We left the homestead at 6:20 am. Not to bad even though I wanted to leave by 6 but you know how that goes. The kids did not go back to sleep but spongebob entertained them for quite a while. Candie was adamant about frequent stops while I was trying to stop as little as possible.
The first stop for gas went in her favor as both kids had peed there diaper. Sucky. Oh well shit happens. We trucked on. After learning my leason we stopped much earlier and was going to give the kids some ice cream treats at McDonalds. Well they didn't have any kid changing tables, WTF?
The whole day was littered with state troppers. I swear we saw no less than 20.
West Virgina and Virgina were very redneck as expected. We drove through a whole lot of rain and very heavy stuff several times. So heavy that we could only see a few hundred yards in front of us. Not fun.
We finally made it to the hotel. The kids still hate elevators so that is a joy every time. We walk to the room and the dead bolt is across the room so the door doesn't shut. I push it open and the room is a mess. Back downstairs I go. Tell them the story and they say that nobody has had the room for days. Glad the cleaning room is right on top of things.
We got a new room and unloaded our 18 metric shit tons of stuff. The kids are being absolutely crazy after being in the car all day. Candie goes for dinner. While on the elevator the power goes out. She was freaked out as she also hates elevators. The power blip messes with all the restaurants as nobodies' credit machines were working. I had left my phone in the van and couldn't car her. I was worried sick since she was gone for over 45 minutes.
After dinner the Richmond's visited. They tried to help us wear the kids out but kenzie is about impossible to.
End of day 1:
-- 4 States
-- over 650 miles
-- 11 hours
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