day 16

key west to cocoa beach, florida, 371 miles.
FROM SCOTT
today marked the start of the return trip, so to speak. from now on, i get closer in miles to seattle. somewhere between today and tomorrow also marks the halfway point of the trip in terms of days on the road, if the projected return date of july 25 holds up. i'm starting to think it might be nice to get home earlier. the road is nice, but home is looking nicer every day as well.
today we started driving north along the atlantic to washingon, d.c., where we'll see some sights before olivia boards a plane back to seattle on july 16.
it was tough to leave key west today. nice place. nice feel to it. plus the valet comes to your room, takes your luggage, gets your car out of the garage, packs the luggage in the car and puts the top down; all you have to do is get in and drive away. why can't i get olivia to do that?
not much to talk about from the standpoints of sights seen today. saw a couple of big lizards ambling across the highway. going through miami, it seemed the highrises stretched forever north to south. few people in florida use their turn signals to let anyone know they're changing lanes. at the restaurant here, all of the menu items had cape canaveral type names: blast-off burger, space salad, etc. we're about two miles north of the cape.
olivia and i have been dealing with an interesting phone situation. there are times when we're both on the phone, so we've been alternating who gets to be in the main part of our room, who has to be in the bathroom, or who gets to be on the deck. the past couple of nights, she decided to create a nest in the bathtub using towels. she'll set her iced tea and cheese and crackers on the edge of the tub and climb in and talk. i think she's 14.
FROM OLIVIA
as a matter of faCT.. I AM 14!!! haha im pretty excited for tomorrow.. get to go through Georgia... i probably know everything you need to know about georgia because i had to do my 5th grade state report/project on it. pretty fun! soo im pretty distracted right now.. because i got a new book.. 3 ish hours ago.. and im proud to say that i am already on page 307 out of498.. im gonna be sad to see it end. oh well! my dad pretty much summed it up.. so yeah. see you all in like 7 days!
TOMORROW: cocoa beach to maybe charleston, south carolina, via cape canaveral and st. augustine,l florida.