Thursday, September 3, 2009

The First Adventure....ha


Ha...ah haha...
We haven't even got to New York yet...and we've already had a lil bit of an adventure!

To keep it short.
We left at 6:45AM and didn't stop except for food and bathroom breaks. We probably only made 5 stops. Well...he drove til about 1 then I took over till about 5 (4pm in bama) Anyway, then he drove some more and the PLAN was:

Drive till Pennsylvania and then stop, get a hotel, and go out and eat somewhere. What a "cute" idea that DIDN'T HAPPEN.

So...he drives as the sun goes down...and every exit we see seems like we're in the middle of nowhere. No restaurants. Finally, we pull off at an exit and see some food areas. He misses a turn BECAUSE there's CRAZY construction going on in this little city. There are 3 firetrucks and tons of fireman outside controlling the streets and signaling traffic. Daddy gets a weeee bit frustrated. Then it takes us 15 min to even get back to some food places...and by then he just LOATHES this city and drives away.

So he goes back on the interstate...THEN he passes what I was thinking was a good exit...and he just continues to one he likes. He picks an exit with a few hotels...which look full...and NO RESTAURANTS hardly anywhere.

"What kind of place has 4 hotels and no restaurants??? What kind of town is this??" says Daddy.

Then we check in a hotel and decide to get some food delivered. Well we call an italian place...
"Um...yes...we only have cold foods left...we turned off our ovens...what would you like?" says the Italian Pizza man.

We were like...eh....so then I call the next place...and realize halfway through the ringing that they stop delivering at 9 and it was ten after hahaha. DOOMED. I was still in a semi-giddy mood..dad wasn't. I just found the whole thing funny....but then again...I don't go to bed as early as daddy.

The end.

No. Eventually he decides to take me to Exxon to get supper haha. RIGHT beside the Exxon was "Cold Food Only" Italian Restaurant that we had called. We go in and pick out the hot foods that were left over. A pizza slice for me and some weird sub for daddy. YAY. ha Then I was gonna get a water at Exxon but the Line was FOREVER long. So dad was like..."forget it". We went back to the hotel..I got a sprite...because the water bottles were itty bitty...and a whole dollar for one of those HALF-Sized water bottles.

Welp...NOW daddy is snoring...its 10:53pm here...I'm wide awake...(one of our stops was a Starbucks today...I'm caffeinated) I'm happy. Watching "Friends" as I type...and excited about Day 1 in NYC tomorrow!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!

Lata! P.S....God has reasons for everything....AND He has a great sense of Humor ;)

3 comments:

  1. This was a funny story Danielle! (not to your Daddy of course, but maybe someday it will be in the retelling - ha). Yall deserved a nice hot meal after all that driving, but oh well..such is life in the real world, even on the way to New York. :-) Love you, Your Mama

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  2. Glad you are choosing to laugh instead of cry! :)
    Nothing's worse than an empty belly and a tired head... hope today you get some good grub!

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  3. Oh, that is funny. I have never heard anyone say they're selling only their "cold food."

    Look forward to hearing more of your adventures soon!

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