May the Fourth

 

We made the trip without any incident at all, three scheduled stops along the way:  you can see the first above.  That's right, it's Buc-ee, and along our route there are three different Buc-ee's locations.  All we needed to stop at were two for gas, and some drinks... and maybe a few other items like hot tea, a plush Buc-ee with a patriotic hat, a Buc-ee's t-shirt celebrating the semiquincentennial, some pineapple, some spicy pickle flavored potato chips... okay, so over two visits we got a bit more.  But the bathrooms are legendary, and it was in fact a place to get fuel.  And pose for pictures.

This is the Buc-ee's in middle Georgia there, maybe Warner Robins, I think.  Because it's Buc-ee's, Maddie took some photos.  I snapped a few pictures too!

Henry County was a slog again, the only place we encountered traffic.  But today wasn't the worst traffic we had there.  It's just that this is the worst patch of road along the route, even if you include downtown Atlanta.  Anyway, we were moving along just fine, listening to Perry Stone messages and some older Prairie Home Companion material that Mom ordered for me.  Before we knew it, we were right there at the Florida Visitor Center!

If you can get there before 4:30, it's great to get inside and get some free orange juice.  No Captain Citrus material here, but Mom did meet an astronaut!  And then it was down to I-10, and then over to Jacksonville, where there's another Buc-ee's:

Really easy drive today, eventually we made it to our destination in Port Canaveral:  

We're right there on the sixth floor and soon we'll be able to see all the cruise ships in port, including the Disney Fantasy.  But tonight, we were celebrating MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU, because it's Star Wars Day.  We watched the hugely epic season finale of that Darth Maul series, and it was amazing.  Not so amazing:  the Braves loss to the Mariners.  We had the game wrapped up, even getting four home runs along the way.  They were solo home runs, and that was it.  Our pitchers at many points in the game just couldn't find the strike zone, and all those walks really killed us.  Oh well - if they don't win it's a shame!

Today was a big day. We had all kinds of snacks with us and we just drove the speed limit down, no hurry.  And we got there with plenty of daylight left.  No cruise ships visible now, but they'll appear soon enough!  Tonight, Maddie and I read from "Thud!" a few more pages, and then we all said our prayers.  Time for us to get some sleep.