Florida Episode: Family Vacation I   Character: Jimmy Barclay   Quote: "But we're gonna go to Florida to Uncle Burt and Aunt Ruby's." (trying to figure out his sister's disinterest in a family vacation)   Receiver of Quote: Donna Barclay   Audio:   Episode: The Barclay Ski Vacation   Character: Donna Barclay   Quote: "I don't want a vacation in the cold now. We should go someplace warm like Florida." (explaining why she is not excited about a ski trip)   Receiver of Quote: George Barclay   Audio:   Episode: Coming of Age   Character: Jimmy Barclay   Quote: "Well, I've been kinda busy since our vacation to Florida." (justifying his lack of motivation to write in his journal for several years)   Receiver of Quote: Jimmy's Journal   Audio:   Episode: Double Trouble   Character: Walter Shakespeare   Quote: "You mean Mr. Flinn, who sold the dinner theatre and moved to Florida yesterday?" (wondering about the former owner of the Harlequin)   Receiver of Quote: Lucy Shultz   Audio:   Episode: Chain Reaction   Character: Bernard Walton   Quote: "Yeah, my wife and I are leaving on Monday to visit her family in Florida for two weeks." (talking about his visit with his extended family)   Receiver of Quote: David Straussberg   Audio:   Episode: Silent Night   Character: Bernard Walton   Quote: "I'm in Florida, Whit ... Maude and I decided to skip the Christmas blizzard this year and head south." (explaining why he and Whit are unable to spend Christmas together)   Receiver of Quote: John Avery Whittaker   Audio:   Episode: The Triangled Web I   Character: Lawrence Hodges   Quote: "I'm in Florida, near Cape Canaveral." (describing where he lives now for Candid Conversations with Connie)   Receiver of Quote: Kids Radio Listeners   Audio:   Episode: Something Old, Something New I   Character: Wooton Bassett   Quote: "What do you think of my new sideburns? The left one kinda looks like Florida, doesn't it?"   Receiver of Quote: Eugene Meltsner, Penny Wise   Audio:

 

 

The episode Family Vacation takes the Barclays to the state of Florida. Before leaving Odyssey, Donna whines that she will be stuck in the car for three days with her brother Jimmy (referencing the distance from Odyssey to Florida). Later, George reveals 20 minutes into their car trip that they will arrive in two days. Now, is the two or three days? And where is Odyssey in relation to Florida? It has to be a 2-3 day drive between the two. In Preacher's Kid, the Barclay's are attending a church dinner. After the meal, a church member, Mrs. Erskine, hosts a game where the participants are attempting to find all 50 United States in another church member's liver spots. Mrs. Erskine remarks that she thinks someone's found Florida. There isn't enough evidence to prove that Odyssey is or isn't in California. However, other episodes indicate the Odyssey isn't in Florida (see above). In Silent Night, Bernard Walton breaks the news to a lonely Whit that he and his wife, Maude, have gone to Florida for the holidays. Bernard admits that they decided "to skip the Christmas blizzard this year to head south." That would place Odyssey in one of the northern states of the country. An edition of Clubhouse Magazine's "Odyssey Blog" features Alex Jefferson telling his readers that he will be going on a trip to Florida to visit Cal Jordan, stating that it will be a 28-hour car trip. According to Alex, Odyssey is 28 hours away from Florida, but one must ask... is this consistent with the audio series, or a faulty fact? In Rights, Wrongs, and Winners, a city called Sunshine Beach is Odyssey's competition for "The Best Small Town" Competition for Home & Country Magazine. Sunshine Beach is a city in Florida, however, Odyssey is not, as determined by previous episodes.

...Where Odyssey Is Not