Beginning trip to Canadian East Coast

Monday - July 21, 2014 - It seems this trip took more planning time than usual although we didn’t decide the initial route until we were leaving.  One thing we did do was schedule the car pickup for Monday, knowing we were not leaving until Tuesday.  We were not surprised that they did not have the mid-size SUV that we reserved- but they did upgrade to a minivan at no additional cost (that was really what we had wanted but the price was over $1000 more than the mid-size SUV.  That part worked out; however, when I got the car home (and started loading it), I realized the tag expired in MARCH!  They were unable to find the updated tag so they had to swap it for another one.  This is very typical and is the very reason we got the car a day early. 

Tuesday July 22 -

We left home Tuesday at noon and stopped at STARBUCKS before we got out of town.  Other than that we only had one rest stop and arrived north of Knoxville about 6 o’clock Eastern Time.  No interesting stops but we did walk through the Bass Pro Shop and James had his picture taken with a new friend (soon to be moving to Decatur???) 

Sorry but I have tried to rotate this and nothing happens.  Just turn your head!

We walked about a mile to limber up, ate dinner at the Chop House and then called it a night.  We have decided to drive across North Carolina and go to the Outer Banks.