Journaling reads:
Monday, June 16, 2025
Up at 6:23 this morning. Put a small load of laundry in of mine so I would have a clean gown for our trip to PA. While that was working I gathered the rest of the toiletries and other items I had not yet packed to take on the trip.
Ilene called at 9:00 to let me know she had to run to Joy’s after she ate breakfast. Then she would have to do her foot treatments.
I left around 9:15 to take the church deposit to the bank. Then I went to McDonald’s for an egg McMuffin for me and an egg McMuffin and a chicken biscuit for Mark. I took the food to his work. We ate the egg McMuffins in the parking lot and he saved the chicken biscuit for later.
I packed the car and left for Ilene’s at 10:10. Stopped at Kelly 109 to fill up with gas for the trip. I loaded Ilene’s things into the car while she finished her foot treatments. We were ready to go by 11:45, praying for safety before we left. “Protect us and give us God-speed as we travel, Lord!”
At 12:48 we entered Virginia. We stopped in Rocky Mount, VA for a late lunch of KFC a little after 2:00. At 3:54 we stopped at a Circle K to use the restroom on Rt. 654. We didn’t stop again until we got to the PA Welcome Center to use the restroom at around 6:15. Then we stopped at a rest area 10 minutes later just long enough for me to take my evening pills right at 7:00.
5:40 - entered WV
6:02 - entered MD
6:12 - entered PA
When we got within sight of the hotel, we stopped at Fuddruckers for something to eat. We both got Caesar salads and took them to the hotel to eat.
The travel was pretty easy as we drove through 5 states to reach our destination in PA: NC to VA to WV to MD to PA. We had almost complete cloud cover as we headed north. We left 80 degrees and came to 64 degrees and a cold, misty rain by the time we arrived at the Holiday Inn at 7:30-ish.
After we ate, Ilene began her nightly foot treatment while we played Qwirkle. Meanwhile, Ilene’s daughters are still on the road in rain, traffic, lane closures, and darkness! They wouldn’t be arriving until 1:30-2:00 a.m. We did not stay up to wait on them! However, we are pretty sure it was them we heard coming in around 2:00 a.m. Their room was next door to us.
According to Google Maps Timeline, travel was 459.3 miles today.
