Longest drive EVER!!!

So, following our last minute plans to support Pam & Paula at Ironman Florida we left the house at lunchtime on Wednesday for what was the longest road trip I have ever been on. Having dropped the two athletes off at Buffalo Airport in New York, Genevieve & I continued onwards in the car heading for the very distant south coast. In the driving rain we had barely passed over the NY state line into Pennsylvania and the darkness was setting in. We drove all the way through Pennsylvania and though Ohio in terrible weather conditions getting terribly lost in the dark in Columbus as our Interstate highway was closed. The weather finally improved after 10 hours driving (not yet half way!!) and after we had passed through Cincinnati we eventually stopped & slept in the car for 2.5 hours in a truck stop before being woken by the cold (it was almost freezing outside). By 4.30am we were on the road again heading through Louisville, Kentucky, Nashville Tennessee, all the way across Alabama and finally into Florida state for the final 200 miles down to Panama City Beach, Florida. Toronto to Florida; 1400 miles in 27 hours at 65 miles per hour due to the crazy slow American speed limits and County Sheriffs pulling people all over the place.

The Condo we are staying is amazing and the balcony overlooks the beach (we had a quick dip in the sea as the sun was setting to wash away the driving pains!) The place is buzzing with the usual pre-Ironman goings on & it's going to be great to watch one for once rather than taking part on Saturday. Can't wait for a slightly more relaxing day on the beach tomorrow!!