I never thought that I would be able to drive across country
from Washington (not DC) to Maine by myself.
My mother thought I was crazy and thought I don't think I could do it. Craig couldn't be able to drive because of his condition with lots of
meds and surgery on his neck several years ago.
The first couple of days I got caught driving in the dark. Those were scary moments. Craig had set reservations for hotels so we
couldn't just stop by at any hotel. He
marked the journey on the GPS so we don't get lost. Each day we left earlier and earlier to avoid
driving in the dark. This was a 6 day
trip driving 10-12 hours only stopping by rest areas and food. Never again I would do this driving all by
myself. It was too much for me. I didn't even have time to do my classes
because I was utterly exhausted from the trip.
All three kitties eventually came out of the cat carrier because they
wouldn't shut up meowing, but they were content afterwards.
The route that we took was from Vancouver, Washington, to
Spokane Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and finally Maine. We did stop by my friend Sandra's house which
was really nice. I haven't seen her in
like 5 years, we then went to my sister's house in Connecticut which was nice
to see the children again. We arrived in
Connecticut that Thursday and spent the night.
We should had stayed for that weekend until Monday because it meant for
us to stay in a hotel for that weekend since the property management doesn't
work Saturdays. I was very disappointed
with Motel 6 here in Maine because we booked for the hotel for the weekend and
the girl at the front desk only booked us for the night. We had to leave hotel because people were
already booked in. We took our things
and we nearly lost our cat. Craig was
holding her and by the time we were outside, she jumped out of his hands and
started to run around the building. I
chased her to the back of the building calling her name. What scared me was that there was a highway
next to the building and she could had went across it. When I called her name, she looked behind and
continued to run again. I couldn't believe it. By the time I ran the forth corner
of the building, she went on the windowsill at stayed where she was. I slowly approached her and just grabbed
her. I was pissed. Not at her but the fact, this bitch didn't
book us for the weekend and if she would had done her job right, this wouldn't
had happened.
I am soo glad this driving and hotels are over. Never again I would drive across country, by
myself anyways.
