HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS AND SPENDING EIGHT AND A HALF HOURS IN A CAR IS CHALLENGING!

Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Fairfield Inn and Suites
St. Augustine, Florida
67F

Hello Friends!  I forgot to invite you along for the ride this year, so here we go! Join us and I will do my best to report all the exciting things we do!

I won't belabor the fact that people drive a lot further than we do in a day (e.g. son Brian and Denise--21 hour trips to Florida from Erie, and Donna and Lawrence's 12 hour trip from Janesville, WI to Chattanooga, TN today), but I am much older than they are. TK purchased the non-truck Acadia so I could drive it more easily than last year's sort of fiasco when I had to drive his big honkin' truck for 1500 miles. That said, I still have not driven the new car. BUT, allegedly I will drive to Cocoa Beach tomorrow, and that is a 2 hour drive.  

Today the miles slothed by, sign post by sign post, mile marker by mile marker, cop cars galore, traffic not too bad, from rest stop to rest stop, cities whirling by ---Charlotte, Columbia, Brunswick, Jacksonville.  Finally St. Augustine at 5 p.m.  Nebraska, now St. Augustine, friend, Judy, who housed me last year during TK's rehab, picked us up for dinner at The Raintree, one of her favorites. Despite being Nebraska born, she is quite a tour guide and planner in St. Augustine.  

And it's already time to rest for the day...

The Raintree for dinner--

Last year's photo because 
I forgot to take a picture this year

TK's Take: Nice drive, beautiful day.  He is very happy with his new car.