Drive Home Day 1

Today is St. Patrick's Day and we left for home about 7:30.  We only had a few things more to load...just toiletries and food for the trip. We had coffee, juice, toast, and bagel and started out just at sunrise.  Stopped for gas in Sanibel and for oranges and grapefruit at Sun Harvest in Ft. Myers. Today's drive is 580 miles to Locust Grove, Georgia to a Super 8 on Bill Gardner Parkway (4605) at exit 212 off I75.  The 9 hour drive ended up taking 12 hours because of slow downs due to an accident, road construction, and traffic congestion.  
Al made this picture of a rainbow on the trip.  I wonder if there was a pot of gold at the end, being that it is St. Paddy's Day.

We arrived at our final destination just at sundown.  It was a very tiring ride since it took 3 hours more than it should have.  I had planned that we would be here at no later than 5:30, not 7:30.

We had dinner at Gabino's Mexican Grill (same as last year) which was nearby. For dinner I had a combo dinner of Beef Taco, Beef Enchilada and Beef Burrito. Al had beef chimichanga  with Mexican rice.  The chips and salsa served with the meals were delicious.  The staff was all decked out for St. Patrick's day and a lot of Green Margaritas (20ounces) were being sold.  Al settled for a regular Margarita and I had Pinot Grigio.

After an exhausting day, we were ready for a good night's sleep.