Life in the Middle Age Lane

For the start of spring break we decided to fly to Gainesville, yes I said fly.  However, God had other plans for us and due to the thick cloud coverage around Houston we could not get out in our little plane.  Can you say 14 hours on the road? This is not the first time this has happen to us.  One year we booked a beach house in Hilton Head, NC and again due to weather (it was very cold and the plane would not turn over!) we had to drive 17 hours to meet our friends.  The price of not booking refundable airfares. Which is the way I think I will go from now on. So here we are in March, hotel is booked, college tour is scheduled, we were even looking at property in Gainesville for possible summer home (not happening by the way) with this wonderful realtor, who I would highly recommend if anyone is interested. John did ALL of the driving to Florida.  Sweet man. Shelby making a peanut butter and banana sandwich.  One thing I learned when being confined in a car with a teenager

Last week for spring break we drove to Gainesville to see Shelby's top choice in colleges, University of Florida.  We had three great tour guides who where themselves freshman and Shelby loved every minute of it.    Soon after the tour we hit the bookstore aka gift shop and purchased our Gator paraphernalia.....$200+ later we headed out to explore Gainesville.  I thought the young man pictured here was a little smitten with Shelby, he made sure to tell her three times he was going to become a dentist and focused a lot of his attention on her.  Not in a creepy way but in a very nice and attentive way.  In the hotel elevator "bonding" or should I say being silly! For dinner we did a yelp search and found the best pizza in Gainesville. Sachtels Pizza .  It had a great funky feel to it and the best pizza south of the mason - dixon line.  We ate inside the VW van along with another couple who seemed to be on their first date. A little awkward but we