Sorry this is late.
I was lazy and didn't post about my trip even though I was asked about it several times. The trip/vacation was to Massanuttan Resort in VA. If you wanna see it there are pics on my profile of some of it and their website is at
http://www.massresort.com/Lets see...where to start...hmmmm
Maybe from the beginning!
I rode down there with Wendel, Sarah and my god child Abigale.
The drive was about 6 hrs or so to get there. Weather was good for a trip.
In VA we kept seeing signs for a place called Biscuit World. Almost every darn exit had one! We started to make fun of this fact and the odd name. We made up slogans, songs, and even radio commercials for the place. Yeah, we are not right in the head. We ended up stopping at a hot dogg place cuz the two year old wanted a hot dog. It was one of those hole in the wall places that usually end up with the best food. The place was small and was connected to a little room full of electronic poker machines. The food was very good. We watched some of the football game while we ate and as we left we notice accross the streat was... BISCUIT WOLD!!!! OMG! I yelled out one of our previously made up slogans aloud. Wendel bout pissed hisself. Sarah told us to stop acting stupid and lets go. Abigal giggled. The rest of the trip was just normal and uneventful.
Arriving to the Resort
We arrive and meet up with Sarah's Dad (Dave) and sister (Aleisha). Now the crew was all together and we then check in. I noticed a lot of people checking in but also notice that they were about 98 percent older to old people 50+. There goes my chance of a vacation romance! My heart sunk! They gave us all event schedules, IDs, offered a discount card for the resort and local sites ($100) and then we were finished and ready to hit the house/condo.
The place we stayed in was very nice. Two floors. Slept 12. Two jacuzis, 4 decks, kitchens up and downstairs, grill, washing machines, washer and dryer, and 6 TVs. Nice! Right behind and off from the deck was one of two resort golf courses. Beautiful to sit out there and watch people play and enjoy a few brews. The resort had a ski slop and lodge but it was closed till the right season. They had hiking trails, markets, canoe/rafting group, indoor water park, outdoor pool, indoor pool, several rec rooms, several game rooms, massage parler, go-carts, put-put course, and much more. Ok...now back to the trip.
First day we didn't do much. We were all tired from the drive and all. We went out to eat at a TG Fridays. About 10 miles away was where this and lots of stores and restaurants were. We also since we had kitchens decided to cook as much as we could at the resort. So we went and shopped after dinner. Ended up buying like $200 bucks in food!
The next day we planned to drive up to DC (3 hrs) and look about at stuff. We drove into a metro station and rode on into DC. We first went to Arlington Cemetary. I had been but a few others had never seen it. If you ever get a chance...go. Then we took the metro to the mall. The mall had just got finished with some festival or such and was a mess! Huge empty whit tents everywhere. Kinda sucked cuz I like to sit on the benches there and people watch. We hit the National museum first. Found out that they close at 5:30pm off season so we didn't have time to see any other ones. We did however get to see a iMax movie about sharks. It was my first iMax movie and it was pretty cool. After it closed we just walked around to see some monuments and such. We walked so much the rest started to whine. I knew they would where themselves out like that. I had done the same my first time there. The drive back was very quite. They said they wanted to come back two days later. I thought to myself that I would put money on that they wouldn't.
The next day we hit the indoor water park. Abigal seemed to love it at first but she got a little scared of one of the bigger slides and ended up wanted to not leave the kiddy area so some had to take turns staying with her. The rest of us hit slides, rides and the super cool artificial surfing ride. I found that they served 16 oz beers in the food pavilion and ended up with a good buzz in no time. I then spent a loooong time on the river ride. It was basically a little flowing river through the park that you would float around on a big intertube. Very relaxing and fun when you got surprised with water squirting you randomly from some spots. There was also a huge buket that would fill up and randomly pour down on whomever was under it at the time. I never got hit with that guy but laughed my ass off at the others who did. The look of surprise and sometimes horror was just too much for me! We stayed for hours there. And since it was inside...this ginger didn't burn! After we got back from the water park we all were wore out and most of us took naps. That night we grilled out and had fun.
Like I knew, no one was ready to go back to DC the next day. They were still in horror from the first trip there. Plus 3 hrs is a long drive there and back to see a few hours of DC. I told them if you want to see DC then you need to stay just outside DC and take the metro in every day and if you want to see the monuments at night, drive around at night and see them. It is easy at night to park near them and run up to take a look and a quick pic of them. So instead, the girls went to do some craft sessions, Wendel and DAve went golfing and I went walking around the resort some. I hit a few arcades, stores, and chilled at a scenic spots. I also ate at a pizza place that was on site at the main resort building. The pizza was awesome. That evening we all got back together and went driving around the ski and hiking areas. We walked the hiking trails for a while but it got dark fast. It was dark there by 8:30pm.
Another day Wendel, Dave and I went to a local cavern. Can't remember the name but it was very cool. It was actually the first one I had went to. We all three forgot any cameras. I was sooo mad cuz there were some pics I would have loved to share from there. The tour walk was 1.5 miles but it didn't seem that at all. I am now soooo gonna go to Mamoth Caves sometime soon.
Another day me and Wendel went to a local vineyard. There are pics of this on my profile. I actually learned quite a bit from that tour and we for sure got our buzz on a little bit....haha!
One night me and Wendel went to a comedy show there at the resort. It was family friendly but it had a bar and the guy was fairly funny so we had a good time!
Wendel and Dave played golf a lot, the girls did several craft sessions there and went home with lots of goodies from those, I relaxed a lot and hit the pools, gym, arcades and one day I even had a manicure. Yes, a manicure! It was my first and it was nice. I wanted to get a massage but our schedules and their open slots never did line up enough for me to do it.
We ate at a few local spots. One always had to do that. Applebees in VA tastes the same as it does here so I try to always eat at local or unique spots. They had a breakfast diner that was very good. They gave you waaaaay too much food too.
The trip back was uneventful for the most part. The only exciting thing to happen was that me and Wendel was determined to eat at a Biscuit World and did. Wendel ordered two biscuits and gravy and some other stuff. When it come out we were horrified by the size of it! There was noooo way he could have finished it. The buiscuits were huge! They would be what we call 'cat head' biscuits +. They also had wild types of biscuits. They had a peporoni and cheese biscuit, a vegi biscuit, and just about anything you could think of! So the trip ended with a stop to Biscuit World. What a end to a wonderful trip and vacation.
Well, there is prob lots I missed but that is the jist of it peeps!