Joanne, Charcoal and I annually "snowbird" in Key West, the southern most point of the continental United States and home of mile marker 0 on the US-1 highway.

My birthday is in two days and, as per our 10 year tradition, we memorialized it by photo opping at the appropriate mile marker (Leigh Connell picture).

Our friends Leigh and Jim Connell have ferried us there the past 2 years and there is talk of the beginnings of an annual tradition. I sure hope so, because they get it, they get me and I'm all about Tradition.  

As you can imagine, spending so much time together in a car allows for animated and interesting conversation. Many topics came up, eg, family, politics, fishing, sports, trivia and more. However, the most poignant topic surely involved speculation as to my final mile marker!

Ah, mortality...