road trip

Savannah, Shanna, and I went to SC to get Joe for Christmas leave. It was a very quick trip: drive up on Tue, pick him up Wed, and drive back home. The trip is about 9 hours. We stayed at Day's Inn near Fort Jackson on Tues night. Never stay there. It was shabby, not very clean, and kinda creepy. On the plus side, the staff was friendly, and a huge mall was right across the street. We went there for dinner. . Here are a few pics of the trip:


At BK for breakfast.

Stuck in a total traffic jam on I-10. Took 1 hour to go 10 miles.



Waiting for Joe. This is in Fort Jackson, but we were actually in the wrong place...
We were looking for A company, and this area had a sign that said A company, but is was some other A company. Joe's unit was down the road. Of course there was no sign there. But we found him eventually. :)



The car had to pass a safety inspection before we were allowed to take Joe. Of course it passed with no problems. Bonus: this car will drive almost across two states on $17.00 worth of gas.

On the way home, Joe was keeping us entertained with stories from basic training. We had a good, but long, trip home. Stopped for a real lunch at Ruby Tuesdays, cause no one could handle BK or McDonalds again.