Our first stop was Weight Watcher's. Grampa and Riley walked around, I had gotten a monkey halter (leash) to try with Riley and he loves walking with it. I went in to get weighed and was up .6 which I kind of expected after last weeks big loss. Now I have to be a bit more careful while we are in Atlanta this weekend.
Breakfast was at Panera and we were all hungry so we really enjoyed our bagels. Stopped at WalMart to pick up some last minute things and back to the apartment to drop Riley and me off. Dan was going home to mow the lawn, put the car seat in the Expediation, and load everything up. Then back to sit with us until Nikki and Andy got home.
Tammy called to let us know they were on the bus heading for the ship. Then she called again, guess she just missed me. Dad was the next to call, he wanted to know how much it would cost to use the cell phone from Panama. Thinking I had heard from everyone I put the phone down but then it was Andy's turn, they had forgotten kitty food when they went shopping and could I pick some up. I did.
We were ready to leave at about 1430, stopped at the apartment office for Andy and Nikki to sign their new lease.
We officially hit the road at 1445 and traffic was really heavy but manageable. We made it to Okahumpka before we stopped for the first time. Found you should never buy a dozen donuts there because they cost $9.99. I was dumbstruck when our order of a dozen donuts and 25 donut holes came to $17.00, no drinks, nothing special just donuts. Learned our lesson. Good thing we were on vacation because just about anything goes then.
Back on the road and we made it to Valdosta, GA for dinner. Ate at Cracker Barrel, it was very busy and noisy but we had a good meal and everyone needed a break to get out and stretch.
Dan took over driving at this point and we had about 200 miles to go. Riley fell asleep almost immediately which he really needed because he hadn't napped much today.
This was my one and only picture for the day.
"Sunset over Georgia from Front Seat of Expedition."
Now that Dan was driving of course we hit all the construction, but luckily it only slowed up down a bit. We got about a mile from our exit and it started to rain and by the time we got to the hotel (Country Inn and Suites) it was pouring. Got all checked in and Andy and Nikki got a complementary upgrade to a king suite and we were across the hall. They were trying to keep us on the same floor. Got the luggage up to the room and ours reeked of cigarettes. So back down to the desk and we were moved to the 3rd floor and the room was much better. Made plans to meet at 0730 for breakfast.
Made really good time took us about 7.5 hours and that included two stops, one that lasted about an hour.
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