My father's family has this artificial Christmas tree that will be 100 years old this year (believe it!). My great-grandmother bought it--a story in itself, and the family has been gathering at someone's home on Christmas eve each year to celebrate.
This year, I am taking my 88-year-old father to join the celebration for the first time. It will be an interesting trip, since we don't know many of the people who will be there (we have met some of them, but only once).
We are driving, for various reasons. We left early yesterday morning and made it to Birmingham about 8:00 last night. Other than one section of one-lane road due to construction, the driving was uneventful. We also hit two rush-hour periods (Knoxville and Chattanooga), nothing to compare to DC, though.
One of the key features of our first day on the road was visiting all the fast food restaurants. We had a late breakfast at Starbucks, a late lunch at Wendy's, and an early supper at McDonald's. The finish for the day was dessert at one of the chicken places after some quick shopping near our hotel. Unfortunately, the area was not walkable, so we had to drive--not what we wanted to do after being in the car for 12 hours!
Weather is dry, thank goodness, but colder than it should be this time of year. We will be (I hope) staying with my friend Natalie in Galveston tonight.
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