Our Trip To West Virginia
by: The Hansen Girls
We decided to road trip to WV. We watched as Mommy told Daddy how the car should be packed and how he was probably doing it the wrong way for her taste. Daddy asked Mommy, "Did you pack the car sick medicine?" To which Mommy replied, "Duh." After we were all packed and on the road, Daddy said, "Did we forget something? I think we forgot something!!" It wasn't something! It was someone! Kevin! We forgot Kevin!! I mean Sydney! We forgot Sydney!! Then, out of nowhere, Batman appeared. "Not to worry! I'll get her and her trusty sidekick, Toto, and bring them to you!"
Just then, Daddy looked in the mirror and saw the flashing lights of the Sheriff's car. Once we pulled over, the Sheriff walked up and said, "Hey...you're a cop, right?" I need you to help me catch that bandit that's crossing the highway with that bag of money!" Daddy said, "That's not a bag of money! He's running off with the Christmas presents from the orphanage! You don't mess with kids at Christmas!" The Sheriff and Daddy both yelled "STOP" at the same time. The bandit yelled back, "Collaborate and listen!"That's when they found out that the bandit had a rare condition that wouldn't let him continue with what he was doing until he'd spoken all of the words to "Ice, Ice, Baby." It was at that time that Daddy and the Sheriff were able to catch the bandit.
As we merged back on to the road, Graci looked out her window and yelled, "There's Batman, Sydney, and Toto!! Just in time!!" After everyone was settled, we decided we'd take a detour to Stone Mountain because Daddy had never been. After hours of driving, we arrived and decided to get a good nights sleep. The next morning, we headed for Stone Mountain. Just imagine our surprise when we saw Robert E Lee, chiseled in to the side of the mountain riding an elephant instead of a horse?! "What's going on here? Why is he on an elephant?" Mommy said, "Well they must have done some remodeling since we were here the last time. Why don't we take the tram to the top of the mountain? I hear they have a dinosaur skeleton up there!" While we were walking to the register to pay for our tickets to the top, we realized that the only money we had was monopoly money that Audrey had in her pocket. It was at that moment that Graci had had enough. She got mad and yelled, "OK!!! EVERYONE BACK TO THE CAR!!!!" In stunned silence we all walked back to the car and got back on the road.
As we passed in to Tennessee from Georgia, we decided to stop at the welcome center. Here, we were met by a local band of gypsies who quickly tried to pick-pocket us. The joke was on them though as all the money they got was the monopoly money that Audrey had in her pockets. After the gypsy episode, Audrey got hungry. Sydney decided to pick her an apple off of one of the trees there. Just as she reached up, the tree smacked her! Sydney looked at mommy and said, "I don't think we're in Tennessee anymore!" We turned around to leave and the tree threw two apples at Audrey hoping to hit her. She fooled that mean old tree by pulling out her baseball bat and hitting one back at him, and then with lightning speed, she pulled out her glove, caught the other apple, and at it in one bite!
We got out of there as quick as we could, but once on the road, Daddy looked down and realized that we were almost out of fuel. It's a good thing the car runs on diamonds! Graci was able to give her daddy back the necklace that he'd gotten for helping catch the bandit the previous day. He pulled out his tomahawk and chopped the huge diamond in to pieces small enough to fit in to the tank. That gave us enough fuel to make it to Wild, Wonderful West Virginia!
By the time 4 o'clock rolled around, we realized we were super hungry. Audrey suggested going to YES Buffet! Luckily they had one in Tennessee at the exact place we were stopped. We walked up to the doors where we realized they were closed for the Chinese New Year. Suddenly, we were lucky again! The hotel we were staying at had free room service and a fantastic menu of chicken and french fries!! After we gorged ourselves, we turned the TV on and caught the end of Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind.
After another good nights sleep, we got up, got ready and walked to our car...or where our car should have been. Our car had been stolen!! It's a good thing that stage coach was parked outside our hotel! We got in, the driver cracked his whip, and we were gone with the wind!
It was night time when we reached Harrisville. It wasn't until then that we realized the coach was being pulled by reindeer! Before we knew it, we were up in the air! Santa looked back at us and said, "Here are your chutes! This is where you jump!"
To be continued...or not. :-)
