Florida Vacation (Part 1)

Hello everyone! We just got home from a 2-week vacation to Delray Beach, Florida! It was so much fun!

      We drove over 1,000 miles from our home in Virginia to Delray Beach, Florida (a 2 day car trip!). The route we took is traced in blue on the map.

Directions to Delray Beach, Florida: Get on Interstate 95 and drive for 1,000 miles. 

First day of the trip! We drove about 10 hours the first day.~ 5/25/14

At the North Carolina welcome center ~5/25/14

We got to the Florida state line early the second day, but it was still another 5 hours to Delray Beach. The entire two-day drive took about 14 or 15 hours.

At the Florida welcome center! 5/26/14

Dolphin at the Florida welcome center ~5/26/14

The hotel we stayed at Delray Beach had a shuffleboard court and a basketball hoop, as well as a ping-pong table. Esther and I had a lot of fun with them!

Basketball! ~5/27/14

Ping-pong! 5/28/14

Esther, my dad, and I near the ocean. Look at all that seaweed that washed ashore! 5/27/14

A Goodyear blimp flying near our hotel ~5/28/14

5/29/14

Esther ~5/29/14

My dad, Esther, and I on the beach. 5/27/14

Esther ~5/30/14

We went to the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, about 13 miles from our hotel. It's a 147,392-acre wildlife refuge in the Florida Everglades. It was really cool to see the Everglades!

6/1/14

We saw an alligator! The park rangers said they had named him "George". 6/1/14

I'll post another blog entry soon with the rest of the photos!

Update: Here's Part 2!
http://countrygirl-writer.blogspot.com/2014/06/florida-vacation-part-2.html