Papa Dave really did only get a few hours of sleep. He woke up at 12:30AM, and by 1:00AM, Mother Hen was moving.
Papa Dave says gas prices varied as much as 50 cents from a low if $3.25 in VA to a high of $3.79 in FL.
Breakfast was at a rest stop between Richmond and DC. Papa Dave was really making time! However, David had mixed feelings about this type of travel...
Last Quote of the Day: "It's good we are almost home, but while we were sleeping we missed out on part of our trip!" ~David
Our last meal of the trip was at a Wendy's. Emily was happy.
Arrived home around 2PM. That was a long day of driving! But Papa Dave made it the whole way. (Being a tour bus driver helps.)
But we didn't go straight home. We took a little detour, trying to find an Amish buggy to take a picture of. We probably looked like tourists! Little did the people in the cars behind us know, we lived just down the road!
Those buggies were elusive! The people in the one we finally did get a picture of weren't cooperating! The boys in the back out their heads down, cause they saw Emily taking the picture. Oh well.
Unloaded the RV. Everyone had to unpack before they started playing with their Legos! (bought from Legoland)
Was going to close the blog with that picture of the buggy. But not sure about that. Jenna had a better idea. Here is everyone's favorite part(s) of the trip.
Papa Dave: David making record time up Vintage hill: 5:49, crossing lake Santee on Rt. 301 (this was probably one of his favorite parts because he broke David's max speed record while going down the other side of the bridge), riding with Emily in the rain, 1 mile race to the FL line, all 10 riding together into Pinecraft, time with family in renovated house
Grandma Rose: being and camping with grandchildren for three weeks straight, Knox hotel and Dairy Queen in Nahunta, GA, and church on the beach the on Sunday the 22nd.
Darrell: getting to eat 5 meals one day
Ladina: visiting Family in SC. Not having to set up camp, seeing Louella and Susan again, relaxing by the beautiful setting, enjoying dinner including blackberry pie, van pulling in with Doug, Rochelle, Janie, Lil, and Josiah.
Doug: Riding to FL with his parents... AGAIN!
Doug: Riding to FL with his parents... AGAIN!
eating biker breakfasts, black water tubing, and learning his wife enjoys cycling (as long as it's flat)!
Rochelle: Learning to draft, conversations while biking, Aunt Janie's air-conditioned house, card games, and various moments of laughter
Emily: riding in the rain 2 different times. Also the arrival to Florida.
David: being in Aunt Janie's house and playing card games learned from Doug and Rochelle
Jenna: spending time with Natalie and getting showed around their little farm. Getting to milk the cow. The Legoland ski show.
Ellie: Legoland water slides, rollercoasters, and ski show. Visiting in SC and the watermelon smashings.
Oh, and one more thing. Exactly 25 years ago on this day, the adventure really started. References have been made to the previous Florida trip. How fitting that the two journeys ended and began on the same day, 25 years apart.
This is the first crew.
Ladina, her friend Pam, Grandma Rose, Doug, and Papa Dave.
It was only once we got home that we realized one other similarity between the two trips. Out of all the places, we entered Florida at the same place. Compare these pictures:
Thanks Lord for blessing us with such great adventures.
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