July 2010 Big Bdays Family Reunion (Update 9/28 Final Thoughts)

[Trentmom]

It can only go up from here


Hope you have a great trip

 

[mousescrapper]

no more crazies allowed!!!

have a great trip!

 

[cherbear]

wow, what a start! I tend to lean in Michele's direction. It can only get better from here!

 

[Trentmom]

Was just thinking of you and wondering if you were home.


So are you? I think I see a green Light on

 

[Marshay]

Thanks guys!!

Yep, we are now home. Going through mail, laundry, emails, etc

I hope to get started on my TR this weekend!

 

[Trentmom]

Thanks guys!!

Yep, we are now home. Going through mail, laundry, emails, etc

I hope to get started on my TR this weekend!

Welcome Home!!

Can't wait to hear all about it

We'll be here whenever you are ready

 

[kaoden39]

Welcome home!!

I'll be here whenever you start!!

I hope you all had a wonderful time.

 

[swwake]

Wow Marsha! Welcome home! I can't wait to hear all about your trip. I hope it was amazing.

 

[hollisterluva92]

I'm IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[cherbear]

Welcome home Marsha!!

I just got home myself (from Philly)

Can't wait to read! I hope no one got sickies and the girls had a good time!

 

[OhMari]

Moved and bumped to the front.
I love Boardwalk Villa's.
Waiting to here how far you had to walk.
Someone sure messed up with the design by not putting in more elevator's.

 

[Marshay]

Moved and bumped to the front.
I love Boardwalk Villa's.
Waiting to here how far you had to walk.
Someone sure messed up with the design by not putting in more elevator's.

Thanks for moving me!!

Oh, yeah ... did we w-a-l-k!!!! Like you said, I can't believe the design of that building.

 

[Marshay]

Welcome Home!!

Can't wait to hear all about it

We'll be here whenever you are ready

I will start tonight!

Welcome home!!

I'll be here whenever you start!!

I hope you all had a wonderful time.

Yep, we did!

Wow Marsha! Welcome home! I can't wait to hear all about your trip. I hope it was amazing.

We had a very good time ... I won't say amazing but a very good time!

I'm IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome!!

Welcome home Marsha!!

I just got home myself (from Philly)

Can't wait to read! I hope no one got sickies and the girls had a good time!

Nope, no sickness and the girls had fun ... me too!!

 

[Marshay]

Post Trip Report -- Day 1 Driving

Welcome everyone!

We left Friday, July 9th under a "mini" black cloud. The night or two before DH picked up some kind of bug and although I was in tank and shorts, he was in sweatshirt and sweatpants. Thankfully it did not last and he basically sweated the sickness out of him.

Then on 7/9 in the AM, I had an appointment to get my toe nails done. When I got to the salon, I noticed a crack in the windshield about 5" (right where our state license stickers go). So we definitely wanted to get the windshield fixed.

DH found a place to get it done but it was about 45 minutes away and then we had to wait another 30 minutes. Turns out, the company would have come to our house . If only DH asked, that would have saved us so much time ... b/c of course, DH hadn't really packed yet and we didn't get gas either.

But nonetheless, we were only 1 hr and 20 minutes late in getting started. I shouldn't complain ... I was just excited to get going!!

Darn!! something is wrong with my pictures, so I can't access them right now. I will make this update short and add more once I can post pictures. I also won't have our Disney photopass pics for another 2 weeks, but I'll update once I get those, too.

About 1 hour away from our house, we run into some bad traffic...turns out a SUV carrying a horse trailer got stuck in the middle lane and blocked traffic for about 8-10 miles.

Finally we are moving again and traffic is light. The girls have fallen asleep, DH is driving and I'm in the back with the girls talking.

We are enjoying our Smartphones since it gives us traffic and weather updates and has GPS to show us the route.

Then about 20 miles from our hotel, we hit a wicked thunderstorm -- can hardly see the car in front of us.

But we arrive safely in our Econolodge hotel in Kenly, NC. Once our SUV (we call it a truck) stops, both girls wake up. It's now 1am. Great!!

We settle into a ground floor room, do the Lysol spray thing and get ready for bed.

Both DH and I say, hey, this isn't too bad. We traveled about 273 miles in 4.5 hours = approx 60mph.

If we didn't encounter the traffic and storm and left earlier, we could have easily made it further. So for our next trip, we plan to try that...certainly one of those three factors we won't encounter again ... right??

 

[Trentmom]

Not too bad in time

Glad your DH got better and you got crack fixed


Did girls go right back to sleep or did they keep you a bit?

Can't wait to read more

 

[Marshay]

Not too bad in time

Glad your DH got better and you got crack fixed


Did girls go right back to sleep or did they keep you a bit?

Can't wait to read more

Thanks! We got to sleep around 2am, so they were only up for about an hour...not bad. It's just that 7:30am came really quick!!

 

[mousescrapper]

Welcome back....hope that mini black clous goes away real quick...

 

[kaoden39]

You guys didn't do too bad time wise. The rain sounds horrible, I am glad that your stop was where it was.

 

[raider97]

I'm in! Hope you had a wonderful trip! I have read some of your trip reports before, and I think I started your pre-trip report, but couldn't keep up with it due to all of our end of year school activities! I am hoping to keep up with your report!

OK I went back and caught up... I thought I had checked in here before, but I couldn't find my post so apparently I was just lurking this time around. I can't wait to see how your block scheduling worked out. It sounds like a great idea! Sounds like you haf a bumpy start, but managed to make it to where you wanted. Can't wait to see if you make it into the hotel in St. Augustine.

 

[cherbear]

Glad your DH got better and you got crack fixed

That just sounds bad....