Road Trip!

6/2/2011

Yesterday we hit the road to Charlotte, North Carolina.  We finally left around 11 am after packing, cleaning and saying last 'see ya soons', and drove to Salina, Kansas.  The drive was boring, just lots and lots of corn and country music.  We stayed the night at a Ramada Inn in Salina Kansas it took forever to check in, the hotel was one floor and of course our room was a mile away (not literally). The hotel was aight since we were only there one night we were not needing a fancy smchancy hotel stay, it met our needs.  The bathroom looked like it hadn't been cleaned since 1969.  I picked up a book from the shelf to check the WiFi and it was hiding a hole in the wall.  It made me wonder what was crawling in the beds :0).  Over all, day one went way smoother than I expected.

We were supposed to start this morning at 6:30 am, but we didn't get on the road until around 8am after getting ready, enjoying a 'continental breakfast' and checking the oil on Sam. The drive today was not bad (600 miles) we had a book on CD by Sarah Paretsky that helped the time go by.  My mom didn't sleep at all, which I thought she would.  We went through Kansas which was boring, Missouri which was absolutely GORGEOUS I wish I wasn't driving so I could have taken pictures, (we saw the Arch and where the St. Louis Cardinals play ball), Illinois which was quick like we must have cut through the bottom because we didn't see much and finally in Kentucky.  We are staying in a Days Inn Hotel in Paducah, again not fancy but we're going to be here for enough time to sleep.

I'm so excited and nervous about my journey ahead!  Tomorrow we drive 564 miles to Charlotte, North Carolina!! 9 hours! w00t! The drive thus far has been amazing. Thank Ya Jesus!