Road Trip!

So I was planning to blog our journey as we went down the road...well it was much harder to travel with a baby than I thought. I had no time at all really to hardly think. So I now we are on the road home she is asleep and I thought I would blog our journey. Oh pictures will be up as soon as we get home!

Packing for this trip what a lot harder than any other trip we had been on because we were traveling in my parents motorhome for almost 2 weeks, and with the little one I had no idea what to bring. So basically I brought everything I think I may need and maybe a little bit more.

DAY 1 - Our journey started Wednesday night, we packed everything up and we headed to Trinidad. It was sad because this was also the day that I had to say goodbye to my good friend Tamara, she was moving back home. Also Josh had gotten home for his trip the day before and I barely got to see him. He was going to fly down on Thursday to Tampa to hang with his friend Ryan, then we was going to meet up with us when we finally made it there.

DAY 2 - We woke up early Thursday morning, our first stop was the Big Texan in Amarillo. It was the hoe of the 72oz steak ( pictures will come of this). If one manages to eat all of this including a 2 shrimp, baked potato, a house salad and a dinner roll, you get the meal for free. It was so large it was disgusting, however there are crazy people out there who like to try. After we left the Big Texan in Amarillo,TX we made our way down the road. We went through Dallas which was always interesting, mainly because their roads are crazy and it hard to get through in our big motorhome. Once we made it through Dallas we stopped in a place outside of Dallas to eat. It was in Canton, Texas and it was called the Dairy Palace and it was supposed to have "world famous" hamburgers and well to be honest it was full of rude people and the food was just ok. Lets just say we wouldn't go back. We finally made it to Shreveport,LA where we ended for the night.

DAY 3 - We again woke up early and were headed for Pensacola, Fl. One our way we went through Jackson, Mississippi, we stopped at a Krystals to eat. Krystals is like a White Castle, they have those mini hamburgers. They are good, however they serve grits there, and so I gave a little try to Ava and sure enough she loved them. Of course she would like something you only really find in the South. I don't even think they carry them at the stores in CO. We then headed to Biloxi where we took a tour of Jefferson Davis' house. It was very pretty and fun to see. We then moved right on down to Pensacola where we stayed the night.

DAY 4 - We woke up and headed for Homosassa Springs, Fl. It wasn't that far from Pensacola so we just took our time on getting there. We stopped and enjoyed the Gulf and just hung out. However, we didn't get in the Gulf because Josh wanted to be there for Ava's first time. We stayed at a campground right on the water and it was really nice we were able to enjoy a nice sunset on the beach.

DAY 5 - We woke up and went to the wildlife reserve in Homosassa Springs, Fl. It was nice it was more like a zoo type place that was for injured animals. It was good to see that they were taken care of. I almost hit a snake with the stroller and I screamed so loud that park rangers came running because they thought something major had happened obviously these guys run the place because no one else seemed bothered. They just let it be, I think they should of moved it because it was right in the middle of the path and it took me a while to get around it. I just hate snakes. After we left Homosassa we went to Orlando to check in at Fort Wilderness in Disney where we were staying. It was exciting to finally make it to Orlando because we got to finally meet up with Josh! Josh rented a car in Tampa and came to Orlando to pick Ava and I up. We were then headed to Vero Beach to stay with his Grandparents for the night. It was a nice drive down to Vero Beach and we arrived at dinner time. His grandparents ordered us some delicious Chinese food and we were able to just hang out and they got to enjoy some time with Ava. It was their first time seeing her and they were excited! It was nice to just finally hang out and relax.

