Started my road trip to Florida Thursday night after class. I managed to time it so I hit a "clear" window between snow storms and storms that are traversing the central part of the country. I left Wisconsin under winter conditions, but with clear roads. I stayed over night in Lafayette, Indiana and continued on my way Friday morning. I didn't see signs of other than winter conditions until I crossed into Tennessee. This is a photo through the front windshield, of trees in bloom in someones front yard. It was around the time I was in Tennessee that I started to see that green fog of new leaves on the trees that whispers of spring, and rebirth, and life's renewal. It wasn't until Alabama that I started to see truly green grass. I soooooooooooooo needed this "fix" of spring and new life; of beach and sea and sand. I started grinning ear to ear the moment I turned off of Hwy 65 and headed across Alabama to Florida. And when I hit the Florida State line, I rolled down my window and shouted to the world, "YES!!! HELLO FLORIDA!!!"
