Well, we're back.
What a rough 24 hours.
We got on the road 9:30 a.m. and got to the little town of Anna, Illinois, which is about 45 minutes from Cape. We stopped at Wal-Mart and got snacks, juice for the kids...getting ready for the 4 hour drive that we had ahead of us with two toddlers. We get almost to the Interstate ramp and Doug says, "You know what we forgot?" I say, "No. What?" He says, "The tickets." I say, "I know you're kidding me. You are kidding, right?" "Nope," he says. We turn around and head back home to get the tickets. Okay, done. We're on our way again.
We get into Nashville around 5:30'ish last night and check into the hotel. We take our luggage and cooler up to the room and decided to find The Grand Ole Opry, so we did just that. We went into the Bass Pro Shop at Opry Mills Mall (HUGE mall...) and Hunter got a HUGE stuffed sword fish. He wasn't turning go of it, so whatever.
Back at the hotel, I give the kids a bath and we get ready to go to bed. Now, our room has a King size bed and a sofa that folds out - perfect for the kids. Doug goes down to the front desk to ask for a sheet and extra blanket for the kids and was informed that we're against fire code regulations having two kids in a King-size bed room and to get an extra blanket, it'd cost us $$. Doug was PISSED. We ended up putting our comforter on the fold out couch, so not a big deal - it was just the thought of it. We were suppose to stay there Sat. evening, too, but that didn't happen since they pissed Doug off.
Okay, so fast forward to Saturday morning. We eat at Cracker Barrell for breakfast. Kids did great, until we were walking out. They have the gift shop area in the front of the store, and well...I kept saying, "Doug, we need to get the kids out of here now..." Didn't happen so what happens, you ask? Connor knocks off a glass pumpkin, putting it in a hundred little pieces on the floor. GRRRRRRR...."Kids, in the car...NOW!!!!"
The railway museum was suppose to be 10 minutes from the hotel. Hit the Interstate and bam, you're there. Well, with our luck, that didn't happen. We go maybe 5 miles and get into some "sit-still" traffic. Horrible accident on the Interstate involving 3-4 cars plus a semi - a fatal accident. They recommend you get there an hour before depature, it was about 8 a.m. We sat there until 9:45 before traffic moves. We get in the parking lot right at 10:00 a.m. (our train depature time is at 10:00 a.m.) and they were closing the gate, wouldn't let us on - the train was already 4 minutes late, yada yada yada. We managed to get on the 11:00 depature, so all was well. It was HOT...in the lower 90's and the kids were not cooperating very well (one going one way, the other going the opposite way). We walked around for a bit, went to the gift shop and after that, we (Doug & I) were ready. We ended up going back to the mall and walking around for a bit, ate a late lunch and decided to head back home.
The kids are sitting here...being great. Playing really well together. I think they're happy to be home. We're not going to be doing that again any time soon. They were really good on the ride up and back, and even sitting still in traffic - THANK GOD for the invention of vehicle DVD players.
Sorry this is a bit long...it wasn't a good weekend at all. I do have some pictures (not many!) that I'll share with you guys on Monday. Have a great rest of the weekend girlies!!!
We got on the road 9:30 a.m. and got to the little town of Anna, Illinois, which is about 45 minutes from Cape. We stopped at Wal-Mart and got snacks, juice for the kids...getting ready for the 4 hour drive that we had ahead of us with two toddlers. We get almost to the Interstate ramp and Doug says, "You know what we forgot?" I say, "No. What?" He says, "The tickets." I say, "I know you're kidding me. You are kidding, right?" "Nope," he says. We turn around and head back home to get the tickets. Okay, done. We're on our way again.
We get into Nashville around 5:30'ish last night and check into the hotel. We take our luggage and cooler up to the room and decided to find The Grand Ole Opry, so we did just that. We went into the Bass Pro Shop at Opry Mills Mall (HUGE mall...) and Hunter got a HUGE stuffed sword fish. He wasn't turning go of it, so whatever.
Back at the hotel, I give the kids a bath and we get ready to go to bed. Now, our room has a King size bed and a sofa that folds out - perfect for the kids. Doug goes down to the front desk to ask for a sheet and extra blanket for the kids and was informed that we're against fire code regulations having two kids in a King-size bed room and to get an extra blanket, it'd cost us $$. Doug was PISSED. We ended up putting our comforter on the fold out couch, so not a big deal - it was just the thought of it. We were suppose to stay there Sat. evening, too, but that didn't happen since they pissed Doug off.
Okay, so fast forward to Saturday morning. We eat at Cracker Barrell for breakfast. Kids did great, until we were walking out. They have the gift shop area in the front of the store, and well...I kept saying, "Doug, we need to get the kids out of here now..." Didn't happen so what happens, you ask? Connor knocks off a glass pumpkin, putting it in a hundred little pieces on the floor. GRRRRRRR...."Kids, in the car...NOW!!!!"
The railway museum was suppose to be 10 minutes from the hotel. Hit the Interstate and bam, you're there. Well, with our luck, that didn't happen. We go maybe 5 miles and get into some "sit-still" traffic. Horrible accident on the Interstate involving 3-4 cars plus a semi - a fatal accident. They recommend you get there an hour before depature, it was about 8 a.m. We sat there until 9:45 before traffic moves. We get in the parking lot right at 10:00 a.m. (our train depature time is at 10:00 a.m.) and they were closing the gate, wouldn't let us on - the train was already 4 minutes late, yada yada yada. We managed to get on the 11:00 depature, so all was well. It was HOT...in the lower 90's and the kids were not cooperating very well (one going one way, the other going the opposite way). We walked around for a bit, went to the gift shop and after that, we (Doug & I) were ready. We ended up going back to the mall and walking around for a bit, ate a late lunch and decided to head back home.
The kids are sitting here...being great. Playing really well together. I think they're happy to be home. We're not going to be doing that again any time soon. They were really good on the ride up and back, and even sitting still in traffic - THANK GOD for the invention of vehicle DVD players.
Sorry this is a bit long...it wasn't a good weekend at all. I do have some pictures (not many!) that I'll share with you guys on Monday. Have a great rest of the weekend girlies!!!
posted by Sara at 7:39 PM
3 Comments:
Ack! That does sounds like the trip from hell OMG Sara. I think coming home was a good idea, you were on a bad karma path there for sure. Enjoy a relaxing day tomorrow if you can.
oooh, that sucks. So you didn't get to see Thomas?
Maybe Doug was the bad Karma. LOL~
Oh Damn it girl. Why do your trips with Doug always end up bad??? Nov will be a good trip I promise!!! ;-) Wuv You!!!!!
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