The Journey

Well, we have finally arrived in North Carolina. It took us 3 days of travel to get here but we arrived. We left bright and early... ummm or not... we left Houston, Texas at around eleven - eleven thirty'ish; which was actually perfect for us. We drove through Texas and entered Louisiana. It was such a windy day and chilly, you could feel the car get pushed by the wind. Leaving Texas was nice, and uneventful.

When we reached Louisiana, I remembered driving through it years ago to get to Georgia, and there being this long bridge. The bridge is 18 miles long... I'm not kidding. It is a bridge that covers nothing but swamp land. (photos were taken, I'll add them once they've been uploaded to the computer) Driving through Louisiana was really dull, we stopped to feed the dog and let him walk around for a little bit as he'd been couped up for several hours.

We decided to drive straight through Louisiana and spend the night in Mississippi. I DON'T like Mississippi, I don't even like it a little bit. I wanted to stay in Baton Rouge, but we would've had a longer drive the following day. So after 6 hours of driving we end up in Baytown, Mississippi. We spent the night in a Motel 6 as that is the only place we could find that accepted pets. What a horrible night that was. Motel 6 has nothing to offer anyone, other then a good hot shower and a bed. Other then that its tiny!!! I was relieved when we got up the next morning to drive onto Georgia.

So we left around 10ish for Georgia. I was so glad to finally get out of Mississippi. So we are driving to Georgia to spend the night in Atlanta. But before Georgia we had to go through Alabama... Not I LOVE Alabama. I can't stand its neighbouring state Mississippi, but Alabama makes me happy. I think because it the first state where you start to see cotton fields, now cotton fields make me ridiculously happy, and I'm not entirely sure why. So we drove through Alabama, and absolutely loved it.

We arrive in Georgia, and both B and I wanted to see Atlanta as neither of us had ever been there. Its MASSIVE and highly confusing. I can say without a doubt that I am most certainly not a city girl. So we got lost in Atlanta and ended up staying in the town of Roswell, which was on the outskirts. Now there we stayed in a Holiday Inn, and that was so friggin' nice comparing to the Motel 6 from the night before. We went out for dinner, which was delicious, and spent the night in absolute comfort.

We left the following morning for our final leg of the drive, the drive to Fayetteville, North Carolina. We left at around 10 - 11am. It was a nightmare just trying to find the Interstate in Georgia, we went through neighbourhoods to get to it. Finally we are on the Interstate and B decides that he would prefer it if he could drive. So once we make it into South Carolina we change seats. Now entering South Carolina is nothing but gorgeous. It is the most delightful view after being in a concrete jungle. It was stunning.

We finally arrive in North Carolina to our final destination, and our journey is over. Now we are sitting in a hotel room until the middle of next month for us to get our new home. I can't wait to finally move into it. We are going out and buying some furniture, including a washer and dryer... Damn those things are expensive!!!

Anyhow... sorry to bore you all :-)

Houston

We've FINALLY arrived on the mainland. We got here a week ago. We flew into Dallas, Texas because that is where our car had been shipped to. The day before we left Hawaii I called the company that had received our car and asked how far the place was from the airport, the man told me 1/2 a mile. OK 1/2 a mile really isn't that far, I mean I could walk it. So we got in a cab and told him where we wanted to go, well 10 minutes go by and still no car place... We ask the driver how far it was away, and he was like 15 - 20 miles. Thats a whole lot further then the 1/2 mile we thought it was. So we pick up the car, take it to get an oil change and then drive it down to Houston. Let me tell you this, Houston is BIG but Dallas is MASSIVE! It is so ridiculously big, and the driving and congestion is ridiculous. We eventually got out of Dallas and onto the freeway to take us down to Houston. The drive was long and boring. Seriously, the drive was literally a straight line. Put some curves in to keep the drivers awake, would ya?! So we drove on this straight and boring road for 3 - 4 hours... SO BORING!!!

We arrived in Houston and our dog Sam was already here waiting for us. So we were all over him and excited to see him once we walked in. By 7pm that night we were exhausted, so we go to bed, were fast asleep, and the door busts open and in walks B's brother C. I mean have you ever heard of knocking?! So while B got up to sit and talk with his brother I rolled over and went back to sleep. I specifically asked my MIL if C and K were coming over, she responds with NO they aren't... OK so we can go to sleep and not have to worry about anyone coming over... BOY was she wrong! Anyhow...

So we've been here a week and we really haven't done much of anything. I keep telling B that we are going to need to buy winter clothing, as pretty much all our clothes are for the summer time. He just responds with No we don't... AH you're wrong! Anyhow... I think that is what we are going to do today, or at least what I am going to do today. So until next time... I'll try to remember to take some photos so I can post those.