{"id":609,"date":"2011-03-20T07:48:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T11:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/?p=609"},"modified":"2011-03-20T07:48:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T11:48:27","slug":"march-2011-trip-to-florida-day-14-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/2011\/03\/20\/march-2011-trip-to-florida-day-14-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2011 Trip to Florida &#8211; Day 14 (Saturday)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a sad day as we packed the van and left Florida, but it was a good day as we had a nice drive to North Carolina and got to see Jeff, Evy, Ryan, Lillie, Lauren, and their house.<\/p>\n<p>The boys and I got up this morning at around 7 am and went swimming for the last time. The air was cooler than it has been, but the pool was as warm as always, so there was quite a bit of steam coming off the pool. We swam for half an hour and then got out to get ready to go.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P3190003_web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-614\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"P3190003_web\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P3190003_web.jpg?resize=450%2C337\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P3190003_web.jpg?resize=450%2C337 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P3190003_web.jpg?w=1024 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We left the house at around 8:30 and headed to Ponderosa for their breakfast buffet. It was similar to the one we had at the Sizzlin Grill last week, but the quality of the food was a bit better. But hey, for $3.99, you can&#8217;t complain too much \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1020368_web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-610\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"P1020368_web\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1020368_web.jpg?resize=450%2C337\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1020368_web.jpg?resize=450%2C337 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1020368_web.jpg?w=1024 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1020369_web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-611\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"P1020369_web\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1020369_web.jpg?resize=450%2C337\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1020369_web.jpg?resize=450%2C337 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1020369_web.jpg?w=1024 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After having breakfast and filling up the van, we were on the road by 10:06. Here is the timeline&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8:29 left the house (odometer at 141,118). Graham drove.<\/li>\n<li>9:36 left Ponderosa<\/li>\n<li>10:06 left gas station. Arrival time is estimated at 7:41<\/li>\n<li>10:10 on the highway I-4<\/li>\n<li>11:38 arrival time estimated at 7:30<\/li>\n<li>11:39 &#8211; 11:47 at a rest stop. Arrival time at 7:34. NOTE: just before the rest stop we saw some burned out areas along the highway from the forest fires from a month or so ago<\/li>\n<li>12:51 arrival time estimated at 7:20<\/li>\n<li>12:54 crossed Florida\/Georgia border (odometer at 141,429)<\/li>\n<li>1:32-1:43 bathroom break and filled up van. Arrival time estimated at 7:25. Lisa started to drive<\/li>\n<li>1:49 things don&#8217;t look quite as green as Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At some point along the way, I took this picture&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1020375_web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-612\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"P1020375_web\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1020375_web.jpg?resize=450%2C337\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1020375_web.jpg?resize=450%2C337 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1020375_web.jpg?w=1024 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2:36 crossed Georgia\/South Carolina border<\/li>\n<li>3:17-3:25 bathroom break. Arrival time estimated at 7:25. Graham back to driving.<\/li>\n<li>4:37-4:44 bathroom break. Arrival time estimated at 7:25<\/li>\n<li>5:30 crossed South Carolina\/North Carolina border<\/li>\n<li>7:16 arrived at Jeff and Evy&#8217;s house<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We had some pizza with everyone when we got there and some ice cream for dessert. The kids played around until around 10 pm and then went to bed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1020383_web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-613\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"P1020383_web\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1020383_web.jpg?resize=450%2C337\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1020383_web.jpg?resize=450%2C337 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/P1020383_web.jpg?w=1024 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, it didn&#8217;t take Christine long to dress up in Lillie&#8217;s and Lauren&#8217;s princess dresses (first Cinderella, then Aurora). She was in her glory.<\/p>\n<p>After the rest of us crashed, Lisa and Evy stayed up until after 1 am. I&#8217;m sure they were talking about how great their husbands and kids are \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>We noticed lots of Ontario plates along the way. It was strange to see so many. We don&#8217;t know if it was because everyone else was like us going home, or if something else was going on.<\/p>\n<p>The only license plate that we saw that we hadn&#8217;t seen the whole trip yet was South Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday we are going to Sacrament Meeting with Jeff &amp; Evy, and then coming home to visit for a bit. We hope to be on the road by 1 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a sad day as we packed the van and left Florida, but it was a good day as we had a nice drive to North Carolina and got to see Jeff, Evy, Ryan, Lillie, Lauren, and their house. The boys and I got up this morning at around 7 am and went swimming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":387,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,102],"tags":[272,203,43,270,271,112,268,266,275,267,273,269,120,274,265,276,119],"class_list":["post-609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-children","category-vacations","tag-bathroom-break","tag-breakfast-buffet","tag-florida","tag-forest-fire","tag-gas-station","tag-georgia","tag-license-plates","tag-north-carolina","tag-odometer","tag-ontario","tag-pizza","tag-ponderosa","tag-pool","tag-rest-stop","tag-south-carolina","tag-steam","tag-swim"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/387"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wingfamily.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}