We got up and went to visit the Crystal River Archeological State Park. They have some Indian mounds and other Indian ruins from 500 BC and we walked around looking at everything. We took a couple pictures of Carrie and Sam standing on top of one of the mounds. We came across a rather large and pretty grasshopper and took his picture. From there it was off to the mall, so Sam could get in her daily shopping. Jason got a little bored and Carrie took his picture while he was goofing around. Lucky we were in the mall, as it started pouring just after we got into the mall. After we got back from the mall we took Grandpa out to dinner at a local restaurant to celebrate Father's Day. We drove no miles on ... read more

We got up late since Eric and Jason stayed up late talking. Eric made a great breakfast of bacon and eggs. We then relaxed until we went to Fort Myers to visit the Imaginarium Hands-On Museum and Aquarium. It was a little museum wit ha small hands-on aquarium where you could touch stingrays, hermit crabs, and shrimp. They also had a place to feed fish and see some tortoises. Another section contained a bunch of mind puzzles and various other hands-on exhibits. From there, we headed to Punta Gorda for dinner and to do some shopping. We ate dinner at Harpoon Harry’s and it was pretty good for bar food. We then went shopping at Fisherman’s Village and Sammie, of course, bought out the place. The village is located on Charlotte Harbor. We then headed back ... read more

We didn’t do too much today. Carrie and Jason went swimming in the ocean and spent the day relaxing. Samantha and Claudia went and did some shopping for clothes. We went out and had a good dinner at The Waterway Café. The only excitement came earlier in the day. Carrie was putting on her swimsuit when she noticed a bump on her right side. It turned out to be a tick! After finding a good pair of tweezers, Jason managed to remove it and drop it in some alcohol to kill it. We think we got all the tick off and Carrie seems to be doing ok. We didn’t drive any miles today towards our trip, found no new plates, and just ate and relaxed all day. ... read more

We left Valdosta and said goodbye to Georgia at about 8AM. We are heading to Orlando to visit Universal Studios. Ironically, we are staying at Disney’s Wilderness Resort. We got to the resort and checked in around 11AM. Obviously, they have no shuttle service to a non-Disney park, so we wake up the monster again and head to Universal. We get to the park; buy our tickets and head into the park. On our way in, they scanned our tickets and our right index finger. No clue why they scan our finger, however, ever since Carrie cut the tip of that finger off, no scanner will read it and so she got her right thumb scanned. After this delay we head into the park and begin to hit the rides and shows. We rode/saw: Revenge of ... read more

We awoke early and were on the road at 9AM central to head for the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY. After finally finding it, we decided they must not want any visitors, as there were no signs indicating where it was located. We spent an hour or so at the museum enjoying the cool air and cool cars before starting off for our next campground in Knoxville, TN. We managed to get to the campground with no problems. We ended the day at 5:30 PM, after traveling 266 miles today. To date, we’ve traveled 889 miles of about 4,000 miles. ... read more