Vacation Day #1

 Oh how I missed using that title. First trip since Vegas in 2019. We all missed it. 

Spike decided he was going to drive and made Fred ride in the back haha. 

We hit the road this morning at 9 am. We really wanted to get a lot of hours done today but you just never know with traffic and weather. It was rainy the whole day of course but Fred doesn't mind driving in the rain. We stopped at a lot of the rest parks to get Spike out and stretch our legs so that made the overall trip longer but broke it up for us to stretch too. We made it to our first special destination. One we visit every time we come by on Interstate 77 through West Virginia...

The Artisan center called Tamarack. It's a very overpriced gallery of artwork of all kinds but mom LOVED stopping here. Jeremiah and I was happy we didn't cry but boy you could just feel mom with us today every step. It was wonderful. It was in her honor. We could have just went by. The boys had ice cream and they enjoyed it. After that stop we drove 2 more hours to hit our hopeful destination for today...

Mt Airy, North Carolina. Fred drove through Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia today. Thanks Fred!! We got here at 7 pm. All checked in and got food. Now to rest.

Again Spike did amazing. No problems at all with the long ride. He is amazing to travel with.

Tomorrow we have 5 and half hours left to get to that beautiful ocean again finally since 2017!!