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24+ Hour Trip From Michigan to Florida With Baby and Small Child for Snow Bird Season
Oct 13, 2025
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hero. This is Noah. I like the mean.
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It's I'm a big fan of Kevin. He's my
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most favorite me.
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Everybody is loading up into the car. I
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got my memory foam pillow and I think
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we're finally ready to go. Just waiting
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for my husband. He's just doing the
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final walk through of the house and
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everything and then we can finally get
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going on the road. We have a long road
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ahead of us. It's
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our first stop of the trip. We have been
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on the road.
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Yeah,
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we've been on the road for a good five
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minutes, maybe a little more. We're
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going to just have some McDonald's and
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then we're going to hope that the kids
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will finally get some sleep. We still
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got 17 hours and 43 minutes to go.
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Time goes by. Yeah. You and I are
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running out.
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Running out.
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[Music]
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Time goes by. I've changed my mind about
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you and I.
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You and I.
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So would you say
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for a minute
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so I can be brave? Let me catch my
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breath.
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Now I
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So we are just about 3 hours in and we
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are taking our first rest stop. Getting
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some gas. Just changed baby girl's
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diaper and gave her a feeding.
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Who are you calling?
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Yeah. Who you calling?
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Yes. So
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she's calling.
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We have about 15 hours. 15 hours left,
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which we started at 18 hours. We are
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still
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still in Ohio getting ready to head into
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Kentucky and everybody is up now. So, I
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guess we will all take our rest break.
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We are almost in Kentucky. So, we will
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see where we go from here from here.
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Hopefully we can give Naa a good nursing
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session. She's got a fresh diaper, give
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her a little air, maybe. And then
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hopefully that will calm her for, you
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know, a little while longer. And then I
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believe that the next time she sleeps,
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she'll probably sleep for a longer
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stretch of time. But yeah, not
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everyone's up. And I'm regretting not
2:42
taking a nap. We stopped at this place
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called Sheets. I have never heard of
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streets before, but it's kind of like a
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It kind of looks like a speedway, you
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know. So, this is where we're stopping.
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They got food, gas, um drinks,
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restrooms, all that stuff. So, this is
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where where my husband decided to stop.
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I see him like peeking out the the door.
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So, he's in line. He bought something.
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Probably pull over to the side, give Na
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another nursing session, and I'll use
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the restroom. See if Noah's got to use
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the restroom and all that good stuff.
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Then we will get back on the road and
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hopefully we can then knock out at least
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another 3 hours because we need to at
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least get in 9 hours before we decide
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whether or not we will stop at a hotel.
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So, if we could get in another 3 hours,
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that'll leave us with three more to go.
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But being 3 hours in, at least we're an
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hour and a half away from the half hour
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mark before the possible hotel stops.
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So, not too bad. Um, honestly, it kind
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of still feels like we just got on the
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road, so
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you know, but then again, it's 1:00 in
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the morning and my children are awake.
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Um, so there's that. We have been like
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listening to while the kids So, the kids
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fell asleep as soon as we got on the
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road pretty much. They they've been
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asleep for the past 3 hours. And my
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husband and I were just listening to
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some of our like old like songs that we
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used to listen to when we were teenagers
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and stuff like kind of fun, you know. So
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that's why I had been up for a while.
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But literally just when I was starting
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to get sleepy cuz this is typical my
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bedtime, the time where I would start to
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get ready for bed at home. So just when
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I started to get sleepy,
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um
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it's going to be more for the
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the kids have gotten up. My husband
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slept in a little bit longer today and
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he's normally used to staying up a lot
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later than I am. So, he's doing pretty
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good, but he's probably getting himself,
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I would guess, maybe a coffee or
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something in there. Um, and this little
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girl is just I mean, she is busy busy.
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All right, it is day two kind of even
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though we pretty much drove overnight
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and it was like 1:00 in the morning, 2
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in the morning. So, it's kind of like
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hasn't really even been 24 hours
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obviously 24 hours, but we did let's see
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the last check-in was
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3 or 4 hour stuff, I think. I don't
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know. But pretty much the kids slept all
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night. Naa woke up a couple of times and
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I did have to climb in the back seat and
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console her, but it was manageable and
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it was doable and it was pretty much to
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be expected. So, so we drove until about
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6:00 a.m. and I think that was about
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what was it 8 hours that we drove? 8 8
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and 1/2 hours or 9.
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We found a hotel. We slept and we're
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getting back on the road 12 hours later
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so that we can do the evening night
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drive again and arrive at our
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destination in the morning time. Um
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hopefully we were able to like avoid
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bulk of the traffic. Hopefully when
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we're going through Atlanta it be at
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night time or traffic hopefully it'll be
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a little bit lighter. So we're gonna see
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how that goes. That's the hope and the
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goal. But our sleep was comfortable. It
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was you know just what we needed. So
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thankful to God for that. Baby girl
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slept a lot in the room. So I'm kind of
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trying to see how she's going to do in
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the car. Honestly, she still looks
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sleepy, but we'll see. We'll probably
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grab a bite while we're out and get back
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on the road. Sun is full of energy
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still.
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And he slept overnight. That's where we
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are. We'll see what we grab to eat. And
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back on the road. We are currently in
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Kentucky. So you guys saw us drive
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through Ohio and then we entered into
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Kentucky. So we still got to get through
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Tennessee cuz we're pretty much through
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Kentucky completely. We got to get
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through Tennessee, got to get through
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Georgia and enter into Florida.
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Everybody is in the car now. We finally
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get some daytime
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driving where maybe we can see some nice
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scenery and things like that. So we are
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finally I need her snacks to be right at
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hand. So, I'mma put her little
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I want the cheese.
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Cheese is for him. Na's little tomato
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crunchies. And I'm going to put these
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right in the glove box in front of me.
