Hurricane Road

October 15, 2016

Today we leave for home. We woke up early so we could catch the free hotel breakfast. Jason and I drove to the main hotel lobby, went down the elevator, and discovered an empty rec room. A woman sat behind a counter and asked if we needed anything. We asked where we should go to find the hotel breakfast. She gave us a sad look and informed us that there would not be a free breakfast today. Apparently we got some incorrect information about the days they do breakfast. We thanked her and decided to just grab breakfast on the way.

After packing and loading up the car, we returned to the hotel lobby to check out. I grabbed a free green apple on the way out. Sadly, the apples was disgusting and I threw it away. Breakfast doesn't seem to like us today. We finally decided to just pop into a gas station for food. We filled up the car with gas, and then Jason filled the tires up with air. Once getting snacks, we headed out. Unfortunately, we were unable to see a median in the parking lot and our tire bumped violently over it. We pulled over and were happy to see that the car was just fine. We then made our way to the open road.

We listened to a little of the audio book "House of Seven Gables" on the way back. Soon, however, we hit a bunch of traffic. We turned off the audio book and listened to music since it was harder to focus. Turns out the hurricane caused a lot of road damage. Therefore, we were required to take numerous detours all the way through North Carolina. It was back roads the whole way. I don't want to know what that interstate looked like.

Once back on the interstate, we texted our friends Jeff and Erin to let them how far away we were from their home. We had previously made plans to have dinner with them on the way back. Finally, we made it! We met them at their home and then went to Duke's BBQ restaurant by their home. It was delicious! Afterward they drove us through downtown and we went to a nearby brew pub for drinks. We sat and talked for a few hours, enjoying the company and the break from driving. Soon it was getting late and we needed to head out. We said goodbye to them at their place and then returned to the road. We got home very late, but it was completely worth it! Our cats clearly missed us and we missed them. What a fun trip!