The final stretch of driving

Well the tough part is done. 2300 miles later, we arrived in West Palm Beach,FL around 930 on Tuesday night. We had planned on leaving Tallahassee early Tuesday morning, but we could not pull ourselves away from the air conditioning and internet at Logan's friend Josh's place. We finally hit the road around 11am and made a shot almost straight to Orlando.

Florida seriously has cops every mile tucked away in forests... Luckily nobody ever expects a U haul to be speeding :)

I finally reached my aunt Linda on the phone, and we decided to make a pit stop to see her. I hadn't seen her in quite some time (4 years?) so it was a nice surprise. The only downfall to this was A) the toll roads that charge 75 cents every couple miles and B) the traffic and C) the fact that it was about 15 miles backtracking. Overall though, it was quite worth it and it was great to finally see her again.


We learned here that no matter what people say, a U haul truck can pull a U-turn just as well as anything.

Now the fun part began. We got directions for how to make it the rest of the way, but before we could continue, we had to get gas. CHASE bank had something else in mind, though. They completely shut off the credit card because, apparently, purchases in Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida all within 4 days is suspicious? Go figure. After a nice conversation and a verbal SAT to get the card back working, we were on our way again, only a few hours behind schedule.

Florida roads are labeled horribly in an effort to get people lost and put them in Disneyworld. Seriously! How can a road go east and south, but not southeast?! We got lost on a tollway, which is not an easy feat.

We eventually found ourselves and were even more behind schedule, taking the scenic route through Orlando. Then an interesting thing happened...

I was writing and Logan was driving. We were both preoccupied and just wanting to get to West Palm. Logan said something along the lines of "that sign is wrong...Miami isn't one mile away." I looked and laughed and we kept going...



As we entered Cape Canaveral Air force base, we just wanted to make sure we were on the right road, but as it turns out, we were on an island. We crossed 2 bridges, but neither of us thought that we were going the wrong way; about 30 miles total.

We finally got things going the right way and were still 2 hours outside of West Palm. It had taken about 4 hours to go 40 miles, but the rest of the drive was quick (U hauls have speed chips btw).

We finally go to his house after picking up Kevin (Gumby) in our stylin' ride and relaxed to a delicious Italian dinner. From there we went to a friends house for a few hours and watched a very hyper dog (try to) play with a puppy that can't walk on hardwood floors. Quite the site to see.

The evening went on, we got back to Logan's, and settled in for a night's sleep.

Logan's Umbrella Cockatoo (bird) got a case of restless leg syndrome in the morning and decided it would be a great idea to chow down on some hardwood cabinets. The day opened with a huge breakfast and a trip to home depot for wood putty.



From there, we ventured to Gumby's (play) house, which is fully equipped with a lake, wave runner, pool table, pool, and rock band. Wave runner was great until we flipped and Logan's glasses decided to take their own vacation. Thunder was rolling, so we got off the jetski and went in the pool...but before that happened I thought it would be a great idea to put my stuff back in my pockets, including my phone. Not the best idea.




Just another reason I hate water lol.

All and all, the past couple days have been great. everything is going phenomenally well, even though I did break my phone, may have lost my spot for summer classes, and am constantly sweating.