MapQuest, why on earth did you have us drive down that country road through West Virginia? That wasted a good couple hours driving at only 35 mph where you could have had us stay on a highway. Talk about brain-melting! Even Ohio’s flatness wasn’t that bad.
Got an early start this morning and made it through the mountains. You should have seen mom geek out over the Allegheny Tunnel! OMG, she thought that was coolest thing ever! ^_^
After we got through the tunnel we started hitting bands of blowing snow, but the views of the mountains were still fantastic. I’m sure the truckers were getting annoyed with us since we kept slowing as something really frigging cool caught our attention. (Mom: “Look! The rock strata is almost vertical!”)
That slow trip through West Virginia cost us valuable traveling time, which prompted us to stop in Warrenton, VA in a Howard Johnson hotel for the night.
The wi-fi is free and the fastest I’ve found so far. Not sure what I’m going to do with it, though. Right now, a hot shower and bed sound really great. The roads through West Virginia gave me much way too much time to think and I found myself feeling really afraid and depressed again.
I thought too much about Poppa and his decision he tried forcing on us. At one point, the cats started crying, but all it took was reaching into their carriers and petting them for a moment to quiet them down. Thunderous purrs for a bit and they went back to sleep. I couldn’t help but start crying.
We’ll reach Richmond tomorrow and hopefully will finally be able to meet our cousins who live there.
But before we get there, we’ll have to see how many more times we’ll get lost.
Tags: Drama, Moving, road trip 2009