After math of it all
Thursday, April 8, 2010
North Carolina & Virginia Beach 4/8/2010
North Carolina & Virginia Beach 4/8/2010
Chris and I had a great day today… I was able to wake up early and hit the road while Chris slept in and caught up on some sleep… to make my dad mad we took a break in Concord, NC and visited the Hendrick Motorsports shops…. We were able to see JR’s, Jimmy Johnson, Mark Martin & Jeff Gordon’s cars in there shop’s…. pretty amazing….we have now ended our day in Virginia Beach and are staying with Joe & Karen Johnson (family friends of Chris’s)… They are amazing, they had food on the table when we walked in and the company was awesome… they made us feel right at home… we even had a chance to sit in the spa for a little bit and just relax…. We are so grateful to have wonderful family and friends to have opened their doors and have let us spend the night…. Not sure what the plans are for tomorrow but Karen gave us a couple of ideas to do… we will keep you posted but as for now its time for bed… hopefully next time I blog it will be from NEW YORK CITY
Chris and I had a great day today… I was able to wake up early and hit the road while Chris slept in and caught up on some sleep… to make my dad mad we took a break in Concord, NC and visited the Hendrick Motorsports shops…. We were able to see JR’s, Jimmy Johnson, Mark Martin & Jeff Gordon’s cars in there shop’s…. pretty amazing….we have now ended our day in Virginia Beach and are staying with Joe & Karen Johnson (family friends of Chris’s)… They are amazing, they had food on the table when we walked in and the company was awesome… they made us feel right at home… we even had a chance to sit in the spa for a little bit and just relax…. We are so grateful to have wonderful family and friends to have opened their doors and have let us spend the night…. Not sure what the plans are for tomorrow but Karen gave us a couple of ideas to do… we will keep you posted but as for now its time for bed… hopefully next time I blog it will be from NEW YORK CITY
Leaving Texas
Leaving Texas
So its been awhile…. Chris and I have been busy and enjoying our trip and haven’t had much down time… We have seen some pretty amazing things so far… We had a great time in Six Flags over Texas, got to see the new Dallas Stadium (its huge) and Ranger Field. We had a great visit with Tim and Lois the next morning. Breakfast was delicious and the shower was great. It was so thoughtful of them to open their house to us and give us a bed and a shower… cause boy did it feel good to shower… We got on the road and headed to Louisiana… This was Easter night and both chris and I though out many of ideas on what we should do for the night..We ended up in New Orleans on Bourbon Street… What a fun little place…. We made it for Easter night mass, saw the superdome, had pizza by the slice and walked down Bourbon street with a good margarita in hand…. We collect some beads on our walk down the street for souvenirs and made our way back to Nancy so we could get on the road again to make it to Florida for Easter. We made it about 45 minutes out side of New Orleans before we called it a night in the Wal-Mart parking lot…
Easter Sunday we spend driving through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama & Florida…. After that drive I was sooooooo ready for a shower…. We finally made it to Clearwater, Florida where we had Easter Dinner with Family… We met up with my Cousin Eric and had a great Spaghetti dinner… the Company was great and the memories will be there forever… we ended the night with a round of Miniature Golf and the last few endings for the opener game between NY Yankees & Boston Red Sox’s…. Hopefully we will be able to see one of Eric’s games in New Jersey next week… It was a short but great visit with him and who would have thought we would be able to visit with family on the east coast… As we left his hotel we had our sites set for Kennedy Space Center…
Chris was a trooper and drove the 3 hrs to Cape Canaveral that night which put us in at 3am… We had about 2 hours and 21 minutes til the shuttle launch so we picked our spot out and wanted to walk around and enjoy the environment with everyone who came out to watch the launch too… Instead Chris decided to lock the keys in the car (for the 2nd time this month)… we had NO cell phone, no money and no ID…. Luckily there was a gas station nearby and they were nice enough and let us use there phone and AAA card… so with nothing to do and wishing I could take a nap before the launch, but nope we ended up sitting out side of the gas station playing “who could throw the penny closer to the handicap head on the ground” PS people start to look at you funny when you walk and pick up penny’s…. so an hour goes by and a little old guy pulls and follows us to the car on the other side of the street…. It takes him about 20 minutes to figure out what he should do, but he was too short and the slim jim wasn’t working …. So he went with plan B … not sure what it was called but it looked like a blood pressure cuff shoved in the door and a giant coat hanger to try and open the door… Well they guy was too short to look inside so went back to get a ladder while chris and I tried our luck and was able to get it open… We thanked the guy and sent him on his way at 4:45am… so that was a good hour gone and only had an hour and 21minutes left…. Chris found a spot right on the water straight across from the launch pad (but 11mile away)….. We turned our radio on and was able to listen in to NASA give the count down T minus 2minutes…. T minus 60seconds…. T minus 45seconds…. T minus 30seconds…. And at T minus 15seconds I said …..”oh shit….holy crap…oh my god….” and then I was silent for the next 2 minutes… IT WAS AMAZING… I don’t even know how to describe what I saw, it was pure amazement… to be able to put Men and Women in space with that much power and force almost brought me to tears… we were able to see the shuttle for almost 5 minutes after the launch because the sun wasn’t up yet....Even the after math of the smoke was amazing to see once the sun raised…. As I write I just got chills just thinking about it again… after the launch we stayed up for about an hour after and watched all the cars try to leave and it was a parking lot on the streets… no one was moving and if you were it was only a couple feet…. We ate some breakfast and then passed out for a couple of hours before we headed to Cocoa Beach for the rest of the day.....
