Leaving Chicago at 5:30am CST with full knowledge we were driving directly into the hurricane headed for MB last night we luckily did not find the rain and wind until we were about 2 hours from the coast. At about 11:30 EST it started raining hard and blowing, Chris was in the driver seat - white knuckled and at DriverED 101 - the 10 and 2 position. I was in the co-pilot seat watching for standing water on the pavement and trying to keep her from....going over the edge of her sanity. Silence from the two bobbing heads in back of van ensured us we were scaring the crap out of them too!
All in all, we had a great and fun trip knowing that we had David at "homebase", who was on hurricane watch for us and provided periodic updates on the status of the storm. We arrived about 1:30am EST to the condo, unpacked and went bed - to hell with the storm - we were exhausted.
Woke up this morning at 8:30am to a glorious breeze and overcast sky. The sun is trying to come out and the few beach walkers are carring thier bags of washed up treasures carried in with the surf.
Plan today; 1. relax and visit with Grace 2. go grocery shopping for the week 3. find Chris a bathing suit. we learned yesterday that she has had the same suit for the past 15 years ! or something like that - that put a mental picture in my head that needs to be replaced soon!
Thats all for now...
At the lighting of the plaza- KCMO
16 years ago
6 comments:
have fun!!!!
frustrated now
Glad you made it safely. Remember to have fun and RELAX!
just so you all know this is the thrid time I have type this message and I am getting worse at the spelling each time. We had a great time on the car ride except the last couple of hours. But thanks to Chris driving and Cathy directing we made it through the worse ride of my life to Myrtle Beach. Judi and I sat in the back of the van and prayed and prayed and prayed some more. Our prayers were answered when we pulled in to the condo in one piece. Looking forward to a great week. Talk to you all next time I'm on the computer.
I am waiting for another update.
I cannot believe that I lost an entire comment...this is what you missed b/c of my ineptitude:...so rather than redo (it was my best work the 1st time), I will dangle little tidbits that I hope intrigue you enough to comment back and let's get this blog unblogged down!.... driving w/ magpies, casually driving like we had all week to get there, hurricane hype, driving underwater, maximum overload and weigh stations keep us on the road while hydroplaning, the eye of the storm, weathering the weather, condo rock, HI Y'all cake, the tent show and the best news: closed captioning!!! let's do the happy dance on that one! beach condo: $1200, corndogs and fries all around: 50 bux,time with family: priceless....so let's hear it from y'all!
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