spring break: (if you read the whole thing you will probably enjoy it) saturday, march 3 -pay 700 dollars to get my car fixed. -leave for kentucky at 3pm -arrive in kentucky at 10:30pm, sleep in car because it is too cold and dark to set up the tent -temperature drops to 23
sunday, march 4 -spend most of the day visiting places that are not open becaues it is sunday and it is not the "tourist" season -pay for a cabin and sleep in a warm bed monday, march 5 -drive 500+ miles to south carolina where it is finally warm enough to put flip-flops on -see carrie who i haven't seen in a year and a half -play with/stare at josiah...the roundest baby i have ever seen -spend the night at al and lisa's tuesday, march 6 -hang out with al at columbia international university -hang out with lisa and josiah in a park -watch the office and eat junk food all night -spend the night at al and lisa's wednesday, march 7 -wash the car -leave for savannah -arrive in savannah, set up tent, go to grocery story -try to build a fire -spend the night in a tent thursday, march 8 -go downtown savannah...probably the pretiest city i have ever been in -walk around, shop, eat, walk around -eat at an amazing vegeterian indian restaurant -go back to campsite, try to build a fire -sleep in the tent friday, march 9 -10:30 leave to return to savannah -11:15 car breaks down -11:45 some nice back-woods guys help us with car, tell us we need a new starter -3:45 al, lisa, josiah, and heidi arrive to put new starter in....it's not the starter -6:00 break down on highway again...tow car to church parking lot in the middle of nowhere (with a cemetary in the front yard) -9:00 arrive back in columbia -call lots of places and lots of people -sleep at al and lisa's saturday, march 10 -tow the car behind the van for 80/90 miles with a tow strap...3 hours -make lots of calls trying to find a ride home -hang out with the youth groups from al's church -10:30 go to bed sunday, march 11 -12:30am get up, al drives us to atlanta -6am arrive in atlanta, meet up with a trucker on his way to michigan -ride in the sleeper of a semi all day -11:30pm arrive home
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