Thanksgiving

Well, we made it down to Florida and back alright.
Sure was a long drive to get there (Lakeland). We left close to 6am on Wednesday and didn't get there until about 9pm. Lots of very frustrating traffic once we were south of Atlanta. We'd be crusing along at 70, then everyone would come to a complete stop. For no apparent reason! I guess that sort of thing just happens and accentuates down the line of traffic, but it sure was aggrivating. There was one section where we covered maybe 2 miles in about an hour. A bit tiring on the ankles to be inching along (clutch/gas, brake, clutch/gas, brake, etc...) for a long time. Almost made me wish it was an automatic...
Anywho, Kristen's grandparents were really nice. I didn't have any trouble not talking or causing akward silences like I usually do. Kristen's grandmother is rather talkative, and her and Kristen did most of the talking. Her grand-dad was pretty quiet, but when he said something, it was usually funny. Nice folks. Had a great Thanksgiving dinner and met Kristen's uncle Bill. That's three Bills in her family (Bill Ostermann, and two Bill Credes).
Didn't do much at all during the day. There's a couple nice lakes in the area (hence the name I suppose) and we walked around those a couple times. It was in the 70's most of the time we were there! Significantly warmer than Mississippi. Kristen talked to her parents (in Maine) on Thanksgiving day and it was snowing sideways. Ha. A mere 50 degree or so temperature difference...
There's all sorts of really old, really big trees down there. There was an old Oak at the end of the road that was wider than it was tall (and it was tall!). Some palm trees and other exotic stuff as well. One cool thing I noticed were epiphytes (those little plant things Teal has that don't have roots) growing all over the trees. At least that's what I think they were. I found a couple attached to sticks on the ground and took them home. Hopefully they'll survive.
Zephyr had a good time too, but she kept getting into the cat food and it gave here TERRIBLE gas. Seriously, some of the worst smelling farts ever. Ugh. Note to self: never feed the dog "Meow Mix, Hairball Control".
The ride back was a bit better, less traffic. Still took forever though. Put over 1500 miles on the car. Well, I just finished another paper, and I'm headed home.
Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving!