Day One
The day finally got here. Today is Friday July 7th. We start our trip today. Well, not the train part of I,. Just the part where we leave the house. That’s probably the worst part of any trip. We packed everything, well, most everything on Wednesday. Did a little last minute shopping for snacks and other “junk” on Thursday, took care of a little last minute business Friday morning, and packed the last minute things. We had to get Bailey’s stuff ready to go to stay with Melissa, Jared, and Norah. We also had to get Stinkums (AKA Lil’ bits, Rahab, or Baby) ready to stay with Dennis, Ann, Kirk, and Mallory.
My plans were to leave around 2:30PM but we didn’t leave home until closer to 3:00PM. We dropped off Stinkums, made a quick stop to see Emma before we left(we missed her, she stayed with her aunt last night). We were on the road. Nothing eventful about that part of the trip. We arrived at Melissa’s place around 5:30PM, about a half hour later than we planned. After we unpacked the truck we went for a belated Fathers Day meal at Buckheads. Melissa and Jared were not sure how to get to the Amtrak station so we made a practice run. No trouble finding it. I knew where it was but I wasn’t sure how to get to it.
Back to the apartment for a little TV, chit chat, playing with the pups, and it wasn’t too long before we all went to bed. I wasn’t really sleepy. I sort of just laid there looking at the insides of my eyelids. Maybe I was sleepy but just excited about this trip. We had decided to get up at 1:30AM and have some breakfast before leaving.