have a nice trip!!We head out today from MD…. hoping to get on the road by noonish.Hubby had to work a few hours this morning. HOPING to make it far into S.C. and the kids want to at least make it to Savannah. I have a reservation in Florence, but I believe I will be changing it. I have up until 4:00 to do so. Any last min. tips/advice??
thank you!!! 33 more days and its 11 nights at the beach club in a one bedroom. its our 30h anniversary trip!
thanks Sharon!to Tammy
ok, so I hit the link, it starts playing and briana comes bursting into the room!!! "wwwwhat are you listening too?" I said, did you ever hear this before???? she said yes!!! a million times everyday for eight months of my life.... over and over and over!!!! ok, so I guess it killed some of the magic for her.
You are right! This will be our 5th time driving -- we have only stopped once before and I could barely sleep that night because of excitement. I will just wake him up at the crack of dawn (or before) and we will leave. Thanks -- I am so much more excited than my son!
that's why we don't stop. my wifes 49 year old , 2 year old husband doesn't sleep either. 
to all the regulars........ I had tam to philly this morning to wills eye, all is well for another year!
thanks Sharon!
one of the best "Disney" songs ever written!
great place, they saved her life. she goes into nyc for work a lot. she still can do the entire dance and all the words to every parade. she made three scrap books of her program. im looking through them and asking her,when did you do that? where is this at! the one a remember the most is one of the lockers in the tunnel is signed by all the characters!! its pretty cool. it wasn't too far from hers. when she first came home and started sitting in a class room again, she really missed it. now that she is working....... I think it is just a great memory. (she still points with two fingers ) most of last year on all those trips I HAD to wear sunglasses. I think she is realizing what the program and wdw had done for her. when she came home a lot of people said how much she had grown up in the last eight month while she was down there. she learned how to handle herself by herself. look people in the eye when your talking to them no down on the ground. she also learned there are a lot of nice and not to nice people in this world and when its time to call security.
hello bc!
Howdy!
We were diving on I-81 in PA this weekend (from Jackson to I-380) before linking up with I-80. There's even construction on I-81! Is any interstate safe from construction these days.
However, it appars that we will be taking a lengthy drive in the not-too-distant future, primarily on I-95, with a link up with I-4.
All the best.
) This will be my first time driving to or in Florida... Nervous and excited. Myself and my fiance are coming from the Albany area in NY, stopping in NC, then continuing on straight to our resort. Any advice? We've gone as far as NC before. Can anyone help me estimate tolls or recommend good places to stop to rest or eat?
We are leaving for Disney world in ten months. (Not that I'm counting!
I get to break at breakfast time, and I'm no worse for wear upon arrival in WDW. Well the good news is day 2 there will be no tolls.
You guys want to talk about how it won't be the perfect road trip. You may go into this thinking, "All we want to do is gas and go!" and find yourself a bit wistful that you aren't stopping anywhere at all but rest stops. Or vice versa. Just talking about how it won't be perfect now will make it easy to keep talking/refining the process while you're actually travelling.
Don't be afraid to get up and go early. If one of you is an early riser, count on that still being true after 1 day on the road. My family sleeps in their clothes on our overnight because they know I'll wake up early and shuffle them to the car. I get a good 2-3 hours on the road before any traffic.
Also, I suggest finding an audiobook that's not too long - like 3-4 hours. We break ours up into 2-3 segments to fill the gap when the trip is dragging. Plus even a lousy audiobook gives us something completely different as a topic of conversation.
Good luck, and I hope you enjoy your road adventure.
and we know that driving straight through is not realistic. On our trip to nc this past june, we probably totaled three hours in stops each way. Neither of us had ever spent that long on the road. It will probably be easier next time, because we know our bodies better. My kindle is awesome for me. Luckily we don't feel the need to endlessly chatter in the car, and we're pretty good at sleeping in shifts. I personally am cool with watching out the window, but I grew up poor where car rides were the best "vacation" i got, lol. 
