{"id":587,"date":"2011-06-15T15:37:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/06\/really-florida-is-a-really-big-state.html"},"modified":"2011-06-15T15:37:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T15:37:00","slug":"really-florida-is-a-really-big-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/06\/really-florida-is-a-really-big-state\/","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Really?&quot; Florida is a REALLY BIG STATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We learned this already on our drive to Orlando last weekend. &nbsp;Navarre, Florida to Orlando is about 6 hours worth of driving.<\/p>\n<p>We were able to get from Raleigh, NC to Washington, D.C. in less time.<\/p>\n<p>But when we started doing our driving planning for our annual June trip to central PA for Dave&#8217;s family reunion, we were floored to discover that our upcoming drive will only be 70 miles less than the drive from Bellevue, NE!<\/p>\n<p>Wow!<\/p>\n<p>At least, that&#8217;s the word according to Bing Maps:<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-6Y08w2Bh9NI\/TfjP-zbcS3I\/AAAAAAABWx8\/cS5OHOGeQQg\/s1600\/Navarre2Mountville.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"241\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-6Y08w2Bh9NI\/TfjP-zbcS3I\/AAAAAAABWx8\/cS5OHOGeQQg\/s640\/Navarre2Mountville.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Navarre, FL to our stop in central PA: 1078.7 miles&#8230;16 hours, 6 minutes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-SQZSf_tZ_6I\/TfjQBnyhrMI\/AAAAAAABWyA\/sDNCmuv6y6A\/s1600\/Bellevue2Mountville.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"236\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-SQZSf_tZ_6I\/TfjQBnyhrMI\/AAAAAAABWyA\/sDNCmuv6y6A\/s640\/Bellevue2Mountville.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Bellevue, NE to our stop in central PA: 1146.9 miles&#8230;16 hours, 31 minutes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>As we typically do, we stop somewhere overnight. &nbsp;Don&#8217;t worry, my USAF Safety Officer friends \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We learned this already on our drive to Orlando last weekend. &nbsp;Navarre, Florida to Orlando is about 6 hours worth of driving. 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