13 hour drive from St. Louis starting at 1:00AM Yes, you saw that correctly – AM! We decided to try to beat the morning rush traffic since we were picking up our rental at the air port at 6:00. So I called ahead and they said we could pick it up early – anytime after midnight. We arrived and they didn’t have the vehicle that we reserved but they did have a mini van (which is what I wanted in the first place and was told they were sold out). So that worked out great – and it was cheaper!
We got home and loaded everything up and took off at 1:00. Bill drove to Arkansas and then I drove through Arkansas and Memphis and into Mississippi. We stopped for breakfast somewhere in Mississippi and then Bill drove to Alabama. I drove into Louisiana and then Bill drove on into Florida and to our hotel.
We arrived about 2:30 and met up with Tom and Cameron (a friend that the boys grew up with down the street and is now in the Army at Ft. Campbell – he came down for Tom’s graduation on a 5 day pass.) We went down to the wharf in Destin to a place called AJ’s (where Tom and his buds party!)
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Bill and I
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Aubri and Erik
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Cameron
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Erik and Meghan
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Austen and Tom
Then we stopped by the beach on the way home. We didn’t’ stay long as a storm was coming in.
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The pic of Cameron looks like it was very carefully planned. "I must pose this way for ultimate manliness, with the lighting just so for a sort of brooding effect." Well done.
ReplyDeleteWell the lighting was because the sun was going down. And he was watching the boats coming into the dock - our fishing boat was docked right below where we were sitting actually! So it wasn't posed but it was a great shot that I just happen to catch at the right moment. :)
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