We woke up after quite a rough night in Montgomery. We got called in the middle of the night, I assume from someone else in the hotel, as that is really the only way to call someone in a hotel and…
Day 78: Rural Florida and Alabama
We had one more dip in the gulf and then unfortunately had to carry on. I do like traveling, but this was hard to leave: Almost as soon as we left the coast, the Florida panhandle got very rural very…
Day 77: Panama City Beach, Florida
We decided we needed to make some very serious distance due to spending so much time in Florida. We have really loved it, but it still only 29 out of 48 we intend to travel to, so Chris drove 350…
Day 76: Venice and Tampa, Florida
After an excellent night in Naples, we headed north. The first city we checked out, Venice, turned out to mainly because retirement or snowbird community, that is, many people with homes there live in the north of the US most…
Day 75: Miami, Alligators and Naples, Florida
After a rough time at the Miami Airport Days Inn (see previous post), we finally got going at 1 PM. We attempted to see Miami itself, despite starting several hours later than hoped. This was a challenge as there is…
Day 74: Mile Zero and the Southernmost Point
We were a little worried the return would not be as good as going out. Obviously it never can be, but we still managed to find some new and unique things on the way back that we’d missed on the…
Day 73: The Florida Keys
Ever since we’d discussed moving to the US, Chris has wanted to drive the whole Florida Keys road. We have finally had the chance to do it and it was actually properly amazing – a dream come true and what…
Day 72 Part 2: Southern Florida
To make better time, we had to give a few things a miss that we would have normally done, like going to NASA, but I am sure we will be back to Florida even if we don’t move here, so…
Day 72 Part 1: Daytona Beach
We woke up to a beautiful day and had another dip in both the sea and the pool. Since it was a ‘proper’ hotel, they had a bit nicer breakfast as well (hot food beyond those waffle makers). We headed…
Day 71: The Florida Atlantic Coast
We went back to Jacksonville Beach on our way out of town as it was gloriously sunny day, which was great because it was Chris’s half birthday. We don’t normally celebrate that sort of thing, but given we spent our…