Change in Plans - Houston, Here We Come

We're on our way to Houston. My VA appointment for December 3rd in Tennessee was cancelled and my Mom is really not doing well. So we said goodbye to Key West and we're making our way to Texas.

In the interest of making good time, we decided to overnight at rest stops instead of using campgrounds. In Florida, you can legally spend the night at any rest stop that has night-time security. Truckers take advantage of this and so do RVers.

Our first stop was Sumter County Rest Area off I-75 northbound, a few miles south of Bushnell. This stop is 455 miles from Key West, with slow going up and out of the keys and then west across the state through the Everglades. We stopped for lunch at a visitors center in the Everglades and then continued on. We finally got to the rest area around 7PM, after about 10 hours on the road.

We resumed our journey fairly early this morning, and we've made it to the Pensacola area. We're spending the night at another rest stop. We hope to make it to Houston by tomorrow (Sunday) night. This will be a drive of around 550 miles, but will be easy going all the way on I-10 with a steady pace of 60-65mph.