Those of you that have been following along probably read the story of how my two aunts and uncle left from one location and Dad and I from here with no plans of meeting up with them until we got settled in at the hotel. That’s them in the gold Jeep with its lights on. The caught up with us just before I-95… about eighty-eight miles from Williamsburg.
Dad and I left the hotel this morning around 8:30… ish. I stopped and filled up the truck. We stopped at Mickey D’s for breakfast. We officially headed for home around 9:13 (texted Renee to tell her we were off). I knew the drive home would take a bit longer. We took a different route and I would have to stop more often to stretch my legs/back.
I stopped for lunch in Winchester, VA at the Sonic. I’ve never eaten at one. I wanted something different. The portion was huge and the price wasn’t bad. I haven’t eaten dinner tonight because I’m still full from the onion rings. One of my friends on Facebook commented on my ‘check-in’ that he had worked near that Sonic in the past. Interesting… another weird connection on this trip.
We picked up some flurries in Berkely Springs, Virginia. It didn’t amount to anything. We stopped at the Midway Service Plaza when we got to the PA turnpike. From there, the snow increased steadily. We crossed through the tunnel between Midway and New Stanton to come out into really hard snow and a couple inches on the ground. The roads ran wet. Crews were salting so the driving was fine. We would hit snow off and on the rest of the trip home, but nothing as bad as that.
I dropped Dad off and helped him get his things inside. I knew a little furry creature would be waiting when I got home. Sure enough, I walked in the door to Tink trotting her way out to greet me. She turned back to the living room to dig on her scratching pad. She let a ‘MEOWWWW’. I said “Did you just meow at me?” (She is usually pretty quiet). She again let out a happy meow and trotted over to give me many, many leg hugs. She asked for food, so I paused from my unpacking to feed her. She only ate a couple bites and then it was play time. We played ball on the steps, chased the string and even monkeyed around with a gift bag one of my presents came in.
I got settled. Tink followed me around like a puppy. I came upstairs to work on this blog and upload pictures. She has been in rubbing around my legs, crawing on my lap and walking on the desk and computer several times.
She disappeared. I went to find her. Not downstairs. Not in the spare bedroom. All of a sudden a little fuzzy face pops up from behind my suitcase. She had found the pants I had worn today and was curled up on the legs against the suitcase. I laid down on the bed and gave her a scratch behind the ears.
I posted a couple pictures on Facebook showing a day time picture of a ride and a night time shot from a similar angle. One of the responses I got was from the brother of one of my high school friends. Lonnie is also a friend, though we haven’t seen each other in a long time. It turns out he lives not far from Busch Gardens. Oh.. and if the first two co-inky dinks weren’t enough. Turns out, he was in the park at the same time we were on Saturday. A small world just keeps getting smaller.
Guess who just got back up on my lap… I’ve got some photos to caption and edit so I best get back to it.
Busch Gardens “Christmas Town” 2013 Pictures
http://captcurt31.com/mygallery/thumbnails.php?album=57
That took longer than expected. I had a cat that has never liked to be a lap cat suddenly lay down on my lap and demand being petted with both hands. I now have pinholes in my left leg from her making dough.
~Cappy