Florida to California, Day 1...

Just under 600 miles and 11 hours of driving we made it to our first stop, Apalachicola, FL.  Our journey started Friday, November 7th upon disembarking the cruise in Miami.  The crazy thing was this morning we were 20 miles off the coast of Cuba on a cruise ship and now we're in Florida's panhandle.  The car is packed tight, but still handles considerably well.  We spent the 2nd day here relaxing on the beach.  Our next stop will hopefully be the Desoto National Forest.  We had originally wanted to stay in New Orleans, but alas, no rooms were available in any of the hotels we liked.  So we opted to camp out.  We're going to put our new camping items to the test tonight!