Travelodge Defuniak Springs

... were flying over the nice clear water.  We pretended that they were helping us find the ring.  They weren't.

Did I mention how nice and clear the water was.

Eventually we decided to come back to the condo and make adult smoothies....

Mmmm.... adult smoothies....

The wedding is soon, we will be barefoot on the beach, not sober, and looking good.  

Go us! 

And GO Bridget and Drew!!!!

 

... br>Patient
Sa ndy

I consider them friends
The stars
I learn from them
They are many things
Great listeners
Supporters
Believers
Lovers

They have no secrets
No funny stories
No sad stories
And no answers
 
They just light my path
Insisting that I have somewhere to go

So tonight
I walk

... Slick Fingers Lou" (Grandma Lou) was the only one that actually made any money on the trip but they all had fun. We all got to lay out a bunch on the beautiful beach in front of our beach house and we all got a fairly remarkable tan. Cory, Matt, Nicholas and I did a bunch of surfing and boogie boarding and saw a lot of marine life in the water. At night, well, lets just say that a number of us dove heavily into the spirits and had some great times playing ...

... the country. Sugar white sand and blue green water. We visited family, at Appilachicola oysters and shrimp. Terri cooked some thick, juicy, all-American size steaks for dinner one night and she also made biscuits and gravy with grits for breakfast one morning. Why is this trip so much about the food??? We also did some shopping. Every store was ...

... spider crack and luckily fully covered by FL insurance) and a few other repairs and/or service. It took over three weeks because they would do a little something and then it could be days before they would do something else. Oh well, we didn't have to pay for staying there and insurance covered most everything, so it wasn't too bad. Finally, we went on down to our friend PJ's place in Vernon, FL just south of the I-10 and ...

... she couldn't tell me everything they did. Which is normal for her. XD And me unfourtunatly >_> Stupid genectics... >D July 7th: We left a day late; no shocker there. Stopped at Dunkin' Donuts, and countinued driving. Saw and feed real gators, shopped [as usual], and continued driving. July 8th: Yeah, save for stopping at iHop instead, not much difference from yesterday. =/ No live gators, but we saw a stuffed 13 foot one. Oh, and more shopping. Yay ...

... their spiel for what they're flying over, the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, etc. I told him I'd try to report on some of the locations from ground level. We had originally planned on going to the Ozarks on the way west. I talked with the campground we had thought of going to and a good portion of their park was flooded so we decided to simply head west. Our goal for the 5th is to get as far as Defuniak ...

... storage, some that I had in the old RV, some new. We finally had most everything as we liked it, but there were still a couple of things Terry wanted checked out at the Tiffin service center in Red Bay, AL so when we finally left PJ's, we drove on up there in the NW corner of AL. While there, we also took the factory tour, which was very informative and made us happy that we had gotten a ...

... With the telephone technology of today, she was able to move the business from Maui to Florida. We got there just as she was setting up and getting everything going. It was actually fun for me because it almost felt like we were back on Maui. We were talking to the owners of activity companies, activity agents and tourists who were all on Maui and we were acting like we were, too. The 'farm' is only a few acres but it has two small ponds (where Terry could fish), a large shop ...

... and the truck driver recovered enough for us not to really collide badly. The only damage was his side mirror banged ours, practically tearing it off and shattering the upper mirror (of the two mirrors in the bracket). By the time that we could pull over, he was gone and it would have been too much trouble to try to go after him (it's not easy to turn around with an 40" RV plus our Grand Cherokee Jeep SUV hitched behind)! Well, after the Perdido Key ...