DAY 1 - Bradenton to Baton Rouge

We left our home in Lakewood Ranch this morning at 0530. As we traveled north up I-75 we had barely made it past Tampa when "BOOM" Blowout! It took an hour for roadside assistance to show up, but we were back on the road in no time.




We had our lunch on the road thanks to Uncle Gus' Smoked ribs and Chicken Jerky! Yummers!




















I think I had a little too much to drink tho, cuz I had to pull over and pee. Ahem! Some PRIVACY PLEASE??

 Crossing the Florida panhandle took FOR-EV-ER! So this familiar sign made my tail wag a little. -Just a little.

 Looked for Forrest Gump's shrimp boat, but no such luck.

YAAAAY! We finally made it from A-L to L-A! Now if Dad can locate the hotel in Baton Rouge sometime before midnight we can get a good night's sleep...we've been up since 0-dark-thirty, and I'm yawnin'. Hey Dad...ever hear of a GPS??? SHEESH!