Road Trip Day One

On Monday and Tuesday I did everything I could to take care of all my jobs so that everyone and everything in my realm of responsibility could survive ten days without me!

I took a pictures of my rose bush and will compare it to however it looks when we get back home. Dick dusted it and sprayed rabbit repellant on everything else in hopes that the rabbits won’t be feasting the whole time we’re gone.



After Dick got off work on Tuesday he showered, we ate a quick dinner, packed our stuff into the van and left for Sam and Jenn’s.  There were some VERY excited children when we arrived.  Bianca thought we’d be packing their things into the van right away and starting out for Florida at 9 PM! 

We chatted way too late, as always is the case when we’re there.  So much catching up to do, especially since Sam would not be going with us.

We were sad to say goodbye to him this morning. We pulled out of their driveway at 8 AM with a canvas luggage carrier securely strapped onto the roof and plenty to eat and do inside.  Jenn wanted to do most of the driving, Dick was her co-pilot and I was the floater, sometimes on the backseat with Sammy, sometimes on the middle seat with Bianca. I was also the lunch lady, making sandwiches, etc for everyone.



The weather was perfect for a road trip. No rain at all.  When the sun was too bright coming in the side windows, we put static cling darkeners up. 

Because none of us felt like dealing with the craziness of driving around Baltimore, Washington, and Richmond, we decided to take athe slightly longer, more scenic route of 81 and 77.  We had no traffic issues until we got into construction in the Charlotte, NC area.  Other than that, it was great. 

The kids did fantastically well.  I had tons of stuff along to do. Sammy loved checking our progress on Google Maps.  I also had a Rand McNally book that had an activity for us to do for each state we drove through.  His tablet provided some fun entertainment, especially a trivia game.  We were seldom bored. 


 


We stopped a couple of times for rest rooms and gas.  Around 5:30 we stopped at Jack in the Box somewhere near the border of North and South Carolina for dinner.  


Then we drove another hour or so to the Columbia, South Carolina area and decided to find a hotel for the night.  Days Inn was not the nicest place I’ve ever stayed, especially with the only available rooms having just one queen bed, but we decided it was good enough for one night.