Who are we?
Me (Todd) - 27
Lisi - My wife - 24
Ken - Our friend - 24
Jane - Ken's girlfriend - 23
Everyone but Jane is on the percussion staff together with a marching band here in NJ (that explains the title ).
Thursday June 26:
Lisi and I get up at 2am and do some last minute packing (food into the cooler) and we were on the road by 3am. Unlike last year, we were planning to make the drive all in the same day, so stocked the cooler with a bunch of bagels, sandwiches and drinks. Our intension was to stop ONLY for gas or if we really needed to (i.e. bathroom break or fuel stop).
We held to this pretty well, unfortunately, Lisi pulled something in her back a few days before the trip, and she needed to stop a little more often and for a little longer each time to stretch it out. When we got into South Carolina, we saw our first palm trees (yay!) and we got a phone call from Ken. They were doing some of their last minute packing, albeit a little more relaxed than us. They were getting on a flight at a little after 8pm and would land about 10pm. (You may ask why we didn't fly as well? I am scard to death of flying, always have been. We're going to be looking into medications to help me relax on a plane )
Finally, we were on property at about 9pm, not bad, about 18 hours on the road. We got to All-Star Music and checked in both rooms. We were looking around Maestro Mickey's when we got the call from Ken, they had just landed and were getting into their car as we spoke (Ken splurged for a Lincoln Town car as a surprise for Jane.). Time to hit the rooms, we thought.
As we walked to our room, were realized that our 2 room s were right under the huge drumset at the Jazz Inn. It was almost as if they knew we we're percussionists (drummers) .
Moments later Ken & Jane arrived and we decided on a late night dip in the piano pool. (Shouldn't we be sleeping?? Oh well...)
About 11:30pm we retreated to our room, ordered a pizza, showered and hit the hay, knowing we had a very early morning and LONG day ahead of us tomorrow....
Me (Todd) - 27
Lisi - My wife - 24
Ken - Our friend - 24
Jane - Ken's girlfriend - 23
Everyone but Jane is on the percussion staff together with a marching band here in NJ (that explains the title ).
Thursday June 26:
Lisi and I get up at 2am and do some last minute packing (food into the cooler) and we were on the road by 3am. Unlike last year, we were planning to make the drive all in the same day, so stocked the cooler with a bunch of bagels, sandwiches and drinks. Our intension was to stop ONLY for gas or if we really needed to (i.e. bathroom break or fuel stop).
We held to this pretty well, unfortunately, Lisi pulled something in her back a few days before the trip, and she needed to stop a little more often and for a little longer each time to stretch it out. When we got into South Carolina, we saw our first palm trees (yay!) and we got a phone call from Ken. They were doing some of their last minute packing, albeit a little more relaxed than us. They were getting on a flight at a little after 8pm and would land about 10pm. (You may ask why we didn't fly as well? I am scard to death of flying, always have been. We're going to be looking into medications to help me relax on a plane )
Finally, we were on property at about 9pm, not bad, about 18 hours on the road. We got to All-Star Music and checked in both rooms. We were looking around Maestro Mickey's when we got the call from Ken, they had just landed and were getting into their car as we spoke (Ken splurged for a Lincoln Town car as a surprise for Jane.). Time to hit the rooms, we thought.
As we walked to our room, were realized that our 2 room s were right under the huge drumset at the Jazz Inn. It was almost as if they knew we we're percussionists (drummers) .
Moments later Ken & Jane arrived and we decided on a late night dip in the piano pool. (Shouldn't we be sleeping?? Oh well...)
About 11:30pm we retreated to our room, ordered a pizza, showered and hit the hay, knowing we had a very early morning and LONG day ahead of us tomorrow....