{"id":213,"date":"2022-08-13T22:47:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T22:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cheal.com\/?page_id=213"},"modified":"2022-08-30T22:02:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T22:02:12","slug":"journey-from-bellevue-washington-and-first-6-months-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cheal.com\/?page_id=213","title":{"rendered":"Journey from Bellevue, Washington and First 6 Months in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I retired on June 15th 2018. We sold many of our possessions but still shipped a full truck of our stuff and a car to Florida. We drove from Bellevue WA to our new home in Brandon, FL, leaving on June 29th and arriving on July 5th after making a few detours along the way. We stopped in Missoula, Montana and in Iowa to visit family and took a detour to see Mt. Rushmore. The Sacajawea (Lewis &amp; Clarke guide) rest stop was an unexpected bonus. Our final night on the road was spent in Atlanta GA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>First stop &#8211; a couple of days with Chuck and Joy in Missoula Montana. Spent a great day with them then it was out to a really great steak dinner. Picture is Chuck with Molly at a craft fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/462A4050_1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/462A4050_1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/462A4050_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/462A4050_1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/462A4050_1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/462A4050_1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Family in Missoula<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4672-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4672-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4672-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4672-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4672-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4672-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Mt Rushmore &#8211; a deliberate detour much to Jane&#8217;s delight.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4705-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4705-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4705-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4705-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4705-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4705-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Sakajawea Rest Stop on I-9()<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We needed to stop on the road and here was  the Sakajawea Rest Stop which we didn&#8217;t notice until we were parking!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4700-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208\" width=\"342\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4700-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4700-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4700-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4700-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4700-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_4700-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I retired on June 15th 2018. We sold many of our possessions but still shipped a full truck of our stuff and a car to Florida. We drove from Bellevue WA to our new home in Brandon, FL, leaving on June 29th and arriving on July 5th after making a few detours along the way. 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