Road Trip - Cruisin' the States

So, Marc and I continued our 'Journey of a Lifetime' across the U.S. on Monday, driving from Annapolis, MD down to Merritt Island, FL. ROOOAAADDD TTTRRRIIIPPP! =)

We were sad to say goodbye to Dad Magnone and the lovely town of Annapolis but were excited for our next set of adventures literally 'down the road'. I'm not sure how Marc actually managed to get all of our stuff into this rental car, but he did and around 9:30 am on Monday, we were off!

Maddie and Dexter have become expert travelers - at least as it applies to riding in the car. They only attempted to come up front a couple of times before settling in their respective spots in the backseat...we do a good job of giving them a lot of room to move around back there but we try our best not to let them up front, or they will be in our laps the entire way...and 14 hours is a long time to have two dogs in your lap...I'm just sayin'. =)

A packed 'packed' car...

The babies settling in above and below is one of our first signs in Virgina

Passing the Pentagon - it is huge!

This was a huge Phillip Morris office we passed on 95S - all I could think about was how many people in that office must have or are going to have cancer in their life...go figure...

Welcome to North Carolina! Dexter was checking things out...

We ran into MOBY somewhere along the interstate (above)

I caught Dexter 'grooming' his sister in the picture above. Often Maddie will be sound asleep and all of a sudden Dexter will start licking her face and ears and eyes and nose...so cute...she just lays there and acts as if it's the best thing ever...lol.

Back to sleep in the picture above - new positions...haha... Below Dexter is working on getting into something - not sure what be he definitely looks guilty.

Maddie May - sound asleep above - she stayed that way most of the trip... Where as Dexter was roaming around often - the picture below is him trying to sneak over the barrier we have between the back and front seats...nice little peek-a-boo action going on...

Here we are in South Carolina! This is where traffic STOPPED - just a lot of construction which ended up in us losing at least an hour...making the drive a little longer...blah.

Above is this GIANT place called South of the Border...looked like an amusement park of some sort, it was crazy! There were all these signs throughout S. Carolina as we got close to it reminding drivers to stop at South of the Border... We couldn't tell but we think it might be closed down - it sure was desolate......

Somewhere in South Carolina we finally gave in and let the puppies come up - they were whining and begging and crying and really all they wanted was to lay in our laps...so the rest of the ride we were each 'with dog'....

This is where the pictures get bad...the one above is us leave South Carolina and below - 'We're Glad Georgia's On Your Mind' aka Welcome to Georgia... It rained almost the entire way to Florida so between it getting dark and the rain, our pictures started to stink after these...

We finally made it to Florida around - eh - 8:30ish...and were trying to figure out whether we should keep going or stop and snooze for the night. We opted to keep on going...

And I'm SOOOOO glad we did because I got to eat at Krystal's...for those who haven't had this treat, you're missing out! I used to eat there all the time in Mississippi when visiting my family but haven't been back lately and haven't seen a Krystal's in a long time. Sooo - once spotted, we stopped and I chowed down...soooo yummy!

So that was our trip! It took us about 15 hours to get there with a lot of site-seeing along the way... We had a nice time although we both kept talking about how surreal everything in our life has become - I mean if you would have told me three months ago that I'd be on a road trip traveling from New York City to Merritt Island, FL to stay indefinitely, I would have told you that you were crazy! =) Funny how life can change JUST LIKE THAT...but all is well and we're enjoying our time in Florida. We had a fun drive and are happy to be here - will catch you up on our Florida time soon!