Day One - Getting There

To start, let me give some background to this trip. We started planning it in January after setting up a special Disney Fund two years ago. Although we've spoken with the boys about going to Disney World, we decided to keep it a surprise. Well, so far, so good! We worked with a travel agent to make plans for a seven day stay at a Disney Resort, Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort, on the Walt Disney World property.

We brought all of our friends and family in on the secret, just to make sure no one accidentally mentioned it.

Saturday we ran a few errands, and sent the boys to our neighbor Maria's house for a few hours of distraction while we packed. Although our intended departure time was 2 or 3 in the afternoon, 5 creeped closer. Finally, we brought the boys back home and announced we were going on an adventure. The only answer to the question, "Where are we going?" was, "We don't know, it's an adventure. We'll just drive until we get somewhere that looks fun!" We eventually told them there is a beach where we are going. That eased the questioning!!(Ben asked about every hour, "Are we there, yet?" and Alex kept talking about finding sharks' teeth and netting minnows).

We left Knightdale at 6:30!!! But, we had already planned on stopping in Savannah, Georgia, for the night, so no problem there.

5 and a half hours later we landed at the La Quinta Inn, Savannah, on Gateway Blvd, exit 94 off I-95 in Georgia. What a lovely place....well, OK, it's an interstate motel with all the usual one night guests looking to end up somewhere else. A yapping dog in the room next to us (we're in room 136, near the back of the motel), some late night partiers, or, more like early morning, since it was 3 am and then 4:30!

All in all, just fine for stopping over night on our way to the coolest (man-made) place on the planet!! Oh, did I mention Ange and the boys have never been to WDW, and I went sometime around 1974!

A few additional notes about the La Quinta Inn:
$86 a night, booked through Priceline.com, got us two double beds, three bath towels, scratchy cable reception, continental breakfast (doubt we'll get to that...just gave the boys poptarts and juice boxes), coffee maker and iron. Plenty of gas stations around, so we'll tank up and clean the bugs off the car. Last gas stop was in Florence, SC, at $3.41/gallon.

The boys are in the tub, and we're getting our room wrapped up and ready to hit the road.

Stay tuned!!