3TravelingSisters

Day 7 Blog – May 19, 2019 – Tallahassee, FL thru Pensacola to Atmore, AL– 339 miles This was Pam and Tim’s 35th wedding anniversary and was strange for her to be without her husband, but we all tried to make it a special day for her. She sent him loving reminders from several of the beaches. With it our last day on the Florida coast, our mission was to have as much fun as possible. As Pam was driving us south from Tallahassee down to the beaches, we soon spied 2 giant chickens beside the road. A quick zip into the parking lot and soon Pam was up on top of one. We were getting this day off to a good start. Not long thereafter, we spotted a giant chair and, of course, we made ... read more

Day 5 Blog – May 17, 2019 – Naples to St. Petersburg, FL – 239 miles After yesterday’s rainy weather, the bright, sunny morning got us ready to start our day of beachy adventures. Before we left the hotel, Susan and Claire sent Pam to go get something from the van as they were packing the cold stuff. Well, no one realized until Pam was out there and didn’t come back that she was locked out of the hotel and didn’t have her phone. You see, unless the hotel gives us 3 room keys (which isn’t often), Claire and Susan are the key holders and they don’t share with Pam (it’s an older sisters power thing). Well, needless to say, Pam got some extra steps she wasn’t planning having to walk all the way around the ... read more

Day 3 Blog – May 15, 2019 – Ft. Lauderdale to Key West, FL – 206 miles It appeared that the day was starting off badly again. No breakfast from the hotel (just ate our own yogurt), no ice from the hotel (their ice machine was broken), but the next hotel over gave us a glimmer of hope when they allowed us to fill up our containers with ice. Scarlett needed a bath. She REALLY needed a bath, so we headed to a car wash. Even after spraying and scrubbing and spraying and scrubbing some more, the bugs still weren’t coming off. Susan pulled a Big Fat Greek Wedding and jumped out and sprayed the whole van down with Windex. The bugs were much easier to get off after that. Then we filled Scarlett up with ... read more

Monday May 13th, 2019 Mileage 505 We picked up the van early from Hickory. The van was red, and we named her Scarlett. Even with a few hitches, we were on the road, quite early. Claire worked in the back while Susan drove. We hardly made it to South Carolina before Claire had her drinking problem. Her cup broke and we had to pull over and clean up the spilled drink. Our next stop was Edisto Gardens which contained a lot of lovely roses. We ate lunch on a bench in the serenity garden. Pam drove after lunch. We drove back roads because we were tired of the interstate. We dodged turtles, drove thru a tunnel of Spanish Moss, stayed out of the mosquito farms and were surprised to meet Forrest Gump when we got to ... read more

Day 17 - Tuesday, 6/5/18, Wheat Ridge, CO - Denver, CO (Near Airport) mileage: 111 miles Yesterday, coming in from a long, flat day, we forgot to get the mileage; it was 509 miles. Our hotel, the Holiday Inn Express, was a different from the rest. The elevator bell, indicating when each floor passed, sounded just like the buzzer in the game Operation. It kind of scared us each time it went by a floor (ha! ha!) like you accidentally hit the side trying to retrieve the Adam's Apple. Each day, this hotel selected a guest to roll the dice for a chance to get a better rate or points. Since Claire saw someone else do it for the night we stayed and asked about it, the hotel's front desk clerk, Linda, allowed Claire to do ... read more