The long ride home

We left Florida at five a.m. Car over packed with most of hubbies tools, four shotguns

and most of my clothes and neccesities. Whew...anyway we finally stopped at a Cracker Barrel

for breakfast at seven. By the way, Penny was howling all the while until we allowed her out

of her carrier to roam around the car.

Before we left Florida, hubby got a one hundred and sixty doller ticket for speading, so you

ladies must know how long the ride is now with the added pressure of trying to keep the

speed under seventy.

The first night we stayed in North Carolina at an Econmy Inn. No frills but they do acceept

cats (which we were thrilled about. ) Penny hid under the bed as she had in Florida and hubby

used an ironing board to push her to me so by five we were on the road again. This morning

we had Mc Donalds coffee and egg and muffin and started driving again.

At some point he decided if we kept going we could be home about eight p.m.

wrong...so wrong...even though I did not drive that much I was getting so exhausted.

Could we stop somewhere in New Jersey or New York? No!!! We could be sleeping in our

own bed if we drive a little more. Humm I wondered what our beds and house looked like.

Anyway, we got home and at first thought the place didn't look too bad.

We pulled the blankets and matress pad off the bed. Put a sheet on the matress and took

a couple of throws and two clean pillows out of the linen closet and slept like babies until about

nine a.m. It was awesome.

Then we had to evaluate the house.

1. broken and full of mold coffee pot

2. broken glass in spare room. something disgusting on bed and spread.

3. broken glass in favorite bookcase.

4. liquor cabinet empty.

5. someone had written with magic marker on living room rug.

6. being home priceless

Threw everything out. Bought new mattress pads for both beds, scrubbed down beds

and started all over. Took a small blue rug from spare room to put in living room because it


looked so cold with just the hardwood. Anyway not too bad...considering.