What kind of jerk goes on vacation to get away from it all, and as soon as he arrives, gets on the Internet to check his blog. Oh. That would be me.

We got up at 3:30 AM this morning, I poured some coffee down my throat and poured some more in a travel mug. We tossed the kids in the car and got on our way at around twenty past four.

Before I had driven 10 miles, as I was making a turn, my travel mug fell over and poured scalding hot coffee on to my leg. Spilling coffee is a terrible thing. The burns, the stained clothes and the embarrassment are bad enough; but the fact that you just lost all that coffee makes it almost unbearable.

I was able to drive into North Carolina before exhaustion got the best of me. I let Mrs. Geek take the wheel and moved into the back to watch a movie with my youngest son. I’m sure it was a great movie, but it looked a lot like the back of my eyelids.

I resumed my spot at the helm and pushed into South Carolina and then Georgia. These two states are great fun to drive through. Flat, straight interstate lined with trees. Not even many billboards to look at. Boring. Mrs Geek and I switched again and she finished out Georgia. I took over and drove the rest of the way. As we approached Tampa, a rain storm came out of nowhere, dumped so much rain that I could not see more than a few feet in front of me, and then cleared up again. All in a matter of minutes. I love Florida weather.

I really do. It is crazy hot down here, but I love it. Something about all this heat and humidity makes me feel alive. Of course, they are calling for rain the next few days, but I’m sure we can work around that.

We arrived here at a bit after nine, seventeen hours later than we started. Taking a way an hour for Dinner, we covered over a thousand miles in just under sixteen hours. It’s a lot for one day, but I’d rather get the chore of driving over with, and start enjoying my vacation as soon as possible. Speaking of which… I’ve got to go.