Saturday June 24th. I got up and on the road early (around 6 am) and drove to Mechanicsburg, PA to pick up my dad. After that we started to drive with only a few incidents: some traffic back up due to a merge, an accident, and a downpour (not all at the same time). Dad also had a little accident walking in the back of the van- hitting his head and causing a minor abrasion. We did get to see a double rainbow after one rain squall came through. We ended the night in a hotel in South Carolina, about 60 miles from the Georgia border.
Sunday June 25th: We continued the drive. There was a plethora of drivers driving weird= typically they were hauling rented trailers and/or driving rented box trucks and acting like they were sports cars- weaving in and out of traffic, talking on their cell phones, and just generally being unaware of their blind spots. It rained just about all day, but we did get to see another double rainbow during an intermission. We stopped at C’s in New Port Richey to drop off a piece of furniture of hers that I had in PA, and then went down to Tampa for dinner with P (a friend of dad’s) where we picked up some of his stuff he was storing there. Service at the restaurant was so bad we got it for free (steaks!). We finished the day in Sarasota at a Hampton Inn with one of the most comfortable beds I have ever slept on.
Monday June 26th: We started the morning at Starbucks and then went to storage, There we packed the van twice with things that we brought to Goodwill and then finally packed the van with the stuff we were brining home to keep pr sort through. We stopped at Aunt I’s for a quick shower and a beautiful lunch (sandwiches, salad, and fruit). I don’t get to see her often but I am glad that we stopped to say “hello” when we had the chance. We started north to Dundee Florida, where we had an awful hotel experience at this mom& pop place. First they gave me the key to the wrong room- where I walked in on a few people. Then the next room was open when I got there- light was on too. I never even went in. So we ended the night a little off the path at a hotel near Cypress Gardens- even the droning of the A/C handler couldn’t keep us awake.
Tuesday June 27th: We started the morning with some great Danishes and dad said pretty bad coffee from a local coffee shop. We drove up to where dad’s car was parked- well WAS parked- see, after the hurricanes that came through the lot it was parked in sat under 4 feet of water- and so did the car- it had been towed and destroyed. Not bad, because that was all we wee going to have done to it anyway. So we saved ourselves a few hours of work and jumped on the road to go home. On the way, I thought it was cool that some of the NASCAR haulers were coming down to Daytona from Watkins Glen- we passed about 6 that I noticed. We stopped in North Carolina for the night.
Wednesday June 28th: Almost home we stopped in Maryland for breakfast. The drive was very uneventful. You could tell that we were both a little sore, and getting tired, and the adrenaline was wearing thin. I started talking to C & B&M on the phone, learning that that rain that were dove down through caused some serious bad flooding in PA, NJ, and NY. J’s gram had her house flooded, but besides that everyone else was safe and sound. C said that the basement in the new house was nice and bone dry. We made it home about 3 in the afternoon, tired, and safe.
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