a very long road trip - Day 2 - Ft. Lauderdale)
Posted by Oinker at 12/14/2008 11:20 PM 
Categories: photos, Iowaness, Travel, IowanessHumor, Humor, musings
Categories: photos, Iowaness, Travel, IowanessHumor, Humor, musings
Mojo and Drummer in Ft. Lauderdale
OK - don't get me wrong. I'm not exactly complaining about "having to go to South Florida" in December and January. For example, it's 10:45 pm and I'm sitting outside with my laptop wearing a t-shirt and capris... yeah, there are worse places to have to go in high winter.
So, I am planning to soak up all the sun and heat I can (which in reality probably won't be that much due to schedules, but more than I would be able to do north of Orlando at this point). And I'm seeing even more old friends this time that I haven't seen for a long while, so this should be a very good week, albeit a rather frenetic pace. But - hey - when in South Florida, run at a frenetic pace! It's the local way. I'm trying to blend.
Mojo has enjoyed this trip so far. He's only told me a couple of lame jokes, but otherwise his jokes have been very entertaining. He tends to nap a lot on the road, tho, because reading makes him carsick. Now that we're out of the car and in Lauderdale, he's loving playing with his gigantic friend, Drummer, the Great Dane. Drummer never really learned how to play because he was bred to be a show dog, but Mojo is patiently teaching him the wonders of fluffy toys and playing tug-o-war with about anything. Drummer seems to be enjoying it, a la Lurch from the Addams Family.
Who knows what this mega trek from the cold mountains to the balmy sub-tropics to the frigid, brutally cold upper Midwest will yield as far as story fodder. So far, it's been kind of an auto-pilot journey and rather uneventful. We did stop briefly in Port St. Lucie to see old friends, which was lovely, yet too brief. I hate feeling rushed so much, but that seems to be the course these days.
FYI, I have noticed that gas is cheapest in South Carolina - $1.39 was the lowest, tho I don't remember what town I was near. In parts of Georgia and Florida, it was as high as $1.85 - is it me, or is that kind of a big spread for a relatively small area?
Tomorrow it's supposed to be 80° here in Ft. Lauderdale... but you know what, I still wouldn't trade Asheville for this if it were 75-80° and sunny every single day of the year. But it is nice to visit right now.
Enjoy it, babe!! And say 'hi' to the 'rents when you get there. Hopefully i'll call you Wednesday.
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Susan, this pic is so sweet! I love the doggie pics and elves, too. Hairy-assed man Day 7: not so much ...some things you can't un-see + became strangely hypnotized by him.
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