Geo: 33.7481, -84.3909Weather: Florida, sunny and 77, Georgia, sunny/partly cloudy70s then some rain, then Atlanta (6 PM) cloudy 70, Tennesee, (1 AM) cloudy, night, 57, Kentucky, cloudy 49 (2 AM) Hours Driving: 12 hours Miles: 820 States: Florida, Georgia, Tennesee and KentuckyRestaurant: Dinner at the Pitsers Hotel: Courtyard Lexington Movies: Empire Strikes back Car issues: Car shakes when braking again. Stability Trac light came on. Now everything is fine. Goodbye Florida. We packed up and hit the road by 9 AM. I saw a weather system crossing our path. I wanted to beat it. We also know traffic would be bad especially in Tennesee where the road is down to one lane due to a rock slide a month ago. I am the planner and navigator. We managed to stay outside the front of the storm almost to Macon Georgia which was awesome ... read more

Geo: 28.5377, -81.3774Weather: Sunny and 80 Lines: 120 minutes in linesFast Passes: 2 (we missed one of our times) States: Florida University:  Restaurant: Italy, Japan, China, UK, France, Morrocco and Garden Fresh Epcot Hotel/Home: Casa La Jolla Movies:  Car issues: NoneWow! Another amazing day at Epcot. Everything went so smoothly. We were so worried about Spring Break and the crowds. It really wasn't that bad and Disney just knows how to herd people, feed people and make people happy. We left at 8 AM to arrive in the lot before 8:30 AM and be at the gate before it opened At 9 AM. Apparently, a lot of people got that memo. I, once again, told everyone to trust me and when I say run.....RUN!! Once we filtered through the check-in, I said, "Run!"  We bolted for Test Track. It is one of the most ... read more

Geo: 28.5377, -81.3774Weather: Overcast 80s Minutes in line: Approximately 170 minutes= average 24 minutes per ride w/out FP Fast Passes: 5 States: Florida University: Monsters University Restaurant: Starlight Cafe Hotel/Home: Casa La Jolla Movies: Hall of Presidents Car issues: NoneRides: 12 What a great day at Disney. Fortunately, the family climbed on board the Momma Train and trusted me once again. We got to the park at 8 AM. Parking was super easy. I knew we also needed to adjust our lifetime tickets to accommodate the fact that Ben and Elizabeth are now adult tickets. They do this for free. Yay! It took a few minutes. The guy, Landon to be exact, said, "Since I took so long and you are guys are so nice, I'm giving you a fast pass for any ride any time. ... read more

Geo: 30.4398, -84.2806Weather: NOLA Sunny 68, sunny in Moblie Alabama 72, cloudy/spotty rain Tallahassee. Hours Driving: 4.13 Miles: 285 States:  Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida University:  Restaurant: Felix's Fish Camp Hotel: Townplace Suites Movies: Star Wars (part) Car issues: Chipped WindshieldWe said goodbye to NOLA this morning. It was sunny and nice. We are on the road to Tallahassee for the night on our way to Orlando for 5 days. It felt like we were there for a week. We expected to wake to rain/storms this morning. There was a system coming out of the Gulf that was huge and traveling North East along our driving path. Guess what? Once again we stayed out of it. It didn't hit NOLA so we started in sunshine and traveled behind it all the way to Tallahassee. We didn't see any rain until Tallahassee ... read more

Geo: 32.365, -88.7031Weather: early rain, 65-70 cloudy Hours: 4.9 Miles: 295 States: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana University: Restaurant: Weigmanns, Gumbo Pot and Cafe du Monde Hotel: Residence Inn Metairie Movies: Star Wars (Another part) Car issues: stability track light came on. Happened before after having tires rotated.With a little apprehension or a unenthusiastic motivation, we made our way to or through Meridian, Mississippi. It was on our route but it was also where my brother and his family was stationed in the Navy at one point. My dad and I drove down to visit them on base while they were there and I thought it meaningful to make that our Mississippi stop with little hope for much to write about considering everyone including my family who lived there questioned, "Why?" We did hit a band of rain ... read more