So it’s official. The whole fam damily is going with me to Florida. Semi-spontaneous road trip across the lower half of the USA. We’ll be driving the I-10 over to the I-75 so if you’re anywhere around either of those and you want to meet up for a break let me know this week. It’ll be me and Ginnie and Casey and Kira for sure, Max is still deciding.

They’re giving me shit about my car. Of course, it’s the nicest car of the bunch but it’s still not good enough. Goddam Grand Marquis! It’s a great cruising car!

  • *whine whine* there’s not gonna be enough leg rooooooooom! (yes, both of my boys are big/tall)
  • *whine whine* we’ll have to stop all the time to get stuff out of the cooler in the trunk! (and stop to let the 3-year0ld move about too)
  • *whine whine* It’s a V8 and sucks gas! (sure in the city, but once we’re on the highway it’s no big deal. It hardly took any more than the rental when we took two cars to California.)
  • *whine whine* there’s no CD player, just a cassette deck! (fuck you and quitchergoddamwhining)

But I checked out rental cars last night and anything bigger is outrageous. SUV’s are a bit cheaper than Minivans, but they’re all over $900 for two weeks. Getthefuckouttahere!

We’ll leave next Wednesday the 2nd and plan on being back two weeks after that. Maybe sooner, maybe later. Maybe I’ll just dump their whiny asses in Florida and cruise up north alone.

All this why?

Mainly to see if there’s any way to peel my niece away from her no-good-asshole boyfriend so she can maybe get her kid back. There might be ass-kicking. My boys are both big and tall and pissed off about her situation. And while we’re there visit my parents and let everyone meet Kira before she graduated High School.  Find out if my sister is ready to speak to me. The kids want to go to the beach. For a change of pace. To get the fuck outta Dodge for a while.

So if there’s anything along that route that we should stop and see we’ll have plenty of time. That’s the fun part of road tripping. Any suggestions? Anybody want to hang out along the way? Let me use their bathroom?