7 years ago the Guillemettes started a change collection in a large water jug and last year they came up with the idea to use the now full change jar for a family vacation. So last Christmas the Guillemettes counted and rolled over $1000 worth of change and the plan was set in motion. A vacation home with enough room for all 7 of us was rented with the change jar money and finally last week we got to cash in and hit the road for Florida.
Marc and I decided to make the 16 hour drive from Houston to Orlando so that we could take along Romo for the fun. I absolutely love road trips so I was pumped for it and it turned out to be a fun drive, I had never been through most of the states and it turns out that I absolutely love the scenery in Louisianna, although I will say the last leg was a little painful and it turns out Florida is a very long and very boring state.
Before we left, Romo, the creature of habit that he is, put himself in his invisible kennel after his real kennel had already been packed away in the car. He was quite confused. (Where he is sitting in the picture is where his kennel usually is and he ran there as soon as Marc came home from work because its usually where he goes while we go to the gym when Marc gets home from work)
After the invisible kennel incident and a little bit of fear that we were leaving without him, Romo did awesome and slept the entire way in the back seat that we made into a comfy bed area for him, like the bum he is.
So on Friday night we left in the early afternoon after Marc got home from work. That night we made it to Baton Rouge, Louisianna where we spent the night. It was Romo's first hotel stay and he did great, thoroughly enjoying our free room upgrade to a suite. And by the way if anyone is traveling with a dog ever take a look at bringfido.com when looking for hotels it was awesome for us!
The next morning we were up and ready to tackle the rest of the trip. We passed through Mississippi and Alabama suprisingly quickly, and then we reached Florida and had to make it through the hardest and longest part of the trip. After lots and lots of Florida, and one large detour due to a huge accident we arrived at the vacation home in Davenport, FL to be greeted by the entire Guillemette family!
We were so excited to see everyone and had a huge week ahead of with 5 parks to visit including Epcot, Blizzard Beach, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios and a few surprises Marc and I had cooked up for the last day at the vacation rental!
Due to how much fun we managed to pack into our 7 day vacation I have decided to split the trip up into separate blogs and post one a day! So up tomorrow is Day 1, our first full day in Florida which we spent at Epcot! Here is a little sneak peak...
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