We have been planning a trip for several months with friends from High School. Dean and Tammie have a house at Deep Creek Lake and invited the Kings and Bridges to come and visit. We were going to drive, but due to some knee problems, one of us could not sit in a car that long….without stopping every couple of hours to walk!!! We had planned on leaving on Thursday morning, but some other things came up so we decided we should wait until Friday. So we booked a flight for Friday morning.
After the lovely shower on Thursday night, we were at home and wide awake from all of the excitement. WB looked at me and said….your not sleepy are you…..how am I going to get you up to catch the flight in Jacks. in the morning? We decided to put our bags in the car and head out to Jax, get a room close to the airport. We left around 11:30! Arrived safely, got some sleep and boarded our flight to Charlotte NC after some rest! The airport at Charlotte was packed! We did not have a long time to catch our next flight, but we made it!
Next part of the journey, on to Pittsburgh airport…arrived safely and stood in line an hour to get our rental car…and we were second in line!!! One of their cars had been impounded and part of the staff were taking care of that….left this one staff member to deal with those arriving….around 60 people for the next 3 hours! We did get the car, left and got lost!!!! In the fast departure from the house…someone forgot the map!!! I did print directions from the resort where were staying. But, someone was not paying attention….while someone was driving and we missed our turn. I knew we needed to be going south, but we were going east. We did stop and had missed our turn by just a couple of exits. Got back on course, we were starving, but someone did not see anything they wanted to eat. Finally, we pulled over to buy a map….and they had a Subway…..someone said….I am eating right here and you can do whatever you want!!! We both ate and felt better after we did.
On this interstate, we got in some one lane traffic due to construction….to the tune of at least an hour. Tammie and Dean called to check on us and told us to head toward Friendsville and confirmed we were headed in the right direction! Great! But, I really wondered if we would ever get to this exit!!! We did and saw some real pretty country side along the way, so WB tried to snap a few shots!
We arrived safely and met up with Mickey and Dee who informed us they had built a fire in the fire pit the night before….we all bought a sweat shirt!!!
Around the fire pit!
