2007-06-03

700 miles on I 75 - miamibound/tropical storm approaching

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atlanta-miami 700 mile drive

3 am motel 8 somewhere in northern Florida.
70 bucks for the night she says

Motel 6 was forty I reply.

she goes down to 50.
all about coupons and haggling.

king size bed -
the window is sealed -

cant sleep until 5.30
hit the road at 11 am.


no starbucks strong coffee
breakfast at 7-11
caffeine shot creamer
high caffeine content.
if i had known
would have skipped the crappy coffee in the styrofoam cup
just drank 2 shots of caffeine creamer.

stay on I75 skip the turnpike -
90 extra miles
hit the west coast traffic -
Tampa/Ft Myers

black insects - flies or winged ants
hit my windshields like snowflakes in a snowstorm
it is cloudy
83 degrees outside.
Vasectomy ads
signs

hit Naples
turn left on the Alligator alley

the highway thru the everglades.
makes it worth the extra miles.
I see burned trees and green grass red leaves.

i wish i could stay
but hertz needs my car in 2 hours

in the middle of nowhere - i can't see a building down the horizon
always like it here.

i make a turn to everglades city - but it is too far away
maybe some other time.

in Miami it starts raining
and feels like an hurricane is approaching
no time for the beach
just rest
the past 2 nights
not much sleep

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