Driving all the way down to Sarasota Florida when you're 8 year old with your family can be the most exciting thing in the world! My brother and I loved to sit in the backseat playing fun car games like i spy and counting how many semi truck's we saw passing by. Driving in a car with 4 people crowded all in together with enough luggage for 2 weeks wasn't my idea for a fun couple of weeks. However, the trip ended up to become quite eventful! The weather for the most part was wonderful. The clouds were very heavy in the morning when we started out. The fog soon lifted on into the morning and we continued on our long journey 5 states away! It took us no time at all to reach our first destination, a small town that seemed to be out in the middle of nowhere. As we pulled up to the entrance and my father ran inside to check us in I looked out at the pool and could not wait to get out of the hot car and relax in the cool water. We had completed our first long day on the road. I could bearly sleep when we finally did lay down to rest for the next day. Thoughts of the beach and shopping in all the fun stores were racing through my head for what seemed like all night! Finally 5 a.m. came the next day and we were off once again! I could not have been happier for knowing that this day I would be able to sink my toes in to the soft sand and splash around in the water. The day seemed like it went on for a life time but we made it! As we pulled in to our resort, my father once again went in to get everything ready for us. I rolled down the wondow and smelled the cool ocean air. It was unlike anything I had ever smelled before. My brother and I were able to finally see what the ocean looked like. We kicked our shoes off and ran down to see what the water felt like! as I walked along the shore I watched the sunset and could not believe I had finally made it! I could not have been happier!