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Driving to Florida

Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 10:18 pm
by 1fastmach1
So I'm driving to Florida for two weeks. We go every year and spend the time at my ladies parents beach home. I'm sick of staring at the hood of this car. 2 hours to go.

Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 10:22 pm
by GeminiXD9
Be safe brother. We usually make a Florida trip twice a year

Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 10:30 pm
by 1fastmach1
If totally hang my head out the window if everyone else wasn't KO'd. I may dig for loose change and stale French fries from our Wendy's dinner.

Will do and thanks xd9. Not in a big hurry but it's taking extra long. Nashville and Birmingham turned 65 south into a parking lot.

Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 10:38 pm
by GeminiXD9
Yeah. I hate Nashville traffic. Been construction the last few years too. I try to make it through there late at night

Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 11:22 pm
by Toddstang
I drive like Evel Kenevil on crack going to and from Florida.
No issues.

Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 11:41 pm
by 1fastmach1
17 miles from the beach house.... Omfg

Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 11:41 pm
by Rem700
I'm headed that way at the end of next week. Much needed vacation.

Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 9:29 pm
by RecoilSensitive
Get a copy of the hazardous materials placard book. The. Guess what dangerous chemical your driving next to.

Sorry I am a safety nerd

Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 9:43 pm
by 1fastmach1
RecoilSensitive wrote:Get a copy of the hazardous materials placard book. The. Guess what dangerous chemical your driving next to.

Sorry I am a safety nerd
I do the safety audits at work for our two largest accounts. That stuff would put me to sleep. A nasty crash would've followed.

We made it and had a great first day here in Florida.

Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 10:12 pm
by jackalo626
I can't stand driving the 6 hrs to our vacation place in TN so I feel you on the long FL drive.

Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 10:15 pm
by Toddstang
jackalo626 wrote:I can't stand driving the 6 hrs to our vacation place in TN so I feel you on the long FL drive.
The older you get the more you enjoy it. I program in gun shops on the GPS and go off the beaten path to find them on the way to FLA.

Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Sat May 31, 2014 11:19 pm
by RecoilSensitive
1fastmach1 wrote:
RecoilSensitive wrote:Get a copy of the hazardous materials placard book. The. Guess what dangerous chemical your driving next to.

Sorry I am a safety nerd
I do the safety audits at work for our two largest accounts. That stuff would put me to sleep. A nasty crash would've followed.

We made it and had a great first day here in Florida.


Ya I am a consultant so I do audits for lots of companies.

Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 1:33 pm
by 1fastmach1
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Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 2:03 pm
by samb.
Where are the pics of the FL gun shops? Be careful I bought a mauser on vacation one time just "browsing" a gun shop.

Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 7:18 pm
by 1fastmach1
Fort Pickens....
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Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 7:30 pm
by 1fastmach1
Sorry for the crummy iphone pics fellas.
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Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 7:31 pm
by 1fastmach1
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Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 7:59 pm
by Rem700
Very cool

Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 8:25 pm
by 1fastmach1
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Very cool place. Lots of dark books and crannies to walk around in. Long dark tunnel in the one pic. We didn't go down to far though.

Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 9:34 pm
by jackalo626
I just hate long drives. It just makes me fidgety and then tired.

Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:46 pm
by 1fastmach1
jackalo626 wrote:I just hate long drives. It just makes me fidgety and then tired.
I know how you feel. I'm the same way. Everyone else was sleeping in the car. It sucked.

Driving to Florida

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 11:28 pm
by nemo
At least to Florida there is scenery or towns to see. I hated driving across Texas, hundreds of mile of flat nothing not even a tree.

Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 11:40 pm
by travisccook
I've been good to go since discovering Audiobooks.

Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 7:54 pm
by jackalo626
Podcasts help but they only postpone the inevitable

Re: Driving to Florida

Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 9:03 pm
by 1fastmach1
McGuire's Irish pub...
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