Road Trip 2008 – Day 3

Finally after 2 full days of traveling, I was able to jump into the Atlantic Ocean! Yesterday was great – church, breakfast at an Indian restuarant, swimming in the ocean, then a nice long walk at dusk. Just magical!!

Today, my friend is headed off to the NASA museum, while I am plan to stay at the beach once again. I am going to grab a chair, get a book, and just sit under the sun and relax. This is the life.

Peace.

Road Trip 2008 – Day 2

Yesterday, my friend and I continued our trip from Atlanta, GA down to Daytona Beach, FL. Our first stop of the day was to check out the World of Coca-Cola Museum. I had actually never heard of this museum until my friend told me about it and to be honest I was a little skeptical. But as we made our way to downtown Atlanta and I first spotted the museum, I could tell I was in for a real treat.

The musuem was definitely worth the $15 dollar admission price. There are short little movies about the history of Coke and the secrets behind its success. There are also several rooms where you can see Coke artwork and Coke memoraphilia. My favorite room of all was the Tasting Room. Here you can tast Coke products from all over the world – Africa, Italy, France, Netherlands!! In total, I belive they have over 100 different products that you can try. I think I had about 20 of them.The best drink was a ginger ale from Germany – in my opinion

After the museum, my friend and I took to the roads once again. The drive was uneventful, except for the heavy traffic through most of GA. I think was headed south for the winter break. We did eventually make it to Daytona late last night.

Today, we are off to church and then the beach!!

Pictures will be coming soon. Peace.

Road Trip 2008

Since I received two weeks off from my volunteer time at CAP, I decided to take a small road trip with my friend from Bloomington, IL. I really wanted to go some place warm, so we decided to go to Daytona Beach! I have been to Florida several times before, but never to Daytona Beach, so I was pretty psyched about this trip.

Yesterday, I left Chicago at 10:00 in the morning. It was supposed to be at 6:00, but due to the lovely ice storm we had the night before, I had to postpone the trip by a few hours. I made it to Bloomington by 1:30, hopped in my friends car and we took off for Florida. The drive was quite uneventful, which is always a good thing. We only encountered some minor fog in IL, but once we hit KY and TN everything was cleared up.

Around 2:00 am (Eastern) we finally arrived in Atlanta. Once we checked into the hotel, I went straight to bed – I was exhausted.

After a few hours of sleep, my friend and I are wide awake and ready to hit the road again and finish the drive down to Daytona. First, though, we are stopping at the Coca-Cola Plant here in Atlanta. Free Coke samples – YUM!!

I’ll be posting later from Daytona Beach, FL!

Peace.

It’s Christmas Time in the McCreary House

We finally put up our Christmas decorations in the trailer! While our space may be limited, we were still able to put up a Christmas Tree, lights, a wreath, stockings and a few other decorations. It looks really good. Here are a few pictures….

A McCreary Christmas Tree

Our Stockings