Sunday, March 20, 2011

Florida!

Here is a summary of our trip to Florida:

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HEADING SOUTH - GETTING WARMER!
Day 1 (Sat, Feb 19): 11 hour drive to Kokomo, Indiana
Day 2 (Sun, Feb 20): Visited Grandma Sarah (86!) and lots of family at Aunt Mary & Uncle Gary's, the drove to the Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky border.
Day 3 (Mon, Feb 21): Spent the day at the Creation Museum in Kentucky.
Day 4 (Tues, Feb 22): Drove to Macon, Georgia.
Day 5 (Wed, Feb 23): Drove to Titusville, Florida - to Mom & Dad's!
Note: Titusville is on the east coast, near the Kennedy Space Center, about 45 minutes from Orlando.

OUR TIME IN FLORIDA
Day 6: (Thursday, Feb 24) Settled in, etc. In the afternoon, we walked about one block from my parents house to Highway 1 and watched the Space Shuttle Discovery take off for the final time! We were about 6 mile away, across the water, but it was amazingly bright and loud!
Day 7: (Friday, Feb 25) Went driving through Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and saw lots of alligators and other wildlife! Then Uncle Brett took us fishing and each of the kids caught a fish!
Day 8: (Saturday, Feb 26) Went to Cocoa Beach.
Day 9: (Sunday, Feb 27) Went to Jetty Park Beach (the boys insisted on calling it "Jedi Park" : ) )
Day 10: (Monday, Feb 28) Disney World!

HEADING NORTH - ARE WE THERE YET?!
Day 11: (Tues, Mar 1) To north of Atlanta, Georgia
Day 12: (Wed, Mar 2) To Bloomington/Normal, Illinois
Day 13: (Thurs, Mar 3) Home!

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