Cross-country trips are not as serendipitous as one might imagine. These days, travelers must plan ahead, making sure to have a clean, reputable place to stay every night, as well as a well-planned-out route, just in case something goes wrong. Sometimes, though, serendipity plays a major role in having a good day on the road. And that happened Tuesday. We had left friends in Sanibel and were headed toward St. Augustine, the oldest city in America. About an hour into our trip, we were trying to decide whether to take an alternate route my fickle friend Siri suggested when I...

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