That's a shame she's not into it. Its always a bit of an adventure and better feel for the land, the history, everything.
And heck you have the time built in, so go for it! It will be fun.
If you're stopping in Pensacola, there used to be "Seville Quarter" sort of a Bourbon St - New Orleans tyoe setup. At the NAS there's a museum of Navy planes, and the NPS runs Fort Baracass(sp?) & some other pre-civil defense posts. It was in the same position as Ft Sumpter when the hot heads decided to take over US facilities. IIRC it did resupplied and did not fall.