Just a quick update since the way things are looking, I probably won’t have time to post the latest pictures and a new blog entry until I’m at my dad’s in DC the middle of next week. Things have been busy busy! I drove seven hundred miles yesterday to make it to Key West in time for my boat trip out to the Dry Tortugas today, but it was so worthwhile. I never did snorkel, but I think (hope) I got some lovely shots of Fort Jefferson - which was very cool, brick arches everywhere, a moat, lighthouse, all in the middle of nowhere on a 10-acre sand island. A special thanks to the Sunny Days “A Squad” for the great trip, I had a blast, and I never puked either. 
(And I’m highly curious what the outcome of the 4Runner debate is, let me know!) Unfortunately, when I got back to the parking lot where I’d left my truck for the day, I found one of my front tires to be exceedingly flat. It finally happened, 22,000 miles into my trip, my first flat (courtesy of a rather large nail). It took me longer to rearrange the crap in the back of my truck so that I could get underneath the seat to the jack than it did to actually get the tire itself changed. All my practice before I left paid off! And the rain held off until I finished, which was rather nice of it, the parking lot was muddy enough as it was. Too bad it didn’t wait a tad longer until I was back in my car after taking a couple quick pictures of the lighthouse, I got absolutely drenched. Ahh well, probably needed to rinse the tire changing grime off me anyway! Time to quit procrastinating and get back on the road. I’ve got more driving to do tonight, and my day tomorrow has now gotten even busier since I have to get my tire repaired. Let’s hope I don’t get any more flats before then!