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April 5th, 2021            

Today would mark the end of our boys trip... but first we would have some driving to do - around 540 miles worth! Our day started by getting showered and ready to go before grabbing a quick bite of the Holiday Inn Express continental breakfast. By the time we had done all that, it was 8:30am and we were ready to hit the road.

We didn't do much stopping this morning, as we kept rolling along all the way until 12:30pm, when we would have to find a gas station. We settled upon a Murphy Express station in Tallahassee, Florida because it was quite a bit cheaper than any of the others in the area. Since we were in Tallahassee we decided that it would be worth our while to try to find the state capitol building. We had no trouble actually locating the building itself, parking was another issue. We couldn't find a spot to park anywhere close to the building, and since we were getting hungry anyway we decided that it really wasn't worth the effort to keep looking. We wound our way through the "hilly" streets of Tallahassee, which were hilly enough to provoke Drew to call Tallahassee the "San Francisco of Florida", which seemed appropriate based on some of the streets we were driving on. As I previously mentioned Drew and I were getting hungry, and we ended up settling for McDonald's once again. We found one on the opposite side of Tallahassee, and a little after 2:00pm we ended up stopping for lunch.

We were back on the road, headed home, a little before 2:30pm. We had smooth sailing most of the way, with our only stop being at the Columbia County Rest Area, I-75 Southbound in Lake City, Florida. We did run into some thicker traffic as we neared Tampa from the north, but it wasn't anything too terrible. The clock read 6:29pm when we pulled into the driveway at home, officially ending our trip. The grand total was five days, and 3,304.0 miles, as well as countless laughs, stories, and tears.

Despite the weariness from being on the road for all that time, I am absolutely ready to do it all over again! Hope to see you soon Tyler!

 


Alabama to Florida


Some of the cranes that can be seen at the port in Mobile, Alabama.

Here are some of the cool buildings we saw in Mobile.

Here we are approaching the George C Wallace Tunnel in Mobile, Alabama...

...which takes I-10 under the Mobile River.

Here is a couple of looks at the USS Alabama at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama...

 

Here are some looks out into Mobile Bay...

 
 
 

We did run into some construction traffic, but thankfully the wait wasn't too long.

A look at some wetlands in Alabama.

Here we are, entering Florida!

Florida Welcomes Us!

Now for a look out at Pensacola Bay...

 

We saw some smoke during our drive in Florida...

 

We lost an hour as we entered the Eastern Time Zone.

Here is the Florida State Capitol building...

...and the Museum of Florida History in Tallahassee.

Another look at the Florida State Capitol.

Although the picture doesn't show it well, this is the street that provoked Drew's "San Francisco of Florida" comment about Tallahassee.

Here is a look at our trip totals on Great-Grandma Parrott's Enclave.



 

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