Agh at last the beach …..i love east coast beaches….. soooo amazing and so sandy….We bought some buggy boards and headed off to the beach for a couple of hours…. After we both feel asleep and played in the water it was time to head to Keri’s house in Orlando for the night. We got to hang out with her and Noah for the night…. The Next morning we drove back out to Cocoa Beach to do a check up and an oil change on Nancy. After another long day in the sun we headed back to Orlando to pack up our things and say our goodbyes to Keri and Noah….it was awesome to see them again, wish we could have stayed longer so we could have played and visited more….I know next time on our trip out to Florida we will have to make it longer…. Miss you both already…. Thanks again
So its been awhile…. Chris and I have been busy and enjoying our trip and haven’t had much down time… We have seen some pretty amazing things so far… We had a great time in Six Flags over Texas, got to see the new Dallas Stadium (its huge) and Ranger Field. We had a great visit with Tim and Lois the next morning. Breakfast was delicious and the shower was great. It was so thoughtful of them to open their house to us and give us a bed and a shower… cause boy did it feel good to shower… We got on the road and headed to Louisiana… This was Easter night and both chris and I though out many of ideas on what we should do for the night..We ended up in New Orleans on Bourbon Street… What a fun little place…. We made it for Easter night mass, saw the superdome, had pizza by the slice and walked down Bourbon street with a good margarita in hand…. We collect some beads on our walk down the street for souvenirs and made our way back to Nancy so we could get on the road again to make it to Florida for Easter. We made it about 45 minutes out side of New Orleans before we called it a night in the Wal-Mart parking lot…
Easter Sunday we spend driving through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama & Florida…. After that drive I was sooooooo ready for a shower…. We finally made it to Clearwater, Florida where we had Easter Dinner with Family… We met up with my Cousin Eric and had a great Spaghetti dinner… the Company was great and the memories will be there forever… we ended the night with a round of Miniature Golf and the last few endings for the opener game between NY Yankees & Boston Red Sox’s…. Hopefully we will be able to see one of Eric’s games in New Jersey next week… It was a short but great visit with him and who would have thought we would be able to visit with family on the east coast… As we left his hotel we had our sites set for Kennedy Space Center…
Chris was a trooper and drove the 3 hrs to Cape Canaveral that night which put us in at 3am… We had about 2 hours and 21 minutes til the shuttle launch so we picked our spot out and wanted to walk around and enjoy the environment with everyone who came out to watch the launch too… Instead Chris decided to lock the keys in the car (for the 2nd time this month)… we had NO cell phone, no money and no ID…. Luckily there was a gas station nearby and they were nice enough and let us use there phone and AAA card… so with nothing to do and wishing I could take a nap before the launch, but nope we ended up sitting out side of the gas station playing “who could throw the penny closer to the handicap head on the ground” PS people start to look at you funny when you walk and pick up penny’s…. so an hour goes by and a little old guy pulls and follows us to the car on the other side of the street…. It takes him about 20 minutes to figure out what he should do, but he was too short and the slim jim wasn’t working …. So he went with plan B … not sure what it was called but it looked like a blood pressure cuff shoved in the door and a giant coat hanger to try and open the door… Well they guy was too short to look inside so went back to get a ladder while chris and I tried our luck and was able to get it open… We thanked the guy and sent him on his way at 4:45am… so that was a good hour gone and only had an hour and 21minutes left…. Chris found a spot right on the water straight across from the launch pad (but 11mile away)….. We turned our radio on and was able to listen in to NASA give the count down T minus 2minutes…. T minus 60seconds…. T minus 45seconds…. T minus 30seconds…. And at T minus 15seconds I said …..”oh shit….holy crap…oh my god….” and then I was silent for the next 2 minutes… IT WAS AMAZING… I don’t even know how to describe what I saw, it was pure amazement… to be able to put Men and Women in space with that much power and force almost brought me to tears… we were able to see the shuttle for almost 5 minutes after the launch because the sun wasn’t up yet....Even the after math of the smoke was amazing to see once the sun raised…. As I write I just got chills just thinking about it again… after the launch we stayed up for about an hour after and watched all the cars try to leave and it was a parking lot on the streets… no one was moving and if you were it was only a couple feet…. We ate some breakfast and then passed out for a couple of hours before we headed to Cocoa Beach for the rest of the day.....
