Post 23: Summer sun, somethings... ending

So the REU is now over, and people have started their travels back to where they call home. My travels don't begin until tomorrow afternoon. The end of something is always very bittersweet. I cannot express in words how happy I am to beginning my journey home. I believe I am most excited about not having to worry about my car anymore. That is a large burden that has been weighing me down. Every time I get behind the wheel I am so afraid that something else will happen and I will be stranded on yet another highway, near a shitty mechanic, and in this heat.

Rachel arrives at 2:30pm tomorrow, from there we are going to make a pit stop at Wal-Mart and then we will be leaving Gainesville.

I used Google Maps to get directions to our first destination, but then I decided I didn't want to follow directions. I will give Rachel the choice of traveling east or north first. East will take us to the coast and then we'll turn left and continue until we reach Charleston. If we go north first we will just keep taking roads marked North until we reach South Carolina and then work eastward. We do have a GPS for when we get closer to our destinations. I have addresses and those are the important things.

Next post will be from outside the state of Florida, and will include pictures.