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 :-)