Agh at last the beach …..i love east coast beaches….. soooo amazing and so sandy….We bought some buggy boards and headed off to the beach for a couple of hours…. After we both feel asleep and played in the water it was time to head to Keri’s house in Orlando for the night. We got to hang out with her and Noah for the night…. The Next morning we drove back out to Cocoa Beach to do a check up and an oil change on Nancy. After another long day in the sun we headed back to Orlando to pack up our things and say our goodbyes to Keri and Noah….it was awesome to see them again, wish we could have stayed longer so we could have played and visited more….I know next time on our trip out to Florida we will have to make it longer…. Miss you both already…. Thanks again
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
Friday in Arlington, TX
Alright were to start and end...its about 1am on friday night/ saturday morning... We had a fun day at Six Flags over Texas today... Woke up a little late for park opening but it was a good thing since it was raining... when we went to bed the night before it was 80% chance of rain and lighting but when we woke up it was 40% chance and only in the morning... so it worked out great cause by the time we got to the park around 10:45am the rain had stopped... the park was empty and enjoyed it till lunch where we went back to the bus made some sandwiches and changed the pants and sweaters out for shorts and tank tops... needless to say Magic Mtn. in Valencia is still the best but we enjoyed our time at the park.... Chris was able to get me on the "bobsled" ride, which really made the night, it was at Magic Mtn. a very long time ago but they took it out, so seeing an old ride at a different park and being able to ride it was even better.... Mr. Freeze was a 0-70mph ride that shoots you out and then straight up, does a couple of loops and then sends you back going backwards... all in all those two rides stuck out the most.... as the night came to an end we headed back in the bus and headed to an old high school friend of Janet's(chris's Mom) in Richardson, TX just outside of Dallas(ps, "Dallas 7" interchange, NUTS.... controlled chaos)... the hospitality is amazing and enjoyed our short little chat before she went to bed...We will be getting up in the morning and making another 9ish hour dive to New Orleans... hoping for great weather for our travels tomorrow... the next couple of days are filled with lots of Friends and Family... Cant wait....
Good night Y'all (as the Texans would say in the GREAT state of Texas)- Amanda
Good night Y'all (as the Texans would say in the GREAT state of Texas)- Amanda
Days 5/6/7
So we made it to Marks house in Gilbert, Az around midnight on Monday night…. It was a nice but not long enough visit with Chris’s brother… We were able to watch him play slow pitch softball on Tuesday night which was fun… I haven’t been to a ball park in such a long time… it a good little pit stop for us and Nancy… We were able to clean her out and give her a bath, do some laundry and charge every electronic device we had before we head out on another long trip before we get to Florida Sunday night (which is Easter)….We cleaned her up and hit the road for a very long trip to Carlsbad… Chris was amazing and drove the whole night while I slept… next thing I knew it was daylight and we were 30minutes to the Cavers... he did wake me up in El Paso so I was able to see the Border of Texas and Mexico… Now I know why my Dad and Courtney are so jealous of me for being able to visit them… but I do have to say if it wasn’t for Chris watching Price’s Right we would have missed seeing an amazing site… We were 700feet below the earth and was able to witness something amazing… Chris and I were talking as we walked into the caves and couldn’t imagine being the one who came across these and had to explore the tunnels/caves without light and having bats fly all around you… there was very little light as it was for us and it still seemed scary, but well worth it… the formations that were formed and crated by water was unbelievable… so if you are ever in the Carlsbad area it’s a must see…
After a 2 ½ hour walk around the caves we got back in our car and headed to our next destination…. Arlington, TX for our first of 5 amusement parks… I drove the first 6ish hours of our drive and Chris is now finishing up the last 2 hours… he was able to sleep and catch up on blogging…
Here is just a little FYI for all of those that might drive in the town of Seminole, TX (middle of nowhere), that even if you are driving a vehicle that was built before the seat belt law, you can still get pulled over for wearing your seatbelt WRONG… I was lucky enough to have that happen to me, I was wearing my seat belt (like a good little girl), but earlier on the day was messing with something on the dash board and couldn’t reach it so I took the shoulder strap and tucked it under my arm, stilling having the lap belt on… lets just say Chris tried to tell him about the laws (in California) about how it was built before seatbelts and all that stuff but Sargent James came back with “well in the GREAT state of TEXAS you have to have your seat belt on”… personally so far, Texas NOT so great
All in all he gave me a warning and told us to have a good trip…
After a 2 ½ hour walk around the caves we got back in our car and headed to our next destination…. Arlington, TX for our first of 5 amusement parks… I drove the first 6ish hours of our drive and Chris is now finishing up the last 2 hours… he was able to sleep and catch up on blogging…
Here is just a little FYI for all of those that might drive in the town of Seminole, TX (middle of nowhere), that even if you are driving a vehicle that was built before the seat belt law, you can still get pulled over for wearing your seatbelt WRONG… I was lucky enough to have that happen to me, I was wearing my seat belt (like a good little girl), but earlier on the day was messing with something on the dash board and couldn’t reach it so I took the shoulder strap and tucked it under my arm, stilling having the lap belt on… lets just say Chris tried to tell him about the laws (in California) about how it was built before seatbelts and all that stuff but Sargent James came back with “well in the GREAT state of TEXAS you have to have your seat belt on”… personally so far, Texas NOT so great
All in all he gave me a warning and told us to have a good trip…
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