Tons of Center Grove kids and their families descended upon the beautiful white hot sand beaches of Fort Myers Beach Florida. We went with a bunch of the soccer girls and their families. Throughout the week we had many visitors to the house, at one point the basement was full of kids. It was the 15 year olds we had to keep a little more handle on, but allowed them the freedom to go to lunch at the 'pier' and hang.
Alex, Amanda and I took a day and went over to Sanibel Island for some shelling and a little different scenery, we had a fun day out lunch on Captiva and headed back to the house.
A new driving record for me. We left Saturday at 5am in the morning, the Hocks whom I was traveling with were early risers, I adapted but they had to put up with my cranky but until I got enough coffee in me. We traveled well together, me usually forging ahead liking the left hand lane and a cruising speed of 81-82 mph. As the morning wore on and the miles behind us we were having debates of stopping for another overnight or driving through. Kelsey was convinced we were driving through. We didn't stop except for gas and one break past Atlanta and were hard at it steady. Atlanta had some slow to stopped traffic that wore on both myself and Mike Hock's nerves, but we managed and took a break. As we reached Chattanooga, TN, I had been driving for about 12 hours at this time and was getting weary. I decided to let Kelsey drive to Nashville, our overnight or not stop, forgetting the hills to Nashville are twisty, turny and steep grades...the fun begins, poor Kelsey I don't make a very good passenger - I drive myself all the time. As we reached Nashville, rush hour traffic was in full bloom - 7 lanes across, mom in the passenger seat sweaty bullets and two smart-asses in the back seat we again managed - she did very well, I didn't. We stopped just after Nashville, myself wide awake again and a boost from a Red Bull - I was in it for the long haul and so were Hocks. Off we went to complete the final leg of this long journey - according to Google Maps 1122 miles to be exact. But in the end, I was glad to wake up Sunday in my own bed, just don't make me get in that car yet!
