FedEx finally delivered Nathaniel's computer cable to Jenny and Sandy's house this morning at 10:28-- with a good 2 minutes to spare on their guaranteed delivery. It was hard to leave everyone and I hope we can come back soon-- I still want to see the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center and eat more Flying Biscuits.
It was a long day of driving but the girls took it like champs. At our first rest stop, Maddie kissed a tree. For lunch, we went to our first Chik-Fil-A and it was delicious, just like the cow said it would be. Maddie got to play in her first fast food playground and Nathaniel got the milkshake he'd been craving. Then we headed back down Rt. 75, with Click and Clack, the Car Talk guys entertaining our way to Florida.
There are a lot of places near the border of Florida that want to give you free orange juice. And there are lots of places to see girls who are ready to bare it all-- at least according to the giant billboards. (I don't seem to see many of those billboards in the North. Oh, Bible belt, why don't you do a better job keeping pants on?)
We got into Gainesville in time for pizza dinner and ate outside in Kathleen and Richard's beautiful backyard. Nathaniel wanted to sleep in the tent so he set it up and we all enjoyed a pleasant, bug-free evening outdoors.
The girls went to sleep pretty well but they are all ready finding one another too amusing and it took a lot of giggling before they fell asleep.
1 comment:
I'm glad you guys finally got the charger! I'm so proud of you both for your family trip, it sounds like lots of good memories are being made. Love you guys!
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