Our destination was 450 miles away and according to Mapquest, would take us 7.5 hours through 287. The GPS did not take us to 287 but veered more south. It rained slowly but steadily throughout 6 hours of the drive. I listened to The Time Travelers Wife on audio while driving. The ride was not bad, we passed lots of cows and farms. Victoria spent most of the drive either sleeping or staring at a screen so she missed most of the scenery.
A few months ago, my driver's side window stopped working. The Dodge dealer told me it would cost 400 dollars to replace the motor. I decided I would skip the drive thrus and save the 400 dollars. I did not take into consideration paying tolls would be challenging until I happened upon them at Christmas time. To avoid this awkward situation again, I applied for an ezpass.
Getting an EZ pass took more time than I thought it would. Some of them charge monthly fees. After researching the best place to buy an EZ pass, and applying for one, my window decided to work again. I forgot I had it in my car until this morning when I attempted to attach the EZ pass gadget onto my window while on the highway. I wasn't even sure I had it on the right way. I spent lots of unnecessary time worrying it would not work.
Victoria asked for a bathroom beak and we stopped half way, after 4 hours, and had lunch and a stretch. I was trying to make it to 11am so we could do lunch. We ate at a Panera Bread by the fire. Victoria had chicken soup in a bread bowl and I had chicken ceasar sandwich on asiago bread. Eh, it was so-so. I ate half the sandwich and she left the bread bowl in tact.
We filled up the gas tank and hit the road after a full 30 minute break. The car lurched forward after getting the gas. I don't know why it does that but it's not the first time it spurts like that after getting gas. I'm hoping it's the gas, but it's more likely my car.
More cows and farms later, we stopped at the Virgina Welcome Center for a stretch at 1:30pm. Nothing very exciting there. We arrived at the resort at 3:15pm. We checked in with no problems. I was considering getting the resorts activity card, which would cost 170 dollars total, but they offered it to me if I did a survey. I know it is a sales job, but the woman swore it would not be a sale job, only a survey. I can't imagine why I'd need to get my parking pass from a woman who was different from the woman who checked me in, unless it's for the sales job.
We went to our condo and we were very pleased. The resort is surrounded by farmland, mountains and golf courses. The unit is one of the best we've ever stayed in. The master bedroom has a king size bed, a writing desk, a bathroom with a sink outside of the bathroom along with a table with two chairs. Now that's a master bedroom. I can stay in here all week! The master bedrooms in the homes I rented two weeks ago had a king size bed with a bathroom and tv. That's it! There are two baloncies, one facing the parking lot and the one off the kitchen which faces the golf course/lake. The other bathroom has a garden size whirlpool tub. You can swim in the darn thing if you wanted to. There are three televisions, all flat panel ones, that are pretty big. There is a gas fireplace in the living room.
View from front balcony
View from back balcony
master bedroomWe spent an hour unpacking then explored the resort a bit. We drove down to the indoor water park. It's just like the Cocoa Key ones Victoria has visited. She is interested in spending a day there. There is a sweet shop, an arcade, a gift shop and two places to eat in the building. We went back to the other recreation center where a pizza place and an indoor pool was, along with a marketplace. We could not decide what to eat so we just drove off property to a diner.
After dinner, we went back to the condo at 7pm and crashed. I took a swim/bath which was too hot and I collapsed. I'm glad we are here. The drive was long but not as bad as I thought it would be.
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