Alright, so luckily for me since it got delayed, this now means barring any troubles, I will be able to drive up for the Pumpkin Carve.
I just booked a flight down for Wednesday Oct 20th and will be arriving in Pensacola around 11 am. I will be changing out the front hub and changing fluids for good measure, and then spending a night down there and heading up to OT's Thursday. If anyone wants to meet up for a bite to eat or whatever, let me know.
This is my current route but I don't mind going a little bit out of the way. especially if someone knows of a great place to eat.