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That way when she starts to scream and I
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can pass her some Cheetos. I should
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probably put some I'mma put some in her
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cup. Put some in here and make sure she
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got some cold water before we pull off.
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Some things already handy. Although, we
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probably going to stop and get
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something.
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I got
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[Music]
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got in my eye.
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Okay.
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She's ready.
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So, I got a pouch. Get this chip out of
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my eye. Gave Noah some drama. Took some
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myself as well as some aspirin.
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And now let me get everybody some cold
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water.
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I still got some water. Liquid IV in it
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from yesterday. Let me get there.
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Something to drink. Put a couple of
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these in the glove box. This way I don't
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have to be bending backwards to grab her
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a couple of snacks here and there. I
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have some easy to grab when she gets
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started.
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She's got a little water in here, but
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she likes this vitamin water. So, let me
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give her that.
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I like the normal water, too.
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No. Want some water?
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You want liquid IV?
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Sure thing.
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Okay, Noah, don't drink that all at
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once.
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I don't know how to drink or watch.
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Okay.
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There we go. We're good to go. I've got
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disinfectant wipes, all the baby girl
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snacks, more baby wipes, some little
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candies for myself.
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What's up here? Little hand sanitizer
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and gum. And we got more things in the
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back obviously, but we're ready to go.
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Did you bring your ravens?
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I couldn't get non.
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I just can't believe you remembered to
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get them.
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Are you recording yourself making fun of
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me?
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11 hours. 1 minute. We shall arrive at
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5:26 a.m. with no stops. What time you
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think we going to get there, honey?
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Let's just get the guess score going.
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I'm going say 8:00.
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Yum. Yum.
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I'm going say 8.
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Yum. Yum.
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I'm going to give it 8:30 at the 8.
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between 8 and 8:30.
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Well, what time do you think we're going
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to get there?
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You order up
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11:00.
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Okay.
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Our first rest stop. 1 minute in.
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Husband had to pull over and look for
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his sunglasses inside one of the
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suitcases in the trunk. So, that will be
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our first stop thus far. So, we still
10:44
have a lap and I'm pretty sure 10
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minutes has gone by. But, now we can go
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straight forward cuz the sun is really
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out. So that's a blessing. But that
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means we don't need our shades. So now
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that you got your Ray-B bands, are you
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ready to
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go
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[Music]
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like get down like
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you want some love? I'll be back when
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you feel like calling midnight.
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You got the best of me. You got me
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losing sleep.
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I've been hopeful. Baby, I was hoping
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maybe now you cross my path.
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M I've been sinking
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and it's hard to move. I think I'm stuck
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on you.
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Transits
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going all to different places, different
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planets.
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Watch your passing by. Losing balance.
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What if we run out of time and second
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chances
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empty?
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I know.
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Would you love me better if I go?
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I'm not home.
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I want to know.
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Can we trust the stars above to let us
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know
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how to go?
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We only got this life. No guarantees the
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stars. Find out your best trail and try
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to keep an open mind. Hiding by myself.
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No guarantees you find me.
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All right. So, some gas, coffee,
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something to eat. 20 minutes in. 20
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minutes in. And Noah's leaving
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has been snacking. She'll probably be
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behind him soon once we get back
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driving.
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Everybody got food. Now, now we're
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ready.
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[Music]
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What's she doing?
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Eating
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like
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every day. I see miserable people
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doing things they hate just to fit in.
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I know it's easier to get along
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peacefully. But have you ever thought
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about you? Don't know why I keep on
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doing what I'm told to do when the rules
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are made up by someone we never knew.
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Baby, wipe your tears and hear me out.
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We don't need someone to feel all right.
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Let's do the streets on Monday.
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Let's call your exes and tell them they
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can join us too. Why always
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when you can get rich trying to see the
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other side?
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[Music]
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Yeah. outside.
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[Music]
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I know it's hard sometimes to believe
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it.
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That you deserve more than me.
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Hope the job you hate and love the ones
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you love.
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cuz have you ever really thought about
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you?
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We are 4 hours in since leaving
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Kentucky, since leaving the hotel. Um,
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we took a little break because Na was
15:01
waking up and everybody needed to take a
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rest break. So, that was about 4 hours
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in, but we still have about 7 and 1/2
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hours left. So, hopefully we can just
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knock out another 4 hours, leaving us
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with just 3 hours to go. So, we're
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currently in Georgia, but we're making
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progress. So, after that, we will be
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heading into Florida. So, let's at least
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try to get out of Georgia before we take
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any more stop. But so far, everything
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has just been selling. Um the babies
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slept the past 4 hours or the children
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slept the past 4 hours. So, once the
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once baby girl was waking up, that's
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when we decided to take a stop. So, so
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far it's good. Praise the Lord. I hope
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everything continues to be smooth
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selling. It is late late. It is what
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11:00 at 11:30
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right now. So, we got a little bit
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further to go. Um, but so far we are
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making good timing and good progress. We
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haven't added too too much to the clock.
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[Music]
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outside.
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A a fight. A a fight. A a fight.
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[Applause]
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I finally made it. We are in Florida.
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That was like a 12hour drive the rest of
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the way, but we made it. We are here. We
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are going to eat some Chick-fil-A
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and then we have about about 2 hours
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before we can go grab our keys and get
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settled and everything.
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But
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We are so happy and just thankful and
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grateful that we made it here safely.
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Hubby is outside just stretching his
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legs because he is amazing. He got us
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here safely. He's out there stretching
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and everything. But yeah, it's been an
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adventure and this is just the start of
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it. So, I hope that you guys enjoy this
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travel day vlog coming along with us on
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this really, really long trip from
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Michigan to Florida. But that is going
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to conclude today's video. I hope that
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you guys enjoyed it and if you did,
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