Ok, people. I’m back! It’s me. Luc. Storyteller Extraordinaire. Back again! It’s been so long – but hopefully the wait has been worth it! I’m about to take you on our journey that took us from Chapel Hill to Key West and back. Two weeks traveling in nothing less than a REAL motorhome!
I don’t really know how I ended up with this assignment. I’m not even sure why we don’t have pictures from the first day (except for the one above). But it all started with my crazy parents, especially my Mom, exploring the idea of renting a motorhome and escaping the cold NC temperatures over Christmas by heading towards Florida.
Florida? Mmmm, says my Dad. I remember Florida. Many moons ago I went to High School in St. Petersburg for my Junior and Senior year. Sure, I wouldn’t mind getting back to Florida.
Florida? Florriiiddddddaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa? That F L O R I D A? says my little sis Lya. I have a friend who lives in Florida. Mommy, doesn’t Bridget live in Florida?
Daddy? Can we go to Florida for Christmas?
Yo, Killer! Remember the name of that company that you rented that motorhome from when you went to that festival three years ago? Cruise America? Sounds right, let’s check Google….
So, in a moment of weakness and close cuddling Mommy enticed Daddy to make a reservation and we were S E T!!!!
Pick up: Saturday, December 18th in Durham…..boy….an endless wait, but finally that last week rolls around. Daddy’s got Friday off work already (good man!!!!), and we are just lounging around on the couch as some goofy NC winter weather is brewing outside.
Anyone wanna pick up the camper now???
YYYeeesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!
What a grand idea that was! It was so exciting to learn about all the things on that 30 ft monster. Oh, it comes with a generator? You can run it while driving? So this means we can run the espresso machine while we are cruising down the road??? I hear someone say: Exactly. Cafe Latte anyone?
Cool.
Propane. Water. Microwave. Toilet. Shower. Table and Highbeds all included.
Don’t worry about the interior too much, says the agent. It’s totally kid friendly and we are not going to fuss about a stain or two on the sofa. This guy is cool. Is this the fold out sofa he is talking about? Man. Can we sleep in the Camper tonight????
Well. In the end Mommy and Daddy did an excellent job transferring most (if not all!!!) of our house into this mobile home in all the time a Friday night has available…I heard someone dragging their feet upstairs around 2:00 am or so. Did we bring everything? Nope. Later we will find out that we forgot the toaster! Oops.
Day 1
It’s Saturday and we A R E READY TO G O ! ! !
A few of our friends stop by in the morning to get a peek inside of our new home. All the kids love the high beds just as much as I do. If we could only be up there while driving. But no such luck. Apparently this new home has some rules, too. Daddy? Daddy, are u sure? ;-) Sure? Really sure?
Ah well. Off we are to one last stop at the local grocery store. Someone else we know easily spots us. One last chat and we are on the road to Charleston!
I-95 here we come!
This first drive is really pretty uneventful. Along the way we call the KOA in Charleston and make a reservation for a FULL HOOK up. Wow! We are gonna get hooked up tonight!!!
We get there as night has already begun to fall. They got some cool Christmas blow up decoration. Lya, Daddy and me have a ball running back and forth from Santa to the Alligator to Santa to the Alligator to Santa to the Alligator to Santa and so on…. I don’t remember how many hundred times.
It’s finally time to go to sleep in our new home and our new beds!
This is going to be awesome!
1 comment:
yeehah! looks like it's going to be a fun adventure!
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