Earlier this year, while dreaming of the beach, I was playing around in Reserve America looking at availability in Bahia Honda State Park, FL. This park in the keys books a year in advance. Much to my surprise there were two weeks available in August! I immediately consulted with the hubby and he agreed I should book it. We booked a week - reservation was made and we would worry about the details later. Fast forward to May, and as it turns out our children w...

We arrived safely home today after driving another 526 miles. It's Saturday and if we would have taken the original route we would have been home yesterday. Things never truly go as planned, there are delays and unexpected issues that come up and you have to be flexible. It's especially important to be flexible and plan buffer days on a trip like this. The new route added almost 200 miles to our route, but at least it was not a route unfamiliar to us. We have...

This morning I got up early to check on the weather and see which way we had to take home. At this point we could head east the way we came through St Louis or head north to route 80 if needed. It turns out the storm was still active and it headed straight for St Louis with a projected path East - basically tracing the steps of the route we had taken over two weeks ago to get to this point. After analyzing the weather radar and projected storm path, I decided ...

As I woke up today the wind was blowing west of Amarillo, TX - a sign the storm was nearby. I got a bit nervous, did the storm decide to move West? I checked the weather and it turns out tropical storm Bill did hit Oklahoma City last night, still had strong winds and rain, and was hanging around that area today. After only covering 333 miles yesterday, I was hoping we could do more miles today. At this point, I thought it would be best not to linger in this ar...

This morning when I checked the weather for our route for the day - as I normally do before we head out, I learned that Tropical storm Bill is heading north towards Oklahoma and is going to hit Oklahoma City starting sometime today during the day - our route takes us directly into Oklahoma City and puts us in that area to spend the night. The guys had gone to the breakfast buffet at the casino, but knowing today is mostly a driving day, I did not feel like eatin...