East Coast Trip part 1

For the past few months I have been looking forward to the end of September because that is when we were going on our East coast road trip! Mike's brother Doug and sister Stacey were flying to Boston and traveling down the coast and we decided to join them. Originally we were going to attempt to bring Daniel but as it drew closer and we planned, I knew that taking Daniel was unrealistic. Fortunately, my mom and dad said they would baby-sit him! We were very grateful for this. Especially me because I was going to stay home and just let Mike go. Since we had an empty seat we invited my brother Josh since he'll be going on his mission soon.

We decided to head up to Rhode Island a few days early to visit our grandma and other family. It was a 15 hour drive up to South Kingston RI. This meant we needed to leave at 4:30am on Monday morning to be able to make it to my aunt and uncles at a decent hour.  It was early but we were excited to get going on our trip!

At the gas station at 4:45am....we look happy don't we :)

Overall, the drive wasn't bad. We had food, movies, books and music so we were pretty entertained. Josh and I also got to sleep a bit and Mike drove the whole time! The worst part of the drive was that it rained from Charlotte, NC until we got to Pennsylvania. The rain was the main reason that Mike drove the whole time. He's the most comfortable with it. We knew that we would need a break from the drive so we made plans to stop in Hershey, PA and go to the chocolate factory! We didn't have time to take the tour (I have done it and it is awesome)! We had so much fun in the huge chocolate store!!!

YUM!!!!!!

We had to get something :)

After the factory we drove for about 6 more hours which was more fun since it wasn't raining and we were driving through cities. After almost exactly 15 hours of driving, we arrived at my Aunt Pam's house in Rhode Island. I still can't believe Mike drove the whole time! Thank you sweetie for getting us there safely. It was a long day but a great start to our trip!