The Drive to Marathon
Look at us, so alive. This was before the drive
Wednesday March 30th we both went into work before starting the drive. I went in for a full day while James put in a few hours and then packed the car. We started the trip around 6:30pm and it was expected to take around 20 hours.
We made a quick stop at Sheetz for gas and food then James started the drive and got us through the main cities and into North Carolina before switching around midnight. We listed to some Always Sunny In Philadelphia podcasts to keep us going. I tried to sleep for a little but ended up only getting about an hour before we switched over. I drove us through the night and South Carolina into Georgia before stopping for breakfast. I have to say I was pretty worn out by this time and was happy to move back into the passenger seat. I got through the night by listening to Fly radio on Sirius (which plays all the old hip hop songs) and James toss and turn. It did help to keep me awake.
In Georgia we found a Cracker Barrel off 95 South to stop at and get some delicious breakfast. They have iced lattes now! After this James took back over and we kept moving. After about 2 hours we switched back and I took the wheel again. I knew I didn’t want to drive through Miami so I took another turn ahead of time and James actually got some sleep this time.
Once we hit Miami and I was along for the ride again, things got a little weird. We hit our first bit of traffic. I can’t believe it took that long, we were so lucky. The weird part was the GPS freaked out. We were 2.5 hours away from our rental and then we heard a loud noise then we were 9 hours away from our destination. No idea what happened. I turned on the maps on my phone and it said 2.5 hours so we plugged my phone in and all of a sudden we were 7 hours away. The phone updated saying there was a faster route that would take 3.5 hours and we took the detour. I still don’t know what happened but assume there was some sort of accident on the road we had been taking. From that point on the maps could not get it together. We were getting here anywhere from 7:30pm to 2:22am and it was constantly updating. We arrived around 6:30p on March 31st. In about 48 hours of being awake I think we each got about 2 hours of sleep.
We rode in on route 1 which is the only road to the Keys. Most of the time it is one lane but the view is beautiful. We finally got to see the blue tropical water we came here to see!
Our house is so comfortable. We are right on a dock with a boat launch. If only we brought our boat. There is a super comfortable couch and bed. They have given us towels, sheets, dishwasher detergent, laundry detergent, all the stuff we need.
We unloaded the car and found food. Getting some dinner at prime time was a little busy but we went to the grocery store and picked up a premade chicken alfredo meal and side salad. We even grabbed some cupcakes for dessert but didn’t stay awake long enough to eat them. We went to bed around 10 and I fell asleep in about 5 seconds. Best night of sleep ever.
