Day 19 – June 27 – Miami, Florida

Once we hit the road I was driving and we got onto eastbound I-10 that we stayed on until we got into Baton Rouge, then onto I-12 to Slidell where we reentered I-10, gassed up and changed drivers. We didn’t have enough time, particularly in the middle of the night, to roll thru New Orleans so we passed by to the north of New Orleans and also Lake Pontchartrain. Once we got back on the road Shawn took a shift and drove to Pensacola, Florida, going just north of Biloxi Mississippi and thru Mobile Alabama along the way. Once we got to Pensacola, Steven got behind the wheel for his shift. The plan was to make it to Tallahassee before gassing up and eating a quick breakfast, which was accomplished. We continued east on I-10 until we got to Lake City and transitioned to I-75 going southbound until we got near Ocala, Florida where we gassed up once again go fill the tank to make it the rest of the way to Miami. With the fill up Pat got behind the wheel. We got into a lot of rain from Tropical Storm Debbie near where I-10 and I-75 meet. It was incredibly wet and we worried some whether it would delay out trip. We got off of I-75 northwest of the Orlando area and got onto the Florida Turnpike that we were on almost the whole rest of the way to Miami. We get there with enough time to spare to find our hotel for the night, the Four Seasons Hotel. The hotel is just south of the downtown area and will be a short drive to Marlins Stadium. We got checked in and took a short break to get this blog post out, then it’s off to the stadium for the game. There will be a short blog post after the game tonight before we crash for the night.