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angelina · 02-26-2003, 01:05 AM

Feb. 9 & 10 : Travelling or 1500 Miles in a Car With a Toddler
When we tell people we drive to Florida they look at us like we're crazy! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] So let me explain. I hate to fly [img]graemlins/achoo.gif[/img] I worked for an airline (after I had my daughter I decided to take an indefinite amount of time off, so I've been on an extended leave of absence)so we used to fly all the time. I loved flying, until I had one really,really, bad flight to Florida. I mean the oxygen masks came down and everything. And working for an airline you sometimes learn things about flying you wish you didn't know. So, last year, after too many nail marks up his arm, my brilliant husband suggested we drive. And it's really not as bad as you think.
When we left MN it was -6 (that's temp folks, not wind chill) so we were eager to get as far south as possible. We headed down through Wisconsin and Illinois ending our day in Paducah, Kentucky. Twelve hours from home. If anyone out there is from KY we've stayed in Paducah three times now and everyone there is so nice, we just love it. Plus it was a balmy 24 in Paducah (we're having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave) Our DD does amazingly well in the car. We brought along all her favorite movies to watch,which really helped. But my husband and I are now haunted by the Sponge Bob theme song in our sleep.The next day we continued on through Kentucky and into Tennesee, with a brief stop in Nashville to have breakfast at The Loveless Cafe. If you're ever in Nashville it's a must do, they have the best Southern food [img]graemlins/yuma.gif[/img] Then we continued on to Georgia. The driving in GA is scary. People go sooo fast! We were going 75 and people were flying by us. Our worst driving moment came in Atlanta when we were almost run off the road by a car swerveing into our lane. When we got past the driver we saw he had his newspaper spread out on his steering wheel and was reading it! Why? We got in some fun shopping, touring and dining in Atlanta. We even got to see the Gone With the Wind Road to Tara Museum (my favorite movie) We spent the night at the Sheraton Buckhead. We love visiting GA,the people are so polite and friendly. I only wish we had more time to spend there. But, we had to get to Disney World, The Mouse was calling...

02-26-2003, 01:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
angelina Community Rank: Traveler Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 274	Re: Sun,Fun and Mickey Mouse Our 2 week vacation Feb. 9 & 10 : Travelling or 1500 Miles in a Car With a Toddler When we tell people we drive to Florida they look at us like we're crazy! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] So let me explain. I hate to fly [img]graemlins/achoo.gif[/img] I worked for an airline (after I had my daughter I decided to take an indefinite amount of time off, so I've been on an extended leave of absence)so we used to fly all the time. I loved flying, until I had one really,really, bad flight to Florida. I mean the oxygen masks came down and everything. And working for an airline you sometimes learn things about flying you wish you didn't know. So, last year, after too many nail marks up his arm, my brilliant husband suggested we drive. And it's really not as bad as you think. When we left MN it was -6 (that's temp folks, not wind chill) so we were eager to get as far south as possible. We headed down through Wisconsin and Illinois ending our day in Paducah, Kentucky. Twelve hours from home. If anyone out there is from KY we've stayed in Paducah three times now and everyone there is so nice, we just love it. Plus it was a balmy 24 in Paducah (we're having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave) Our DD does amazingly well in the car. We brought along all her favorite movies to watch,which really helped. But my husband and I are now haunted by the Sponge Bob theme song in our sleep.The next day we continued on through Kentucky and into Tennesee, with a brief stop in Nashville to have breakfast at The Loveless Cafe. If you're ever in Nashville it's a must do, they have the best Southern food [img]graemlins/yuma.gif[/img] Then we continued on to Georgia. The driving in GA is scary. People go sooo fast! We were going 75 and people were flying by us. Our worst driving moment came in Atlanta when we were almost run off the road by a car swerveing into our lane. When we got past the driver we saw he had his newspaper spread out on his steering wheel and was reading it! Why? We got in some fun shopping, touring and dining in Atlanta. We even got to see the Gone With the Wind Road to Tara Museum (my favorite movie) We spent the night at the Sheraton Buckhead. We love visiting GA,the people are so polite and friendly. I only wish we had more time to spend there. But, we had to get to Disney World, The Mouse was calling...