Lets head North

Well the rain had stopped and we had our Hotel supplied breakfast which is always a little basic but enough to quell the hunger and took the Hotel shuttle bus back to the Airport for us to visit the Alamo Car rental company to pick up our Toyota Camry or similar, as they say. Anyway after a lot of banter with the staff member he upgraded us with a little extra cash on our part to a BMW 530 which was brand new and only done about 480 miles. Oh well a little bit of luxury does no harm and we are due to travel quite a few miles and so we will do so in a very comfortable car.

We located the car  in the garage and then discovered it had its own Satnav which looked a little complicated but we persevered for a while and then settled to use the one we had brought with us. However we could not easily find how to turn off the BMW one and so for the first few miles they were arguing about turning left or right so after a while we located a quiet place to stop and re adjust everything. We had decided to stay off the highways and stay on the main roads as they are more interesting as you go through towns  etc . We had to travel approx 160 miles today and about 13.00 stopped for lunch in a Subway restaurant, which are always good value and easy to digest.
As we approached Jacksonville we instructed the Satnav to take us to Costco

where we could  purchase some wine and few other things and also a cooked chicken which we would have tonight for dinner. The advantage of the Homewood Suites chain is that all the suites have a mini kitchen with hot plates and microwave and crockery etc and so its easy to cater for your self. After Costco we then went to the Publix Supermarket just across the road for the hotel and we arrived there about 18.30, a little later than we wanted but that's life.

We checked in to the Hotel and had a shower then followed by Chicken and salad with a glass of Costco Chardonnay to wash it down and then settled down to watch a film on the TV but we were beginning to sag and so gave up half way in to the film which was called, “ The shape of Water” which was quite interesting and worth perhaps watching the complete film.
And so to bed, Oh boy do we need this…

The Shape of Water ...