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It wasn't exactly a fall, but I am feeling less self-congratulatory today that I was twenty-four hours ago.
We both had a great night's sleep in a very comfortable hotel king bed. Breakfast was good enough and certainly plenty to sustain us for many hours, which we needed because it turned out to be a very long day. When we left Mount Vernon shortly after 8:00 a.m., Bob drove into heavy fog which got worse in the hills and around water, and there was plenty of it along Hwy 24 toward Nashville. We didn't see much of anything but that was fine since we've been this way several times in the past.
I got to drive twice, both mushed in my mind as one unsatisfactory experience. Lots of construction. Plenty of up and down though the mountains, with trucks driving slowly up the hills (when I had to pass) and racing downhill (when I was supposed to downshift but was afraid to do so). The patient instructor from the Bob Hennessey School of Driving was less patient today, especially when I got nervous in the hills and in heavy traffic. So grateful, not for the first time, that I couldn't just stop on the freeway and walk to the nearest airport.
After the fog lifted, the sun came out and we finally saw spring flowers at one of our rest stops, along with flowering trees and bushes. The dreaded drive through busy Atlanta turned out to be easy in the HOV lane, but by then dusk was falling, since we had lost an hour after entering the Eastern timezone.
I decided to make a reservation in Macon by the time it looked as though we were going to make the distance -- something I wasn't so sure of when we were moving at 5 mph through construction zones. I settled on Country Inn and Suites, a Minnesota hotel chain just off I75 at exit 169. Our room is almost identical to the one we had last night, but older, though the space is nicely renovated and once again, the bed is super comfortable.
No dinner tonight, just scotch and snacks. We're watching Victoria on PBS. Feels like our Sunday evening routine at home.
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About Me
- Catherine Hennessey
- The first blog was a simple travel journal written during an Alaskan cruise in 2008. I document all of our trips, and refer to my posts fairly frequently, especially when we're planning a return visit to a destination. I enjoy recording events in both words and pictures -- blogging is one more way of staying in touch with family and friends in this wonderful, connected world. I've been retired since April of 2013, and there's no shortage of things to do or activities to enjoy. I enjoy writing about everything ... and nothing.
As your sister and supervisor, I vote that day to have been way too hard and long! Kimd of scary too.
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