Day 6 - Ava woke up early and woke everyone up as well. She is so funny in the mornings because she loves to just talk. It is so much fun to wake up with her and listen to all she has to say. However this is just at like 6:30 - 7:00 in the morning. Since everyone was up we decided to go ahead and make breakfast. Carmine made some yummy coffee and then went to Dunkin Donuts for some bagels and donuts! He also made eggs and bacon. We were sure spoiled while we were there! It was some good food too! After breakfast we all just hung out and were lazy Josh and Ava feel asleep on the couch, and his Grandma and I went to look at the jewelry she makes. It was fun looking at all of her creations. I was even lucky enough to get a couple of her pieces. Which, I might add that one of the neckless' has shells on it that were shaped like Mickey Mouse and when we got to Disney World everyone kept asking me where I got it. I told them it was a one of a kind! After we ate lunch his Grandma and I headed to Carters Outlet to get some good deals for Ava. We sure got a lot of cute stuff for cheap! You have to love good deals when you find them! We got back and we decided to take Ava to the beach we wanted to put her toes in for the first time. Lets just say she was not a fan, I think it was the loud noise from the waves that scared her. After we got back they again made more delicious food. This time it was sausage from New York! Let me tell you, you cannot find this anywhere but New York and it was so good. After we were stuffed we had to say goodbye and we headed back to Orlando. We got back tat evening and Josh and I took Ava to Downtown Disney just to hang out and walk around the shops. We didn't stay out late because we were going to get up early to head to Disney!

Day 7 - We woke up early got ready and headed to Magic Kingdom! We were super excited to take Ava there for her first time. Even though she wont remember we will! We spent half the day here riding rides and just hanging out. We then headed over to Epcot to enjoy some food from around the world. We would all share one dish so we got to try a variety of things. We ended in England where we went to a pub, and in the pub was a pianist and she was hilarious and Ava loved her! We went back early because all of our feet hurt and we were tired.

Day 8 - We started our day at Animal Kingdom, it was a fun place. We did some rides and went on a Safari. Ava liked looking at all the animals. Her face was priceless half the time. She really just stared in awe. After we saw all there was to see at Animal Kingdom we headed to Epcot to eat at this restaurant the Land. It was good food but boy was it expensive! I honestly don't know how large families survive Disney. After the show we went and got a spot to watch the show they have at night. It is a fireworks show and they light up all the different countries. It was really neat!

Day 9 - Since, the crowds are so bad and we didn't want to stand in line for an hour to get our picture with Mickey we decided to wake up and be at the park at 8:00 to beat everyone there. Well, we got there at 8:00 and rushed to Mickeys House. Well, hat part of Magic Kingdom doesn't open until 10:00 so we went had breakfast and took some pictures of the Castle. At like 9:30 we headed back over to Toontown where Mickey's house was, because we headed they will open it early, and like everything else in Disney there was a crowd of people waiting to get it. They opened it soon after we arrived and we went straight to Mickey, we were only like 5 people back so the line wasn't long at all. We were lucky enough to have Minnie in the room with Mickey! She usually isn't in there but she was! Ava had really not a clue of who they were. It was really funny she just looked at them like what it that. It was really cute. We then headed to Hollywood Studios to meet up with my parents and do some of the rides with them. Then they went to Epcot and we went to the Boardwalk to hang out and relax. After we ate we met up with them to do a ride in Epcot, however when we got there it was having issues. So Josh and I decided that it was best to take Ava back since she had had a long day. We went back and crashed.

Day 10 - We left Disney and headed for Panama City to go to the beach for a little bit. However, we made it there that night so we decided to just stay the night here and wake up early and go to the beach for an hour or 2 before heading back. Ava was so tired from the 3 days at Disney that she slept the entire day only waking up to eat. I felt so bad for the little bug, we decided next time we need to take more breaks.

Day 11 - We woke up and went to the beach. Ava actually liked the beach this time, she played in the sand which was later EVERYWHERE! We were even able to take her into the water. We had to get past where the waves were breaking. She kicked and had a lot of fun in the water. She kept licking us, she liked the salty taste it was super cute. After we were done at the beach we started to get back on the road to head home. We stopped for lunch at Crabs in Pensacola and it was a fun place right on the beach, and it was really good too! After we ate we had to make up some time driving. We made it to Alexandria that night.

Day 12 - Well, this is the current day we are on as I a blogging. We are almost to Amarillo where we will spend the rest of the night just hanging out. We will continue on tomorrow getting home in the afternoon. I am so ready to be home, it was a fun adventure but it was sure long!

As soon as we are home and settled in I will post pictures of our crazy road trip to Disney!