It was supposed to take just over 8 hours driving to get from Ocean Springs, MS to Tampa, FL, but ended up taking about 9 1/2 with the 50 minutes of standstill traffic heading east on the 10 on account of an accident. So, with the 10am departure and the 1 hour time difference I didn't get to Tampa until going on close to 9pm at night.
The morning started off with some judging stares from my two favorite boxers. Ha. After continued ignoring on my part of their close contact and stares as I stood at kitchen countertop eating warmed up leftover pizza along with fresh brewed coffee, they relegated theirselves to a comfortable distance of continued surveillance in the off chance I decide to change my life philosophy of human-food-is-not-dog-food and offer them a bit. Didn't happen.
Got my car loaded and was out before 10am -- stopped at gas station before getting out to highway to get gas. Had aired up Forester tire using tire inflator I have in the backseat before I left Friends' house.
Drive itself was smooth overall -- the entire highway driving was decently smooth 4 lane highway, expanding to more lanes and contracting back as I passed through the cities.
Stopped at a rest stop just after crossing from Alabama into Florida that was noted as having a Florida Welcome Center. All I wanted was a restroom ha. Cool signage.
Also donated my pocket change to two gentlemen vets fundraising for homeless and in need vets.
I didn't end up stopping for lunch at all -- the two slices of leftover pizza for breakfast before I left along with all the heavy eating to-date had me feeling fine food-wise most of the way.
Hit some really bad traffic along the way -- a complete standstill somewhere along the way before Tallahassee. Ended up taking 50 minutes to travel 2 miles to get through an accident that had occured on fwy. Haven't had good luck with these Deep South drives not being made longer on account of traffic issues. Hoping 2 of 2 for long drives is it for unexpected delays.
Got to my "'big' tiny house" AirBnB near downtown way after dark. Found the place easily enough thanks to phone navigation. Got my stuff offloaded right around 9pm. Place officially looks like a row house, but smartly laid out w/ two full floors. Basically the width of a single wide trailer but not moveable at all since built from the ground up.
Ended up walking up 3 blocks and getting two slice of pizza & a soda to-go from walk-up NY style pizza place. Totally unmemorable pizza (next to bars so was surely drunk people food overall) but it did the job for a day that had dragged along with driving that felt like it would never end, ha. Thankfully found that the bed in big tiny house was firm but comfortable -- exactly what was needed after a day of neverending driving.
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