Well, as many of you know, I just went on a week long road trip for spring break to Florida! Left on Saturday (March 6th), and returned last night (March 13th).

Sorry it's taken me so long to post, but I've had quite a bit to do, with unpacking, sleeping, and cleaning the car!

Overall I had a great time. Not what I expected, probably wouldn't do it again, but it was an experience...and that's what matters. The weather was nice in the beginning, but then got kinda rainy and muggy. One day it was actually nicer in Michigan... But oh well. I'd rather have a crappy day in Florida than a nice day in Michigan!

Now for the part you are all waiting for, PICTURES! Remember, these are not great, and I don't want you to think that is all I am capable of. These are merely snapshots, so I can remember this trip, nothing more. I wasn't trying to create a masterpiece here, and none of these have been edited in photoshop in any way other than size....

Yeah, it was pretty full:


Welcome Center in Alabama:


At our motel in Cullman, AL:




Funny speed limit at a strip mall we stopped at in Fulltondale, AL:


This is what my HHR would look like leveled, or with 34,000lbs of crap in it:


Some waterwheel thing on the side of the highway:


FLORIDA!:


First sight of water!:


The sunset from our balcony!:


The HHR next to some palm trees:

 

I went driving around Panama City Beach and Panama City the second day looking for good places for pictures of the car. Glad I did it that day since it was the nicest. Had to spray detail the car though in a KMart parking lot...




Might be the very first time my car has seen the ocean..guess I'll never know:


Saw MANY car manufacturing plants on the trip.... Starting in Flint, saw the Truck and bus assembly (where they used to make the Kodiaks, now they make the Heavy Duty Silverados and soon regular Silverados, then saw the plant where they make the Enclave, Traverse and all that, then the Ft. Wayne truck plant, Bowling Green, KY plant where they make the Corvette, and then this one, the Hyundai plant outside of Montgomery (I think it was that city) Alabama:


On the way home:


Kentucky, between Elizabethtown and Louisville:


Big bridge between Kentucky and Indiana:



And here's the aftermath. Car stayed clean all the way to Florida. Wasn't so lucky on the way home. Poured a little in Florida, then was ok the rest of the day. Day 2 on the way home, it rained all the way from Indianapolis to just a little south of Lansing... Good undercarriage wash I guess...

 

Eric, glad to hear you had fun but where are all the people?!?

 

I didn't take pictures of them.... I didn't want to be a creeper! Besides, everyone was drunk, I didn't want to get any alcohol on my camera!

 

That's how one person has created an empire of wealth

 

Ack!
I actually recognize the Kentucky area pix!

Glad you made it home safe!
I'll be in Tampa as of Thursday myself ...

@

 

Lucky!

 

At our motel in Cullman, AL:

How did you get the HHR in the motel room?

 

Easy, steal a truck (easy to find down there) then smash through the wall, great opening to squeeze through!

 

Looks like a blast.

Next time get some beer on your camara getting some GGW!