A Traveling Blur

So far our trip has been a blur. My parents came over to stay with Hattie Sunday night at 6:30 or so and we left for the airport around 7:30. Our plane left at 10:25 PM. We wanted to try the overnight flying in hopes that the girls would sleep and so we wouldn't lose a day of vacation in traveling. Wrong-o choice! ...at least until they get a little older. It was a miserable flight to say the least. Eliza and Libby fell asleep about an hour into the flight, which was okay, but Ellie was a bear...just fidgety and constantly moving around and not wanting to be in her seat, etc. And on a dim, quiet airplane it didn't make for a good combination. Add in my frustration--ugh! She finally got to sleep probably with an hour and a half left so we all got to sleep at least that long. We arrived in Philadelphia a little before 6 AM their time, got a bite to eat, then got on our little U.S. Airways Express plane to Albany, NY.

The plane ride was quick--probably 90 minutes and no one slept on that flight. In Albany, we got our rental car. At first we were given a Pontiac G6, but we realized half of our luggage wouldn't fit, so the lady let us upgrade at no charge to a Rav4, which worked out great. From Albany, we had about an hour and 15 minute drive to Lake George to our hotel--The Sagamore. We got to our room, then headed out to find lunch. The girls were not behaving well, but hopefully it was because of fatigue. After lunch at the Lakeside Grill we had a treat at Ben & Jerry's.





We went back to our hotel to unpack and get settled, then we wanted to pass about two hours until it was time for dinner. We hopped in the car and just drove around the main street and saw more of the lake. It is really pretty here--so green and lots of lush trees and greenery. Not more than five minutes into our drive, I looked back and found all the girls sacked out!

They stayed sleeping that whole time and we really had to wake them for dinner. The first few times we tried to wake them, they didn't budge! We had to physically get them out of the car, which made for three grumpy, tired girls at dinner. We went out to the back side of the hotel and watched out over the lake for a little bit before heading over to the Edward Jones dinner. There were lots of choices for dinner. The theme was "Tour of America" and had fare from four regions of the country. I opted for some chicken and cole slaw. I guess I wasn't too hungry!




After dinner we made our way back to our room and the girls got baths and now are working on getting to sleep. I hope tomorrow they are better rested and happier or this trip might all be a blur!