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Vacation 2012 - Day One

I guess it's time ya'll found out...we went on vacation last week. I know, I know, too may secrets. Ha! Lucky for you, I took lots of pictures and want to show you now.

Friday after work I came home and packed while I waited for my friend to bring over the fireplace we had bought. After she left, I went to take Louie to the kennel and Eli to get his hair cut. By the time we made it back Eric had the car loaded, so we hit the road to Marion to get Eric's parents.

We woke up at 4:30 on Saturday morning, loaded the van topper, ate and Hardees and hit the road. As you can see from above picture, everyone was pretty tired and dozed in the car. The ten million traffic jams gave us plenty of extra time to rest.

We stopped in Alabama to show Eli the rocket, ate lunch at Wendy's and entertained ourselves listening to the UK v. Louisville game on the radio....which was nearly impossible to find in rural Florida.

Once we made it to the hotel we checked out the condo, walked on the beach, ate at Five Guys and ran by the grocery store. I can't sleep in the car, so I was pretty exhausted by the time we made it back. Needless to say, I fell asleep right off looking forward to the week ahead.

Don't worry...these posts will be more exciting as the week progresses.

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  1. UnknownApril 16, 2012 at 8:34 PM

    Yay for vacations, and double yay for Five Guys!!! :)

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