on the road again

What started as a cluster continued for many, many miles.... OK - so we left St Louis around 7:30 - who cares that we are running a little behind schedule? The coffee was hot, the car was a rental and rode as smooth as silk - we were starting the journey. Prior to leaving St Louis P asked me to print out a mapquest. She said she had a GPS so we would be all set. I eyeballed the map the that quest came up with and thought - OK OK - go to Memphis and turn on the GPS - I can get us to Memphis and let the GPS do the rest. We were off in a flurry of laughter. Let the stories begin! We talked and laughed and talked and laughed as we sailed the highway. At about 10:30 in the morning I saw the big, giant sign WELCOME TO MISSOURI. Missouri??? Either that sign is wrong or somewhere along the way I took a wrong turn. I pulled onto the shoulder and said "hand me that GPS" (we tried using it at the start of the trip but my two cohearts in crime said they were technically challenged and couldn't figure it out). So I program the lady and thus begins the back road trip to Destin. It took us a few hours to get here but we made memories! At one point as were we meandering through yet another small town in God only knows what state Patrice said "well, at least we can be thankful there isn't a man traveling with us"
I said "Sweet Mother if there the car would have been turned around and we be back in St Louis with the vac kay over!"
We marched on - going further and further into the hinterlands.
Marge said "When I travel I print out my mapquest and put right up by me as I drive"
I said "Yea and you thought we were leaving tomorrow"
Marge said Do we even have a map? I said "No we have the lady"
Thank God we all have a good sense of humor! Somewhere in Alabama we took at potty stop and as I was waiting outside for the girls I struck up a conversation with another women standing there. "Do you know how far it is to Florida?" I said. She looked at me and said "Florida - I have no idea - we are going to blah blah town here in Alabama" I said "Oh and where are you from?" She said "Michigan" I said so when did you guys leave Michigan?" She said "at 5 O'clock this morning" I said "Really- we left St Louis at 7:30 - you left Michigan at 5 and here we meet at a gas station in Alabama.....I think we were lost a whole lot longer that we thought we were!".

Well long story short - WE MADE IT! Now we are inching to find a map so we can see how in the hotel we got here!

p.s. on a side note - our place is just darling - pictures to follow later today......