Ryan Smith Week 3 Response

Eight of us, all unique in our opinions, desires, and interests coming together for one trip, obviously this calls for disaster knowing our friend group. Our destination is an amusement park called “Kings Dominion” in Virginia. We would drive up a Sunday morning and get to the cabins to sleep for the night and go to the park Monday morning and head back home at night. Rather than just drive up and do nothing I offered the idea of driving through Shenandoah National Park to extend our road trip. The idea was welcomed and put in the itinerary. Will offered the idea of stopping by a popular vintage store located in Richmond, not far from our cabins. Another proposal issued by Paul was to stop in Baltimore and grab some lunch, which would be passed by along the way; the plan was all set.

The day was off to a great start with Urim oversleeping, putting us behind an hour on our expected departure. Due to the amount of us we are forced to split into two separate cars: Paul driving Me, Will, and Kevin, Erik driving Nicole, Urim and Chris. The two cars shouldn’t be a problem since we can easily just stay close on the road. Obviously that doesn’t happen when Erik drives with much more haste than Paul.

Coming close to Baltimore we called the group in the other car if we were stopping to get food. The response was basically rejection from everyone, questioning why we would bother wasting time in Baltimore. After a few dropped calls and an annoyed exchange of words, the other group insisted they didn’t want to stop there, and they were already too far to turn. Paul, the originator of this idea and the driver of our car became extremely disappointed with the sudden change of plans and we assured him we can go there anyway and we would just meet the group later on in Shenandoah.

We found a nearby sub shop and parked, stepping outside the car I noticed a huge clock tower scaling beside us; I decided to snap a shot with the camera I brought to take pictures in Shenandoah. Will now getting worried that we won’t have enough time to make it to the store, being that it closed by 8. Time was our biggest challenge. Fast forward to the Shenandoah Scenic Highway, an extensive 105 miles long north to south. Being that the speed limit was around 30 for the most part and the desire to stop many times to take in the breathtaking views, we came to the realization that we would have to cut it short and only do about half of it, which was more than enough for all of the beauty it held.

Unfortunately we tried to cram too much into one day of driving and weren’t able to reach the store before it closed. We did however go to the amusement park the next day, rode every ride, and were able to make it to the store before heading back home, leaving everybody happy and finalizing a great trip with a great group of friends.