{"id":669,"date":"2024-08-27T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colorection.com\/?page_id=669"},"modified":"2026-11-05T10:28:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T10:28:29","slug":"drive-to-florida-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/colorection.com\/?page_id=669","title":{"rendered":"The drive to Florida for the boat, August 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

[To write: a few lines about this trip]<\/p>

Monday 5 August 2024<\/h3>

This is a hard post to write. I sit here quietly, thinking. My standard life as I knew it is about to disappear. True the real change will be in a couple of weeks, but for me it feels like it has started. I am leaving my brothers in the motorhome for Florida. True, I have lived in the motorhome for a couple of months, but I had a base. A solid piece of land I was on. Now I am leaving. I don\u2019t know when, or really IF I will ever be back. I have around two weeks of driving, visiting family and friends. Then I end up in Florida for my first look at my new world. My boat. Depending on how much I have to do to it. I will soon be on the big ocean\u2019s starting my voyage around the world. My plans change often, currently I am looking at sailing the Caribbean, then around Argentina and the Pacific, Hawaii and finally Thailand. Basing out of Thailand I can travel and see so many places. How long? Where will I go? These are questions I have no answer to. I am truly a vagabond. No longer a normal person living in a house, I am a traveler. A new life. A new Adventure. It is a bittersweet goodbye to all I know,, and an excited anticipation to what will be. Am I afraid, not really. I have a lot of trepidation, there is a LOT I don\u2019t know. But I do know I can handle it, figure it out and learn. Off I go, through the door that may have no return.<\/p>

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Tuesday 6 August 2024<\/h3>

\ud83d\udccd Hayward Regional Shoreline, San Lorenzo Creek<\/p>

A going away dinner with my daughter, Colleen and soon to be son in law<\/p>

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Wednesday 7 August 2024<\/h3>

Time to stop, rest up for tomorrow's visits to some wineries,,<\/p>

\ud83d\udccd Camp Roberts Rest Area<\/p>

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Friday 9 August 2024<\/h3>

\ud83d\udccd Paso Robles<\/p>

Some wine tasting, and then meeting my friend fir breakfast. So nice and important to have good friends that care Solmaz Bavilinejad<\/p>

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\ud83d\udccd Whitewater Rest Area<\/p>

I made it, my stop for the night. Palm Springs, and Pheonix on tomorrow's agenda. This is but the biginning of the long, dry, and extremely hot drove through the southlands.<\/p>

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Saturday 10 August 2024<\/h3>

Made it to Pheonix. Dinner with my nephew Raul Lomas and his wife, and her uncle G.<\/p>

\ud83d\udccd Phoenix, Arizona<\/p>

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Sunday 11 August 2024<\/h3>

\ud83d\udccd Edgewood, New Mexico<\/p>

Made it to Walmart in Edgewood. I'll spend time with my sister tomorrow. Tonight I think sleep is on the menu \ud83d\ude34. I went from desert, to mountains, to the high desert, but at least it's a lot cooler.<\/p>

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Monday 12 August 2024<\/h3>

A great lunch with my sister Rebecca Lomas and my brother in law, Raul. Santa Fe is such a beautiful town<\/p>

\ud83d\udccd Dr. Field Goods Kitchen & Butcher<\/p>

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\ud83d\udccd Lubbock<\/p>

Just outside of Lubbock, about half way to San Antonio. Midnight, I guess it's time to stop for the night \ud83e\udd78<\/p>

Tuesday 13 August 2024<\/h3>

A delicious dinner with my niece and her family<\/p>

\ud83d\udccd Henry's Puffy Taco<\/p>

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Wednesday 14 August 2024<\/h3>

Still not a big fan of Texas, but at least the coast isn't as bare or hot as Pheonix. And super hard to argue these gas prices!!<\/p>

\ud83d\udccd Bucces Baytown<\/p>

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\ud83d\udccd Lousiana, United States<\/p>

I made it, now I just gotta remember not to feed the alligators.<\/p>

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Thursday 15 August 2024<\/h3>

