Well, we got up and were both relieved and sad all at the same time. Our vacation was wrapping up, and we were heading home that afternoon.
We got up and loaded up the car early. Then we headed off to AK one last time. We still had a bitter taste in our mouth from H&V the night before but were bond and determined to have 1 last good thing happen before we left. We were going to leave on a happy note if I had to pay someone to do something.
We got to AK shortly after 8 am for the am EMH. We got so much done in that time I was amazed...especially how far apart everything seems to be in AK. We had adr's for breakfast at TUSKER HOUSE. (see I didn't go to the food court.) Anyway we checked in and thought the waiting area was a bit packed...but we were seated within 10-15 minutes so I can't complain. Once we were seated I already could tell I wasn't going to like our waiter. He was quick to tell us what was what give us our Monkey juice and he was gone. He didn't bother to ask what if anything else we wished to drink which after trying the monkey juice we all ordered something different. But anyway he changed my mond quickly. He came back to the table quickly and took our order for drinks and he we never went without a single thing. I would say as far as waiters go he was a 8+ out of 10. He really made me regret jumping to conclusions so quickly...He ended up with one of the biggest tips we had left all week. Donald and the gang were also great. They got mixed up in the order some how and they felt bad I guess because they of this they really spent some extra time with us.
The food was really good to...all except I like my bacon a lil chewy and it was to chrisp for me but I guess that was God's way of keeping me for eating it...lol.
After breakfast we decided on one more ride...and what does my family pick...a water ride. Here I wore a WHITE shirt, were going to be leaving to head home shortly, and everything we have is already packed up and ready to leave. But I said well here is hoping we dont get that wet. LOL>..YEAH RIGHT. I had 2 dry place on my entire body and they were the two spots I had placed my hands to cover areas a white wet shirt would be bad
...lol. But we took it in stride...we knew what we were getting ourselves into.
We decide to walk the long way out and just do one last loop and my Dh said You know we didn't see devine this year...Guess what...we turned the corner and there she was...
We got back to the resort and decided to grab some fruit and snacks for the road since we were planning on stopping for a while. We also had some CS credits left...not sure how that happen since it seemed like all we did was eat, but since we did they had these sandwiches in the food court that just looked YUMMY, so we got 4 of them for the road. They came with these homemade chips too. They we got in the car and headed for home. Well an hour or so on the road we all decided to grab one of those sandwiches. I was the only one that liked them. so I ate mine and they all ate their fruit that we had grabbed. So it wasn't to long before they were ready to stop for lunch. I dont remember where we stopped at...but since I had ate already I took over the driving and went through the drive thru some where and they were able to eat. decided to stop for the night around 6ish. We were just shy of Atlanta...which is our half way point. Stayed at a best western.
Let me tell ya, that is the most comfortable bed and pillow...I didn't want to leave the bed. But we were hungry and there was a applebees and a mexican place right next door so we walked over and had dinner and when they brought me the bill I felt like I was stealing almost...hadn't seen a bill that cheap in well over a week...lol.
Well, the next day was nothing fancy...we ate breakfast at the hotel...then were in a car and stopped for gas, and went thru a drive thru for lunch. May have stopped at a rest area or two but I will spare you the details! lol
That concludes this years trip report. If anyone has any questions about anything I didn't cover just ask. I hope that you at least enjoyed some part of it. I enjoyed doing most all of it.
I will let you all know how the DD team does tomorrow. Wish us luck!
We are really meant to not see that show. Decided to head back to the hotel after that. Funny thing was, DH thought oh, we are safe from lightning and then he remember, all the metal pins on his lanyard around hit neck!
That was the worst rain storm we saw all week though, so I know exactly how miserable you were.
My DD's team finsihed 2nd in the STATE.
