Welcome to the City Where the Heat is On...

Hello everyone! No, this post is not actually going to be about West Palm Beach or Miami or Orlando.... yet. I just wanted to let everyone know that we're alive, we made it, and today we're heading northwest in FL for what might be our last night in the state. I'll give you a much more detailed version of this past week when I get a chance, but here's the rundown:

listened to live reggae at a rum bar
West to Miami, drank all night, danced at a salsa club until 5 a.m., swam in the ocean, fell asleep on the beach, and got back home at 8 a.m.
Went to a techno club
Laid by the pool
Went to Universal Studios and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter (!!!!!!)

So I would say this state has been quite a success so far! I hope your interest has been sharpened and you're waiting on the edge of your seat to hear more about it.

Until I actually have time,
Yours in Wandering,
Katie

On the Road Again...

So I never thought that a 2-day journey in the car could be so fun and easy! My last post was written about an hour or so south of Nashville while I was in the car, at about 2 p.m. on Sunday, and we made it to West Palm Beach, FL around 6 yesterday (Monday). Sunday was a lot of driving and sleeping, and then around 8:30 we started to look for a place to bed down for the night. Our problem was that all of the state parks in souther GA were all $25-$28 per night, which was wayyyy more than we had expected (the parks I looked at in TN and KY were all like...$12 a night). Finally we decided to ask if an RV park also had camping (which it did). Unfortunately it was also expensive at $20 for the night, but when we asked the lady if she knew of any truck stops nearby on the interstate, she reminded us that we really didn't want to be sleeping at a truck stop in southern Georgia. Good point, lady. So we camped there and ended up being really happy with it - we cooked dinner on my Coleman stove (before we remembered that we didn't have a spatula, tongs, forks, or a pasta drainer, all things we needed to make and eat this food), we set up my tent and hung out in it for a while, and then Dre slept on the air mattress in the truck while I had some nice bonding time with my tent.

Yesterday we got up and got out around 9:30 and drove until about 3, when we got really excited to stop and see the Kennedy Space Center Museum. Definitely did not realize until we got there that it was going to cost $41. So we said screw that, I'm saving my money for Harry Potter. Apparently we would rather be involved with fake characters from childrens' novels than real people going to space. You really shouldn't be surprised. Haha. So we headed back to the highway and got to our friend Josh's house in West Palm, had some pizza and headed out to a rum bar downtown around 11. We heard a cool live dub step band (I don't really know what that means but it was kind of reggae-ish), and then when they closed around 1:30 we headed to another place until about 3. Yes, the bars here close at 3 a.m. on weekdays. Holy crap.

This brings me up to now, while we're trying to figure out what to do for the day (yes I do realize that it's already 1 p.m.) and drinking lots of coffee.

Make sure you watch the U.S. vs Algeria World Cup game tomorrow morning at 9:30! We'll be watching it here!

And now I think we're off to Miami Beach for the day! I hope you are all having fun and not totally jealous of me being here on this awesome beach vacation! Be sure to check out gringanomad.blogspot.com for Dre's version of events!

Yours in Wandering,
Katie