May 23, 2009

• Sorry it's been awhile since my last post.  I was gone for a week and my mother didn't have internet set up.  The few times I did gain access to the web I was checking email and the like.  I've been quite busy otherwise.  Florida was okay.  It was only sunny one day while I was there.  The rest of the time it was either severely raining or very overcast.  I did make it for a short beach jaunt the sunny day.  I took minimal photos.  First were with my cell phone, but I bought a new digital camera while I was there.  But, still, I am bad about taking photos.

  The trip:

  

  The Challenger handled like a champ.  It was the most comfortable cross-country drive I've been on.  And having Sirius and GPS navigation was really cool.  I was able to keep it in cruise control the majority of the was and got about 25 MPG, which is damn good for a V8 muscle car.

   

   

   

   

   

  At the Florida Welcome Center on IH-10.  I thought I needed to get out and stretch my legs since I was on the final stretch.  Lots of bug guts on the windshield and the front hood and bumper.

   

   

   

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  The beach was red-flagged due to riptides.  But it was pleasant just to walk along it and get the feet wet.  It was a beautiful day.  Like I said, one of the few beautiful days I had there.

  

  

  

  

  (below) From the Mid-Bay Bridge, traveling from Destin to Niceville.

  

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