RIP Ollie

to say the trip down to the NC, (i like 'the NC' better then the OBX, i feel like that stands for "obnoxious" like people that cover their cars in those oval stickers) was eventful would be an understatement. my roommates and i had booked a room at the fredricksberg Days Inn South for the night so when i got out of work we were going to hightail it to VA to meet up with the Hunts. on the way there mike told me about how he read all about our hotel ($56 a night) and read that people had bad things to say about it. my favorite was the patron that had found "turds" in the toilet, and beer bottles in the pool. i saw no pool, but i did have to step over a cockroach on my way to check in through the sliding drawer late night gas station style. i guess you get what you pay for. the ride there for us was excruciatingly long, we left the cny at 5pm and arrived to the hotel at 1230am. :(

here are a couple of good shots from the hotel room, oh, adn the lights wouldn't all turn on, so it "looked" clean... upon further inspection in the daylight...




here is a great shot of a gas station bathroom along the way. two for one!


our trip was a cake walk though compared to em and ryans. when i spoke to emily at 530 she said "the bug is acting weird", when we checked in later we found out the bug had started smoking somewhere in pennslyvania and they pulled off and put 2 quarts of oil into it. the heat light was still on. about an hour later we get another phone call, "the bug is dead". em and ryan had to leave it with a tow truck guy and jump into the pickup with the rest of the hunts for the remainder of the 3 hour trip to the hotel. it is still pretty undetermined what is going to be the fate of "ollie" the 2000 turbo VW beetle. i'll keep you updated.

today we had approx 300 miles left to go. we woke up and hit the "waffle house". they must not have a very good dental plan there because i think between the 6 waitresses there they still couldn't make a complete set of teeth. i am not even exaggerating, i wish i was. when i as giving my order i felt like i was talking to the boogey man from the nitemare before xmas. i think that diner was the first stop for convicts upon their release. there was a guy there that had one eye, a huge mean looking canadian.... we tipped her $10 even though she wouldn't let us order the signature dish of waffles.

here is a good example of the clientele at this waffle house.


we got about 30 minutes into the drive and traffic came to a screeching halt on 64. we found out 20 miles and 3 hours later that there was a car accident. i really kind of hope that 6 families died in that accident. once we got going again we were able to cruise on down. we left the waffle house at about 10am and arrived in the NC at 5pm.



i was a little skeptical about the house we were renting, the pictures make this place look fantastic, and nothing is as nice as it looks in pictures. holy crap was i wrong. this place is like a palace, i feel like i am on the real world. there are 5 bedrooms, a pool in the backyward with lights in it for night swimming. a hot tub that will fit probably 7 or 8 people, an outdoor shower, two phat living rooms, a couple of outdoor porches, all the comforts of home, movies, books, stereos, televisions, dvd players, vcrs, a table big enough that the 11 of us can eat dinner/play games comfortably,a pool table, two refrigerators, a million places to sit, central air, fans... its like heaven...

i look forward to relaxing like i've never relaxed before..