begin rant

We drove to the Atlantic coast to see the beach on Sunday, and had a really amazingly great day. We got up and moving in record time, the sun was warm, the water was cool, the dogs were well-behaved, and the waves were rough enough but still playful. Better still: nobody got sunburned, dinner was at the excellent "Chianti Room", and our evening was concluded by fireworks.

Of course, we still had to drive home from all of this excitement.

The blue line represents our path from Gainesville to St. Augustine.
The red line represents our return trip home.

I would like to stress that I was not driving for either portion of this adventure.