Monday, January 07, 2008

Day One--Getting to Florida ( Or Are we there YET????)

Our plans & reality don't always match---
PLAN; a good night's sleep
REALITY: The boys got to bed around 11, Eddie went around 12 and I stayed up until we left, finishing up last minute things
PLAN: we were going to leave at 2
REALITY: we left at 3:15
PLAN: we were going to eat breakfast in New Orleans
REALITY: we stopped at a McDonalds in some small town west of Lafayette --

This was the LOOOOOOONGEST day! I didn't think we'd ever get to Florida, and when we did, we still had to drive clear across the width of the state to get to Daytona. We stopped at the Florida Visitor's Center in Pensacola and got free orange juice. Trey and Eddie had several samples.
We finally got to our hotel ( The Islander) in Daytona Beach right before 10 pm, got settled and then headed across the street to Denny's for a late supper. Then straight to bed because we were exhausted. By that time, I'd been up for 40+ hours and Eddie had only had a few hours sleep more. Definitely NOT the way to start a Disney vacation!

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