Oh Sucks...the weekend got over too soon and now am back to the same ol' routine. I hope you all had a wonderful time like I did.
The Beginning
As most of our vacations, this one too was planned on the fly. Thursday night, a bunch of us sat down armed with laptops, exploring the possibilities of where we can go for the weekend. After weighing all the pros and cons we decided on Asheville, North Carolina. Supposed to be a beautiful small town perfect for exploring during the spring time. After a lot of adjustments and discussions, that normally comes along during a planning of such a trip, the final people to join me and V were decided and all arrangements were made. We were 5 and a half of us, me, V , a friend N, his wife and baby and another friend S. A few hustle and tussle later, we finally set off on Friday noon. The total drive time was appx 7 hrs.
On the way, we stopped at a car dealer at Louisville, KY where S wanted to look at a car he had searched for on the internet. The car is a bottle green 98 Ford Mustang. After test driving it and haggling with the dealer for the price, he settled for a good deal, gave the dealer a token amount, and we set off with a happy and satisfied member amongst us. The rest of us of course were happy too with the prospect of a good dinner treat in the near future.
We set off from Louisville and were going at a pretty good pace with V driving the van. But then as we were approaching Knoxville, Tennessee, we encountered a lonnnnng traffic jam on the interstate due to road work. We had to move at a tortoise pace for about 2 hrs. After a long tedious 2 hours the roads cleared and we were also able to take a gas exit to refill. We noticed that the owner had kept a bunch of printouts on how to by-pass the traffic. Seeing that we realized there was another jam further ahead. We were amazed on how helpful this guy was that he got out of his way to type and print the by-pass route! We decided to go ahead with the guy's suggestion and followed the by-pass route which took us through small American villages. It was an interesting ride and we were wishing the gas station owner brisk business as he saved us a couple of hours.
We finally reached the hotel late in the night. Was surprised to see a very very old lady...probably 65+yrs old...at the counter. She gave us the keys and was very happy when she came to know we came from Indiana. It seems she was born and brought up there. We were all pretty exhausted and almost immediately went off to sleep...looking forward to a nice day ahead.
To be continued...
The Beginning
As most of our vacations, this one too was planned on the fly. Thursday night, a bunch of us sat down armed with laptops, exploring the possibilities of where we can go for the weekend. After weighing all the pros and cons we decided on Asheville, North Carolina. Supposed to be a beautiful small town perfect for exploring during the spring time. After a lot of adjustments and discussions, that normally comes along during a planning of such a trip, the final people to join me and V were decided and all arrangements were made. We were 5 and a half of us, me, V , a friend N, his wife and baby and another friend S. A few hustle and tussle later, we finally set off on Friday noon. The total drive time was appx 7 hrs.
On the way, we stopped at a car dealer at Louisville, KY where S wanted to look at a car he had searched for on the internet. The car is a bottle green 98 Ford Mustang. After test driving it and haggling with the dealer for the price, he settled for a good deal, gave the dealer a token amount, and we set off with a happy and satisfied member amongst us. The rest of us of course were happy too with the prospect of a good dinner treat in the near future.
We set off from Louisville and were going at a pretty good pace with V driving the van. But then as we were approaching Knoxville, Tennessee, we encountered a lonnnnng traffic jam on the interstate due to road work. We had to move at a tortoise pace for about 2 hrs. After a long tedious 2 hours the roads cleared and we were also able to take a gas exit to refill. We noticed that the owner had kept a bunch of printouts on how to by-pass the traffic. Seeing that we realized there was another jam further ahead. We were amazed on how helpful this guy was that he got out of his way to type and print the by-pass route! We decided to go ahead with the guy's suggestion and followed the by-pass route which took us through small American villages. It was an interesting ride and we were wishing the gas station owner brisk business as he saved us a couple of hours.
We finally reached the hotel late in the night. Was surprised to see a very very old lady...probably 65+yrs old...at the counter. She gave us the keys and was very happy when she came to know we came from Indiana. It seems she was born and brought up there. We were all pretty exhausted and almost immediately went off to sleep...looking forward to a nice day ahead.
To be continued...
11 comments:
Ok, this is a bit of cheating...but still ME FIRST :):):)
Thank God, no one barged in ... with blogger, u never know who might just step in at the inopportune moment...plus suddenly the connexion acted up, but i guess i made it to the 'me first' tag...
And, while I waited for the connexion to display the box of the comments...I read the post...
The beginning sounds interesting... and hats off to the gas-station guy ... that was some good customer service indeed :)
Waiting for the next parts now
Haha...everything is fair in blog commenting...so this way or that..u r no doubt the first one. So, bask in the glory :P
DJ, yes me also facing problem with the comments...
The gas station guy was indeed a good samaritan. Am still writing the next parts in bit and pieces - in between my work. So, as long as I do less work, I can write more
:-)
yes amazing idea from the service station guy :)
waiting for ur next post :)
Hey Colors/Kaush,
First of all to Kaush, I was in northern virginia in Washington DC vicinity. and you are in North Carolina, the tar heel state!! hey color did your get any Tar on your shoes:-) just kidding! I have never been to NC but I have heard it's beautiful!!
and to Colors...now that you have travelled that far, you have to make it to Virginia in May!!
Gaya...new post up! BTW, whats wrong with the commenting on spaces? Have been trying to post u a comment, but the comment box doesnt show up..can type in just the name!
Kaush...of so u r in NC!! Awww..see you should have told me earlier. But dont cry now..anyway we made our plan on the fly so u wouldnt have known anyway...maybe next time.
Rash...didnt know NC wa called so...but why is it? The roads there are in such amazing condition!! Dont worry dear..chalke bhi aana padhe toh bhi I WILL be there in May :-)
Wow!! I just checked out the pictures and Asheville looks very cool, beautiful, small American town.
1998 Ford Mustang, now that's a good looking car with good muscle power. Was it a V6 or V8? Lemme guess a good price range for that sort of car...ummm...probably between $US 10,000 to 14,000. Am I close?
Now, that's some nice-gas-station guy. That's called good subtle marketing.
Nice tiring day...huh? I love long car-trips though...:)
It is a V6. U r going too high on the price lol...we r not richie rich here u know :P U can check the value at kbb.com
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