Road Trip

Ok, this is a day late but better late than never, right? We started out Sunday morning, Mother's Day, leaving at 5:30 am!!! Had to wake up before the sun was up but that's ok. You don't want to get caught in rush hour traffic in New Jersery. We got onto I-95 via the Garden State because we wanted to avoid the GWB. Trip was pretty uneventful for a while, listening to some good tunes (love the ipod hook-up in my car!!) and stopped for breakfast at Cracker Barrell somewhere in Maryland. After that we drove until we reached my cousin's house in Virginia and saw the new baby!!!! He's not that new, 6 months old, but this was the first time I was seeing him in person so he is new. He is soooooooooooooooooo cute!!!! Very friendly and always smiling and knows what a camera is for (he smiles at the right moment too!).
We got lunch at some Burger King in North Carolina and hit the road again. All this time we (me and my mom) were listening to some great music which pretty much runs the whole spectrum of musical tastes. Oh yeah, and mom was driving the whole time too. Driving MY car and talking on the phone a good deal of the time too. The woman is too busy and people rely on her too much at her job. But it was cool. We called dad after entering every state just to keep him up to date on how great the timing was. We also made a few other calls to various friends and family to let them know, "hey we are passing through your neck of the woods."
Ok, I got off track...kinda. Because up until this point nothing interesting happened. No side detours, no funny stories, but towards the end of the trip...some pretty funny things happen like during all car trips.

Getting Gas in SC:
We desperatedly needed to get gas. And some coffee but there was not a single DD or Starbucks in site so we pulled off the road to the nearest gas station. I filled up the tank and while I was doing that, some guy was washing my wind shield (he did not do a good job btw). He then asked me for a tip. WTF!!! If it's your job, you do not need me to tip you, especially if you ask for it, but I'm too nice so I gave him two bucks. Then as we were about to pull out, a car just came out of no where, stopped right in front of us and we couldn't move because someone else was PARKED in a really bad postion. Then there were people hanging out by the gas pumps...but they had no cars. Whole families were standing there but they apparently didn't drive there. My mom just started laughing and said "We are in the slums of Stupidville!" I was like "Welcome to the south." (No offense to anyone from the south. It really is a nice place to live and visit but we just ended up on the wrong part of town way out in the boonies which is more strange than the boonies of the north) (please see section on Savannah to see how much I love southern cities)

Spending the Night in Savannah GA:
14 hours later


(this post will be continued asap. relocating comp to more pleasant atmosphere)