Ok, here goes....the trip from hell as my friend and I refer to it!!

My best friend and I were driving from Fort Wayne to Virginia to see my sister. I was driving a Chevette (which I really liked). We were driving on hwy 33 coming up to Columbus, Ohio and I asked my friend which way to go on 270 around Columbus and she proceeded to turn the map upside down and said, "Turn right." I about killed her!! I grabbed the map and figured it out myself. We still laugh at that.

After we got around Columbus, we stopped at a rest area to eat the picnic dinner we had packed. When we got back into the car, the alternator light came on. I didn't know what to do, so I kept driving. When we got to Zanesville, Ohio, we stopped at a Shell station to see what to do and I ran into the biggest redneck in the universe, who continually called me honey. Finally, I could take it no more and when he said, " Weeell Honey, we can't fix it tonight, you'll have to stay until Monday and I'll fix it then." My response was," First, if you call me honey one more time, you'll be singing soprano in Vienna and 2nd, it will be a cold day in hell before I stay here." We got back in the car and continued to drive. We got to Wheeling, WV and stopped and a guy called around and found us someplace that was willing to fix the car at 11pm on a Saturday night in Tridelphia, WV.

Next chapter, we started out after getting the car fixed, in a pea soup fog which never lifted. The goal was to reach Breezewood, PA (the city of motels) to get a room. When we got there, there was no room at the inn. So, having no choice we kept driving. Well, when I get tired I either get really stupid or really mean, as does my friend. Now, understand that I was exhausted and so was my friend. The bad part was the I got mean and she got stupid!! lol

She got frustrated when I wouldn't pull over unless I saw lights (remember, we were in the mountains). Finally she forced me to get off the highway and we stopped and found a place to stay. The guy who found the place warned us that they were still fighting the Civil War down there. So, all the way to the motel, we were practicing our southern accents, only to get there and got greeted by a guy from Jamaica!! lol

We settled down and after 3 hours of not being able to sleep, I got up and called my sister to find out that we were only 2 hours from her house!!

Ok, now, I dare anyone to beat that one!! lol Sorry it's so long.