowd in sight.

The Ferry to Galveston

Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

We didn’t just drive to Galveston.

We took the ferry.

Bay St. Louis, Mississippi — Slow Days on the Gulf

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

We didn’t come to Bay St. Louis to see the sights.

We came to rest. And the town was perfectly fine with that.

Four Hours in New Orleans

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Four hours.

That’s all we had in New Orleans. Just over an hour from Bay St. Louis, so we made an afternoon of it.

Buccaneer State Park — Gulf of Mexico

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Just south of Bay St. Louis, MS, hugging the edge of the Gulf of Mexico, is Buccaneer State Park in Waveland.

We went in the afternoon. And the light made the difference.

A Lunch Stop That Became a Highlight: Mobile, Alabama

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

We weren’t planning to fall for Mobile.

It was supposed to be a lunch stop, a place to break up the drive from Gulf Shores,AL to Bay St. Louis, MS. But the ferry from Fort Morgan to Dauphin Island was down for maintenance, so we had to drive through Mobile anyway.

Fort Morgan, History at the Tip of Mobile Point

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Right at the tip of a long, narrow peninsula — where Mobile Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico — sits Fort Morgan.

It’s been there since 1833.

Gulf Shores — Wildlife, Bikes, and a Beachful of Shells

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Gulf Shores surprised us.

In the best possible way.

Pensacola Lighthouse, 165 Years and Still Shining

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Not every lighthouse is easy to get to.

We’d come east to Gulf Shores, but the Pensacola Lighthouse pulled us back west. Forty minutes back into Florida. Worth every mile.

The lighthouse sits inside Naval Air Station Pensacola. You have to enter the base to reach it.

Panama City Beach — Three Nights on the Gulf

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

After the busyness of the holiday coast, we needed to exhale.

Panama City Beach was just the place.

Bonita Springs, Bradenton, and Steinhatchee — Moving Through Florida

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Not every stop on a road trip is a destination.

Some stops are just… the road.

Two Lighthouses, One Epic Day

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Wowsa. What a day!

Not one lighthouse. Two.