Ramada Conference Center Tallahassee

... history fun. Also, I think it helps to instill national pride at an early age. Perhaps they wouldn’t have the opportunity to visit these facilities if they had to pay admission. And finally, if you’re shopping at Costco and an item is selling for a price ending in 97 cents, it’s being sold below cost. At Sam’s Club, if it ends with a “1” (i.e. 21, 31, 81 cents) – same deal.

... the weather at 2:30 in the morning... 80 degrees, 92% humidity and zero wind! Not to mention we parked the van on the same side that the delivery trucks pass by. What a night, needless to say, I didn't get much sleep. Oh and did I mention that The Nic can sleep through anything?

Tomorrow we're off to explore New Orleans!

To be Continued...

Jess & Nic

... leaves at 10:30PM and arrives in Fairbanks at 1:37AM Sunday. That's 5:37AM eastern time. UGH. But we managed to get into the Princess Lodge a day early, so we can check in and sleep most of Sunday as we have no activities planned. Of course, this is assuming all goes well with flights and such. Keep your fingers crossed...and hopefully we'll have good news to report later!

Rob Troke entry: Day 25, May 27 We drop Lauren off at the car rental place (Homer stays) and head back to Tampa for Ted's forgotten wallet. We meet Carlos at work, make an exchange - wallet for a King Can then head north. We toast to getting out of Florida (week and ...

We thought it would be beneficial for us (as well as educational for Ryan) to keep a journal of our trip to Alaska. Actually writing something down (the old fashion way - pen to paper) was met with some eye rolls, but when you bring technology into the mix, suddenly the idea didn't seem half bad! Hopefully our family and friends will enjoy following along on our travels. We hope to post pictures and adventures frequently...assuming there is phone service!

... the time we had by visiting the old capital building across the street - great value for the money (free)! This building, built on one of the high points in the city, served as the government seat until replaced by a tower next door in the 1970's. Restored to the way it was in the early part of the last century, it now houses interpretive exhibits of Florida history and provides interactive activities for ...

... restaurants, daily activities of this lifestyle require a considerable portion of each day. After an early lunch we decided to explore downtown Tallahassee via car. The sky is overcast and threatening rain but we decided to leave our 'on foot' exploration until tomorrow and headed out of town to the Leon Sinks Geological ...

... us past both very affluent looking horse farms and Florida forest areas. On one of the more remote sections of the road we passed two people pushing carts with all their belonging piled on top. The piles were at least eight feet high and tied together with rope. What a contrast and statement of the times! T

... of driving a day for many of them. I will also shoot for odd places on the way up. Normally I would do more backroad than interstate; but I do have a time deadline to get out there. However there is still a lot of non-interstate on this trip.

... big p*rty poopers *nd c*lled it *n e*rly night. S*r*h m*de *ltern*te pl*ns with her friends which m*de us feel * little less guilty *bout b*iling out on her. We s*id goodbye, but we expected to see her *g*in *t Gr*mmy's house for P*ssover. Sund*y - M*rcye *nd George c*me over to Gr*mmy's, picked us up, *nd we went out for bre*kf*st. Afterw*rds, we hung out in our RV. They once lived in * RV tr*iler *nd this w*s their first time seeing our RV tr*iler up close. They invited us to ...