What a long,strange,mostly enjoyable trip(Report)!! Reed Family Trip May 2012 UPDATED 10/25/18 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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So with that out of the way come and take a journey with me...one filled with mystery, and excitement...with joy and sorrow. One that is really strange but for the most part very enjoyable.
What a long,strange,mostly enjoyable trip(Report)!! Reed Family Trip May 2012
Day 0 May 18th
I got off work at 6 am, for the most part all the packing was done. I had a few chores around the house and some errands that had to be ran before we left. Robin(DW) would not be getting off work till 3:30pm so it gave me plenty of time. Around 11ish me and Skylar(DD) decided to head out. After taking care of the errands it was close to lunch time and I decided to head to Jin's. They serve fairly decent Chinese buffet and have a great array of fresh fruits and veggies for the little one. Now I don't like the taste of fortune cookies but I do enjoy reading the fortune. I have to admit I got a little surprise when I opened mine up. My fortune read " This coming Saturday will be an exciting time for you." My immediate thought was WOW that’s so cool. Little did I know that exciting does not always equal fun. Me and Skylar finished off the errands and made it home by 4 not to long after Robin. We decided to go ahead and pack the truck. By 8 we were all in bed dreaming!!
Day 1 May 19 Travel Day
Now before I continue I have to explain are travel plans in a little bit of detail. First off since we live in NC(near Charlotte) and since are group was 7 people large the most affordable option was to drive. Since it was only going to be about 10 hour drive it just made the most sense. Now me and Robin have two vehicles a Toyota Tundra(very poor gas mileage) and a small(i.e two-seater) Toyota Tacoma. Because of this we would be driving both of Robin parents vehicles. A Ford Explorer SUV(better gas mileage and more room) and Toyota Prius(really good gas mileage). Now car 1 the Prisu would house Robin, her Parents and Skylar. Car 2 ,you guessed the Explorer right, would house Me, Ty(Robins Brother) and Trenton(Ty's Son). So the plan was to for Us(Me, Robin,Sklyar) to drive to her parents house(only about 20 minutes from were we live) and the depart from there to Florida. We choose a departure time of 4am so we wanted to be leaving are house by 2:30am to give us plenty of time to arrive and then repack all of our luggage into the needed vehicles. "Takes a deep breath" So why did I bore you with all this you might ask.....
We woke up bright and early at 2 am. We were skipping breakfast because we knew Waffle House was in the future(more on that later) The whole gang was up and ready and the last few items packed by 2:30am. Everyone was buckled in(if your not sure were in the Tundra, we can't fit in the smaller truck) and there is a feeling of magic in the air. When the most annoying sound in the world...click...click...click...this can't be...click....click...click...yep that’s right the battery is dead. Lets try a few more times...click....click.....cliccckckck. Crud.
OK I got it lets just jump it off...major problem its hard for a 4 cylinder to jump off a 8 cylinder we try for a good 20 minutes no luck. Crud. OK well maybe just maybe the battery in the smaller truck will be strong enough to start the Tundra....uggg this is starting to get really annoying. OK we have wasted an hour lets just throw everything into the Tacoma....someone will just have to ride in the back...its only 20 minutes away. Robin volunteered and I was at the point that I just wanted get moving so I do not put up much of a fight. Finally around 3 we on the road and thankfully we made it there with no major problems. I looked a Skylar " Well if that’s the worst thing that happens on this trip I can deal with" Sigh what was I thinking.
Up Next: Hour by Hour detailed report on the drive to Florida(JK), Resort details and a night at Disney Boardwalk(Spoiler this is one of the mostly enjoyable parts)
P.S. Pictures maybe in future posts I am having some issues right now that prevent me from using pictures. I should say by issues I made a huge mistake, but I don't want to spoil anything. Hopefully I will be able work something out.
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