florida trip 2021 - nyc to new smyrna beach

we loaded up the car around 7:15 saturday morning, june 19th, and were driving through the holland tunnel by 7:30. the photo above was taken while passing through washington d. c. . it was a cloudy day and stayed cloudy almost all week.

lunch stop at a virginia rest area between d. c. and emporia . .

gloopy peanut butter and jelly sandwiches . . 

listening to scarlatti . . 

we had made reservations with a hampton inn at fayetteville, north carolina and arrived there around 7 pm (it's a good half way point between nyc and new smyrna beach). there was a lot of traffic on the road; too many of us hurrying off to see family after covid. above greg is waiting for our take out order from cracker barrel which we ate in the hotel room.

 

sunday morning . . june 20th . . back on the road with some blue sky (though it began cloudy and drizzly).

getting ready to wind some yarn from opposite coast dyes for a knitting project (party on my needles by joji locatelli),

 

(as i had finished a sock with tré liz yarn  and was ready for something new)
 

while listening to first unitarian brooklyn's sunday service . . 

unfortunately, i was having connection problems and they were having tech problems so we didn't hear the full service.

welcome to georgia . . 

and welcome to florida!

where orange and grapefruit juice are still offered for free at the welcome center (actually a highlight of the trip for me! i love stopping for my free cup of fresh juice).

so delicious! i chose grapefruit for this trip . . 

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and here we are later that day with greg's mom. it was about 6:30 pm and after dropping our things off at the airbnb (with wonderful windows that opened and closed and air conditioning whose temperature i could control) we drove to pick her up and go to dinner. we chose a pizza place on the beach side where we all ordered greek salads (which we took back to the airbnb and which were delicious! it was so nice to sit in a comfortable kitchen/dining area and eat and talk together). the photo above was taken while waiting for our food to be ready. the beach was directly across the street so we took a walk along the shore . .

hello little egret - you look like you're enjoying your evening perambulation . . 

i think this is a different egret who happened to be flying by . . 

"come back soon" . . we will!

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i'll post more in the next few days.