| The Canadian winters are long and cold and by | | | | to Florida by car I was able to go from winter in |
| March we are longing for the warm sunshine. This | | | | Canada to summer in Florida. They may not call it |
| is the time of year that many Canadians head | | | | summer there, but it was summer to me. We |
| south to find out what's taking the warm sunshine | | | | would have missed this if we had traveled by |
| so long to get here. The state that we head for | | | | plane. We would have flown over it. |
| is Florida. Many choose to jump on a plane and | | | | Whenever you take a trip you have to figure in |
| are there in a matter of hours. Then there are | | | | the costs of that trip. For us the cost of driving |
| those of us who would rather pile everything in | | | | down was much cheaper. The cost of driving |
| the car so that we can see the countryside. | | | | down (2004) was around $200.00, which isn't bad |
| There are many sites and experiences that we | | | | and cheaper than flying. Also if we had of flown |
| would have missed had we traveled by plane. | | | | we would have had to rent a car in Florida, which |
| The one thing that we enjoyed the most was | | | | would have added even more to the cost. Even |
| watching the change in the weather as we | | | | with today's gas prices I still think it's cheaper to |
| traveled south. Of course New York State's | | | | drive. Some may argue that point. |
| weather was pretty much the same as what we | | | | We met a lot of people during our journey. |
| had left behind. Pennsylvania's weather was a little | | | | Everybody treated us very well and I found the |
| better. We really didn't notice a big change until | | | | accents wonderful. I hope they felt the same |
| we entered Virginia. This was the point that I was | | | | way about mine. We were able to talk and visit |
| starting to get excited about our trip and I knew | | | | with some of the people and learned a great deal |
| that even better weather wasn't far away. The | | | | about there way of life. I don't think it would have |
| Carolina's weather was warmer still, with a mix of | | | | the same on a plane. |
| rain and sunshine and no snow. Georgia's weather | | | | There are many other reasons, but these are the |
| was perfect and we ran into the welcome center | | | | ones that stand out for us. These are the |
| at the border to get our shorts on. | | | | experiences that we would have missed had we |
| We had found the warm sunshine. It had only | | | | traveled by plane. Yes the drive is long and |
| made it to Georgia. | | | | sometimes very boring, but we experienced so |
| Finally we arrived in Florida. Sun was shinning, the | | | | much. We have made this trip three times now |
| palm trees swaying in the warm breeze and I | | | | and we are looking forward to trip number four. |
| could feel myself almost thawed out. By traveling | | | | |