Got up at 6 and got around and headed out to pick up Connie about 7:00. We were sharing a carry on Connie. We were sharing a carry on bag and needed to get it packed. It was pouring down rain all the way. The bus was at the bank when I went through. We got our bags checked and got on the bus. There were 35 at that point but were picking up 5 more in Galesburg. Our driver's name was Cal Lorenz. He was a good driver and very accommodating. Funny too!. At Galesburg we had a potty break and a coffee break and then one the road again. We had to watch a safety video on bus behavior. We stopped at Cracker Barrel for lunch. They don't seam to mind when 40 people show up at the same time. Actually there were two buses at the same time but we got in and out in good time and back on the road. We watched a video about Biltmore. We had a time change about 3:45 and got to the hotel about 5:45.
We had nice room and there was a pond outside with a fountain and lots of ducks and a pretty gazebo. We met for supper at 6:30 and tried to find a shopping area that had several eating places but after driving around for a while we finally settled on Arby's. It had started to rain again. They only had three people working but they worked very hard and got us all fed in pretty good time. We were back to our room at 8 and in our jammies watching tv. Both of us were very tired cause we hadn't slept very well the night before so turned in for a good nights sleep and another exciting day tomorrow.
