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Off to a great start! We love the Robertsons! I follow all of them on Twitter. MMMM, now I am in the mood for canned cheese! LOL
Off to a great start! We love the Robertsons! I follow all of them on Twitter. MMMM, now I am in the mood for canned cheese! LOL
Way to go Lisa! Keep those installments coming
Glad you got on the road at a fairly early time. Much better than 5-6:00 would have been.
CBR here they come!
Yay for the first installment! So glad to hear that the Robertson's have remained humble during their rise to "celebrity" status. This household shares their religious beliefs and enjoys their show. Y'all are so considerate to update Mama during your travels. I guess we never stop worrying about our children regardless of how old they are. My cousin and I were discussing this one day and she added that when they have children you worry about them too. The cycle never ends. I thought "oh great" since I am a major worrier.
Looking forward to your next installment.
Off to a great start Lisa!! You drove quite a while despite the traffic hold up.
Great update! We live in Wisconsin so driving is about 20-21 hours so we fly instead of wasting that valuable vacation time.
That is so cool that the robertsons are just so normal outside of it all. I watch the show and I actually went to see them when a few of them came to Milwaukee.
Yay....Day 1. It always feels so exciting when you pull out on your drive to WDW.
Our drive is about 13.5 hours without stops to WDW. I like to break it over two days too. I know I could make it in one day, but I end up leaving after school or work too. The plan is always to drive as far as possible and then hopefully find a decent hotel.
I'm with you on the planning, I plan quite a bit, but not down to the minute either!
Sorry you hit traffic, but glad you otherwise made good time. And at Hunter with the shorts on his head!
Ahhh loved the first installments! I'm at work at my ice cold law firm huddled by the space heater with a stomach ache, so I was even more excited to read!
Pumped to see your new trip report up!! Just finished the other one and it was wonderful!
I'm a spreadsheet and notes kinda gal. I don't plan every single thing that we do, minute by minute, but I like to have a plan. That includes our driving plans. We live over 800 miles away from Walt Disney World which means that, depending on the traffic, it can take anywhere from 13 to 16 hours to get there.
I know what you're thinking right now. She said that she doesn't plan every minute of their day but that itinerary shows otherwise. Well, you see, I like to think ahead, give us options. I was giving us options. Options on whether or not to stop sooner rather than later. Options on staying in a little town or a bigger town. Using MapQuest and Hotels.com, gave me those options. If we knew that we had another hour to drive to XYZ location and we were tired, we'd stop. But, if we just had to drive another 15/20 minutes to XYZ, we'd probably drive on and be a
Eventually, the traffic inched up and we realized that three of the vehicles that were beside us were being driven by some very famous television stars. Some of our neighbors. The Robertson family, of Duck Commander fame, were beside us. They weren't driving fancy vehicles and they weren't pulling a gigantic boat or rig. They were in plain ol' Suburbans and cars and were pulling what can only be described as an old small sailboat that looked to have been stored for a while. Now, I know that some don't like them. Some don't agree with their stance on religious beliefs. But, I am here to tell you that they have done amazing things for our community. They always always give back. They are humble and not at all stuck up folks. It is refreshing to see a "celebrity" (for lack of a better word) give back to their community and stay "normal".
At some point, the snacks were pulled out and John was in charge of passing out crackers and squirty cheese. He was doing a fine job too.
Of course, when we got in the tunnel, I had to honk the horn. I mean, who doesn't honk their horn in a tunnel? Oh you don't? Oops, I always do.
We have always had good luck with Comfort Inns and when we saw one near an exit, that's where we stopped. We were all tired and ready to hit the sack so, unless the hotel was pretty ratty, we were ready to bunk for the night. John went in, got us a good rate and we were settling into our room in no time.
Bless your heart! I hope that you feel better soon! I am huddled up with a space heater too in an old law office but at least I am not sick. I'll say a quick prayer that you feel better quickly.
Aw thank you! Luckily we seem to be quiet today so hopefully the medicine will take effect soon! A rare quiet day in a law office is always nice!
Hi Lisa! Just found your new report and can't wait to follow along!! Elizabeth and I are going back (just the two of us) in January!
Love reading your trip reports We leave for Disney in a little over two weeks, and this just keeps the excitement going! Thanks!
Donna