Friday, July 25, 2008

Our vacation 2008 Part 1

Friday July 25, 2008

Today we were supposed to leave early for our vacation. Michael’s team, the Lakewood Legends, is in an IBC tournament in Clearwater and the last day is supposed to be today. So far they are undefeated. Yesterday it rained so there has been some rescheduling and now the last day of the tournament will be tomorrow. Unfortunately for the team they lost both of today’s games and are out of the tournament so we headed out of Clearwater around 4:30. We have the trailer with us, which is great so we could fill it up with all sorts of stuff for our trip without running out of room.
We had decided earlier in the week that the kids would rotate their seating arrangement clockwise at every stop. It sort of worked out okay. Michael and Jacob managed to get next to each other and that always creates lots of drama. We stopped at McDonald’s in Waldo, Florida for dinner. Now we know the answer to the question, “Where’s Waldo?” Jacob’s legs were hurting and he was over tired and everyone was getting a little chilly because it had been raining most of the trip so we were a little damp. When we opened the trailer to get out some jackets we discovered that the trailer had been collecting water from the rain and much of the stuff inside was wet or damp including Jacob’s jacket. He was using a red duffle bag for his clothes so now his jacket has red dye all over it. That combined with his legs and tiredness did not make for an enjoyable meal. I gave him some Tylenol for the legs before he ate. When we left Micky D’s I sat in the back between Mike and Jake and Jake fell asleep with his head on my lap. We drove until we got into Georgia and stopped at an exit that showed about six hotels. First we went to La Quinta, where we were told that there was no room at the inn. Then we went to Hampton Inn where we were told there was no room at the inn. Then we finally stopped at Days Inn. A manger would have been better.

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