Yesterday we left Quinnipiac bright and early at 7am. There are 20 of us headed to North Calorlina in two white 15 passenger vans. The drive yesterday was around nine hours including stops which was surprisingly quicker than expected. We watched license plates, asked icebreaker questions from the packet in our "van survival guide kit," listened to the cds we all made for the trip and of course most of us did quite a bit of napping along the way. We traveled through Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia. You definitely can't beat the gradually warmer weather each time we stopped.
We stayed at the best western in Richmond, well that was after we found out we had rooms there.... I'll explain: on the trip we have groups which lead a group reflection each night so we can all try and get to know each other better, discuss our experiences, and participate in planned activities and discussions led by other trip members. So, for yesterday's activities the group decided to have our group leaders tell us that the hotel was booked for the wrong night and that there was no where in the area for us to stay. We all tried to discuss ideas of what to do and as a group weconcluded we would get dinner and then continue south and call other hotels along the way until we found one we could stay at. Later they told us it was all just a jake and it was an activity to see how we would react to a change in plans and how we would come together as a group to solve the problem. So then we did some activities which included revealing some of our group member's fears about the trip and allowing us to see that we all share many of these fears.and that marked the end of the day and many of us got to bed pretty early after the long day. There is something about being in a van for 9 hours that is very tiring.
The beginning of our day started at 6, well for me because I got up and showered and we met up and packed the van at 7 (actually Brian and Tom did most of the van packing) and then went to the continental breakfast at the hotel. This was no ordinary continental breakfast and it definitely surpassed my expectations as they had a waffle maker which was exceptionally delicious when I was expecting cereal. And we also got a nice taste of the south with biscuits and gravy for breakfast, well some of us did, I stuck to my waffle :) and then with that we now start our day with a three hour trip to Pittsburo, North Carolina.
High: I think the most exciting part of this trip ao far has been going on the road with all the games, bonding, and music because I have meet gone I a huge road trip with a group of people my age before and it is really exciting!!! I am looking forward to everyone getting a lot closer because I think that we are already all starting to get to know each other and I am sure it's only going to get better from there--I guess thy is what a nine hour can ride will do for a group of people.
Low: trying to figure out where we could go for dinner with 20 people after a long day of travel.
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