Welcome to Florida, home of the Blue Angels, and my boat.<\/p>

\ud83d\udccd Florida Visitors Center<\/p>

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I've been trying to stay apolitical, but had to comment. It's all about perspective. This sign is posted, and all over the visitor center they are pushing the SunPass. Your payment system for toll roads, I guess driving isn't free?<\/p>

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\ud83d\udccd Rest Stop<\/p>

Time to stop for the night, it's been a long day.<\/p>

Today my good buddy Gus passed. It was hot and I let him swim in a pond. I guess the water was bad. He fought it for a day. This morning as he lay in the dew soaked grass, he passed quietly. I'll miss you buddy, enjoy your new journey.<\/p>

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Friday 16 August 2024<\/h3>

I made it to the boat, more info to come. Right now I'm just getting set.<\/p>

\ud83d\udccd Riverside Marina, Inc<\/p>

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Saturday 17 August 2024<\/h3>

\ud83d\udccd I-95 Rest Area South Carolina MM139<\/p>

So I have a few days of twiddling my thumbs until the boat survey, so I have headed north to visit a friend, way to much driving<\/p>

Thursday 22 August 2024<\/h3>

Someow I feel like dust. I mean all we are is dust in the wind \ud83e\udd23. I was already feeling the change. Maybe sailing around the world by myself was a bit much. The the boat survey came back that the boat is not ready, and has issues. So cancel the boat. Now what? We'll as one of the guys at the marina mentioned, lots of boats in the Philippines. And I loved Thailand. So I guess I get there by plane instead of sailing. I am heading back to California. I'll balance and get my flight booked to Thailand. Let's see where the wind blows<\/p>

Friday 23 August 2024<\/h3>

Booking it on back to Cali<\/p>

\ud83d\udccd Old Vicksburg Bridge<\/p>

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\ud83d\udccd Texas-Louisiana State Line I-20<\/p>

Made it to Texas, hopefully a more northern route will he cooler.<\/p>

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Saturday 24 August 2024<\/h3>

109 degrees F, even the windmills are to hot tovwork<\/p>

\ud83d\udccd Electra, Texas<\/p>

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Another long drive, Texas heat is no joke! But I'm getting there.<\/p>

\ud83d\udccd Texas\/New Mexico Border<\/p>

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\ud83d\udccd Texas\/New Mexico Border<\/p>

Welcome New Mexico! At least the night was cool enough for a good sleep. Today ill visit my sister Rebecca Lomas in Albuquerque, then maybe stop at the Grand Canyon.<\/p>

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Sunday 25 August 2024<\/h3>

\ud83d\udccd Arizona Welcome Center<\/p>

Had a bit of a lightning storm, so rain and cool instead oh heat and sun. I'll take it<\/p>

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\ud83d\udccd North Rim Grand Canyon, AZ<\/p>

Almost to Marble Canyon. A Ling day and time to stop \ud83d\ude01<\/p>

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\ud83d\udccd Navajo Bridge Scenic Lookout<\/p>

There is something g beautiful in this dry high desert,<\/p>

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Monday 26 August 2024<\/h3>

\ud83d\udccd Arizona \/ Utah Border<\/p>

Yup, Arizona, then Nevada. Back to the desert. I'll eat lunch and do a photo dump \ud83e\udd23<\/p>

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\ud83d\udccd Hawthorne, Nevada<\/p>

Yup, last stop. Should be at my brother's tomorrow. I tried to check in at tikaboo valley for Jiahus trees, but no connection. So you get the photos right here instead,,,<\/p>

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\ud83d\udccd Hawthorne, Nevada<\/p>

Well, a nice cool night in Nevada. Time for a last day of driving to California!<\/p>

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Tuesday 27 August 2024<\/h3>

\ud83d\udccd Boomtown Casino Resort<\/p>

Last stop in Nevada. Made 30 bucks, lost it. Total loss 6 bucks. That's why I love Casinos!<\/p>

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\ud83d\udccd Concow, California<\/p>

Back home at my brother's, time to plan the next adventure<\/p>

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