Kurt K
SCCoA Member
I installed both car seats and the twin-screen portable DVD player in the 95 SC, loaded everyone in the car and drove to New Castle, PA for the annual Ohio Valley meet. We stopped overnight in Columbus, OH on our way there. Luckily, I had lined up a place to stay (thanks Tom & Julie Wilhelm) because there's no way I would have found a hotel since Good Guys was there with about 5300 cars this year.
We got up the next morning and finished the drive to New Castle, PA. After checking into the hotel, we headed to the park to meet up with Dan & Peg (the hosts) and the rest of the group. After being fed at the park and hanging out, we headed to Dan & Peg's house for more food. After everyone was well-fed, we walked down the street a couple of blocks to get a better view of the fireworks....that's right, this town has its big firework display the weekend after the 4th. I was told this is because 2 of the world's biggest fireworks manufacturers are in town and started doing it this way so they wouldn't have to store the leftover fireworks--they'd just shoot them all. Anyway, it was a great display. I had another adult beverage after the show and then we headed back to the hotel. I would have loved to stay and drink a few more with Dan, but two things kept me from doing it. One, we had to drive straight through to St. Louis the next day; and two, Jenn has very little practice with driving a manual.
Sunday, we left the hotel around 9:30 AM to head home. The kids we great during the trip. We just kept cycling DVDs and we even got both of them to sleep after lunch during the drive, which says a lot, since Kolton rarely sleeps in the car. We rolled into St. Louis around 8:30 PM, with the time chance, that's 12 hours of driving.
Cliffs:
3 day weekend.
1327 miles.
Great food and friends.
Awesome fireworks.
Kids that not only survived the trip, but were good the whole way....priceless.
We got up the next morning and finished the drive to New Castle, PA. After checking into the hotel, we headed to the park to meet up with Dan & Peg (the hosts) and the rest of the group. After being fed at the park and hanging out, we headed to Dan & Peg's house for more food. After everyone was well-fed, we walked down the street a couple of blocks to get a better view of the fireworks....that's right, this town has its big firework display the weekend after the 4th. I was told this is because 2 of the world's biggest fireworks manufacturers are in town and started doing it this way so they wouldn't have to store the leftover fireworks--they'd just shoot them all. Anyway, it was a great display. I had another adult beverage after the show and then we headed back to the hotel. I would have loved to stay and drink a few more with Dan, but two things kept me from doing it. One, we had to drive straight through to St. Louis the next day; and two, Jenn has very little practice with driving a manual.
Sunday, we left the hotel around 9:30 AM to head home. The kids we great during the trip. We just kept cycling DVDs and we even got both of them to sleep after lunch during the drive, which says a lot, since Kolton rarely sleeps in the car. We rolled into St. Louis around 8:30 PM, with the time chance, that's 12 hours of driving.
Cliffs:
3 day weekend.
1327 miles.
Great food and friends.
Awesome fireworks.
Kids that not only survived the trip, but were good the whole way....priceless.