Saturday, August 23, 2008

WOW...FAY!















OK, FIRST OFF... YES I'M CRAZY!





I WENT DOWN TO FLORIDA ON WED. TO SEE MY GRANDMA (91), MY AUNT & UNCLE. I HAD BEEN PLANNING A TRIP TO FLA. FOR A WHILE AND EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A TROPICAL STORM I WAS GOING TO FLORIDA.





THE FIRST 6 HOURS OF THE DRIVE WERE OK (W/2 BOYS WHO LOVE TO BE OUTSIDE PLAYING THIS WAS TORTURE) ONCE WE PASSED JACKSONVILLE AND DAYTONA WE MET FAY! WOW! SHE WAS INTENSE....THE CARS ON I95 WERE CRAWLING...WE DID 45 MPH FOR THE NEXT 4 HOURS. I MANAGED TO KEEP MY COOL AND REALLY CONCENTRATED ON THE ROAD. THIS WAS EXHAUSTING. I WAS ACTUALLY CONCENTRATING ON DRIVING IN A MONSOON. WE SAW SEVERAL CARS THAT HAD FLIPPED OVER COVERED IN WATER. I GUESS THESE CARS HYDROPLANED AND LOST CONTROL AND FLIPPED IN THE PROCESS (WHICH AT THAT MOMENT I PICTURED MYSELF DOING AS WELL) THE BOYS GOT SCARED WHEN THEY SAW THE WATERS RISING AND THE CARS FLIPPED OVER. ANTHONY FREAKED OUT!!! HE WAS CRYING AND WAS REPEATING OVER AND OVER THAT HE WAS SCARED.





BY THE TIME I REACHED EXIT 118 OFF I 95 MY NERVES WHERE SHOT. I CALLED MY AUNT AND UNCLE TO LET THEM KNOW I WOULD BE THERE SHORTLY. THEY INFORMED ME THERE NEIGHBORHOOD/STREET WAS FLOODED. THEY HAVE AN SUV AND HAD TO COME PICK US UP FROM A HOME DEPOT PARKING LOT B/C I COULD NOT DRIVE MY CAR TO THEIR HOUSE.

THE WHITE THING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER(STREET) IS MY AUNT & UNCLE'S MAIL BOX WHICH IS AT THE CURB.




THIS IS HOW THE MAJORITY OF THE STREETS LOOKED IN THE PT. SAINT LUCIE AREA. WE NEEDED A PADDLE BOAT!

ONCE WE GOT TO THE HOUSE I WAS ABLE TO REST AND VISIT W/ MY GRANDMA, AUNT & UNCLE. THEY JUST BUILT A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE W/SCREENED IN POOL.







MY BOYS WHERE IN THE POOL...MORNING,AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...THEY HAD A BLAST! I'M SURE MY AUNT & UNCLE WHERE WHORE OUT BY THE TIME WE LEFT THIS MORNING! THE BOYS ALSO ENJOYED SPENDING SOME TIME W/THEIR GREAT GRANDMOTHER.


WE HAD A GREAT TIME THANKS AGAIN... TIZI (AUNT) ANNA & TIZI (UNCLE) TONY!

I'M TIRED I'LL POST MORE PICTURES TOMORROW...GOODNIGHT!

1 comment:

sarah said...

wow - i can't believe all that rain. glad you made it there and back safely.