[2017-florida]
The alarm went off at 5am eastern time. Despite the relaxed evening before, we are all a little sleepy. We wanted to get to the Kennedy Space Center at 9am, their opening time. It is a two and a half hour drive and factoring in a half hour for a bathroom break or two we needed to leave by six. We actually left by 5:55, before the sun had even made an appearance.
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[2017-florida]
No alarm, no hurry, we didn’t wake up until nine o’clock Central time. Then we had a lazy, no rush breakfast of French Toast. After we packed lunches and loaded up all the beach paraphernalia we headed out.
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[2017-florida]
We were up by 6 and on the road by 7. Which is impressive considering it is the earliest we have been moving all trip and right after a late night too.
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[2017-florida]
Scott was up by 6:30 and patiently waited for the rest of us to wake up. It was a bit of a rough night of sleeping. We had been used to sleeping in a comfortably air conditioned basement. It was only seventy-nine degrees, but incredibly humid. The frogs were giving quite a show and even Cody was hoping they might have an intermission so we could slip off to sleep.
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[2017-florida]
I was hoping for one more group workout before we left. Scott and Kayla were game and I’m glad they were. It was an incredibly peaceful morning with the sun just coming up as the fog drifted out of the valleys.
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[2017-florida]
The alarm went off at 4:30, we grabbed our swimsuits and were headed down the road to swim at the YMCA with Kayla by 4:45. We joined the crowd waiting to open the YMCA before the sun was even ready to start the day. Kayla needed to swim for an hour and a half. Scott and I made it a half hour. And by saying “made it,” I am stretching a lot. Scott was swimming most of the time. I needed to stop at least every two laps to take a peak at the sun rise out the propped-open door and breathe. We hit the hot tub for a few minutes and then Scott headed to the locker room to bake in the sauna for a half hour. I chose to head back to the pool and get in a few more laps. Kayla needed to head off to work and we headed back to home base in a sleepy hazy. While we were getting gas, I eyed the donut shop across the street. It was a good move because we had something to eat while were locked out of the sleeping house for a little bit. We took a seat on a front step and Scott fired up a podcast on preventing procrastination while we waited. There may be no hope for my procrastination though as I procrastinated watching the video and fell asleep sitting up. Cody’s karate-chop-sleeping kept me up most of the night. I could have moved from where I was attempting to sleep at any point in the night, but that seemed like way too much work.
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[2017-florida]
Ed surprised us with a breakfast casserole that was so good I may have eyed and eaten the leftovers the next day too. While the kids excitedly waited to hear what was in store for the day they ate some breakfast.
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[2017-florida]
7:45am we rolled out of the driveway for the second time this summer for a little cross-state jaunt. This trip will be nineteen days instead of the earlier trip of five days. The van is loaded down with all the usual gear except for the climbing equipment.
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