It all started off without a hitch. Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee were a breeze. There was much silliness, snacking and snoozing.We got to Knoxville, and although it wasn't late, it was getting dark. I could not see the point of stopping just because it was dark...I mean...really? I said that I was fine driving the mountains at night (much to my mother's horror) and that I thought we should just go to Asheville, NC which is about an hour out of the mountains. There was much debate, but my mother caved, so we kept driving. What a freaking mistake. I mean, I was fine in the mountains and the only thing that made me nervous was my mother's white-knuckling it the whole time. Anyway, we get out of the mountains and get to Asheville and start looking for a hotel. It was about 9pm - a good time to stop as far as I was concerned.
Sweet fucking baby carrots..... We could not find a room to save our lives!!! Every hotel in Asheville, NC was booked. A hotel clerk finally told us to not bother going anywhere in the city because we wouldn't find anything. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zero. He said to go about 25-30 miles down the highway to the next town to see if they had a room. We get to Hendersonville, NC, and as in Asheville, there were NO OPEN ROOMS!!!! By this time, everyone was starting to get irritated. We all want to know WTF is going on in Asheville that you cannot find a hotel room in the middle of October within 100 miles of the place. It was about 10:30-10:45 by this time.
EWWWWWW!!! |
Where in the Blue Hell am I???? |
We get back on the road and end up in Newberry, South Carolina (aka - Bumblefvck, USA) and finally find a freaking room. At this point we are only 280 miles from Myrtle Beach, but we were so tired and crabby, it didn't matter AND we couldn't check into our room until 3pm anyway....
Stupid Homecoming.... |
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Needless to say, we made it to Myrtle Beach without further incident as well as without killing each other. Now, if I can just unwind enough to enjoy myself.....