Saturday, October 20, 2012

Day 45 (A Travel day) ( ...and my Birthday!) Milton, FL - Jacksonville, FL 349.7 miles, New Total = 9.176.9 miles
Left Milton @ just after 7AM and headed East on I10.  This was scheduled to be an Interstate Day as we had to cover roughly 350 miles and we wanted to arrive in a decent hour of the afternoon to make contact with my cousin Charlie.  Our plan was to stop at a Cracker Barrel close to Tallahassee.  It was really crowded there at 9:45 AM.  Nobody must have a job  in that city!  Had my favorite, Eggs-in-a-basket, sausage patties & hash-brown casserole. Back on the road again in cruise control we motored on.  I think we only took (2) pictures all day.  Driving through a tree lined asphalt/concrete tunnel doesn't inspire much photographic creativity!
With no stop for lunch we arrived at the campground just after 2:30 PM.  We were in the process of setting up our water & electric when I heard that unmistakable voice of Charlie! He had anticipated our arrival and got to the campground right after us.  We finished setting up, sat around and swapped stories & insults for a while and then Charlie drove us all to his house in his truck. His brother-in-law D.J. and his girlfriend were there when we arrived. After an hour or so of all of us sharing more stories and getting to know each other, we all went to Olive Garden for a great dinner.  At the end of the evening Charlie threw me the keys to his truck and said to come back in the morning when we were ready.  Charlie has a 2011 Ford F150 extra cab with all the bells & whistles. We made it back to the campground OK, but couldn't find our way to our site as their where just too darn many one way streets.  Finally we found the security guard and he explained the layout of the park and we found our way home! I guess that's what happens when you turn 70!

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