I feel like I’ve been gone for so long. Things look a bit different around here.
What was supposed to be one week off turned into two. I decided to jump on the opportunity to go with my husband on a run(husband is a trucker) down to Florida. The weather at home has been cold and we got snow a few times so leaving for 80+ and sunshine was a wonderful escape.
We hit all the major cities making deliveries. Started up in mobile Alabama across to Jacksonville Florida, west palm beach, Miami.... It was around Miami that we got held up for a bit.
Getting onto 595 we saw a car on fire. It didn’t look like any emergency crews showed up yet.
Little did we know that just up ahead a tanker would get in an accident requiring them to shut down 595. The worst part was our truck has no working ac right now. That’s not a problem normally, but it was so hot in the truck that day with the sun beating down on us. I had my dog on my lap so he could have his head out the window. All of a sudden his body went completely limp in my arms! He couldn’t open his eyes and focus, hold his head up, nothing! I was in shock but knew right away he was having a heat stroke. I squirted water in his mouth and got his head and body wet. He revived enough to start drinking water on his own and improved slightly. It wasn’t till the next day that he was fully recovered. It was the most terrifying part of our trip. I was sure he would die in my arms while we sat at a stand still in traffic.
I saw the news chopper fly overhead so I got online and took this screen shot.
If we would have had ac this would have just been a slight inconvenience, but instead it was nail biting scary just praying we could make it out before our pup died.
After our long stressful day we stayed the night at miccosukee service plaza. Sadly didn’t get to see their gator, but I took a few pictures while we were there.
It was already getting dark when we arrived.
I saw fish in the water and couldn’t tell what they are. Cichlids maybe? The looked like they had stripes. I took multiple pictures(all look like the top picture) and by chance one caught eye shine from the fish! I thought that was pretty cool.
After that we went through Naples up to Venice, Tampa, and stayed nearly a week in wildwood.
What was supposed to be one week off turned into two. I decided to jump on the opportunity to go with my husband on a run(husband is a trucker) down to Florida. The weather at home has been cold and we got snow a few times so leaving for 80+ and sunshine was a wonderful escape.
We hit all the major cities making deliveries. Started up in mobile Alabama across to Jacksonville Florida, west palm beach, Miami.... It was around Miami that we got held up for a bit.
Getting onto 595 we saw a car on fire. It didn’t look like any emergency crews showed up yet.
Little did we know that just up ahead a tanker would get in an accident requiring them to shut down 595. The worst part was our truck has no working ac right now. That’s not a problem normally, but it was so hot in the truck that day with the sun beating down on us. I had my dog on my lap so he could have his head out the window. All of a sudden his body went completely limp in my arms! He couldn’t open his eyes and focus, hold his head up, nothing! I was in shock but knew right away he was having a heat stroke. I squirted water in his mouth and got his head and body wet. He revived enough to start drinking water on his own and improved slightly. It wasn’t till the next day that he was fully recovered. It was the most terrifying part of our trip. I was sure he would die in my arms while we sat at a stand still in traffic.
I saw the news chopper fly overhead so I got online and took this screen shot.
If we would have had ac this would have just been a slight inconvenience, but instead it was nail biting scary just praying we could make it out before our pup died.
After our long stressful day we stayed the night at miccosukee service plaza. Sadly didn’t get to see their gator, but I took a few pictures while we were there.
It was already getting dark when we arrived.
I saw fish in the water and couldn’t tell what they are. Cichlids maybe? The looked like they had stripes. I took multiple pictures(all look like the top picture) and by chance one caught eye shine from the fish! I thought that was pretty cool.
After that we went through Naples up to Venice, Tampa, and stayed nearly a week in wildwood.
