Our Trip to Virginia, U.S. A.

July 15, 2015

We  made sure our house was vacation ready before we left for our trip

Day 1 – Our Virginia Trip

It’s summer time in Canada! We are going on a driving trip!  There was excitement in the air for days in our house.  I,  especially have been yearning to be away from Toronto. We are grateful that a couple friend from the Waterloo church has invited us to join them on a vacation in the U.S., so that Y. would not have to drive.

Since our departure time from Canada was in the late afternoon when Jessica and Carl  got off from work, we had plenty of time getting our house vacation ready:  giving the flowers in the garden a really good soaking, getting rid of the leftover food in our fridge, removing all the garbage and even a fresh lawn mowing on our front yard!

We watered the flowers and mowed the front lawn before leaving for our holiday

We left our house and arrived at Jessica and Carl’s right on time. Jessica informed us that their decision to go on the road trip helped speed up their purchase of their family vehicle as they wanted to make sure we would be comfortable in a more spacious car. How thoughtful and considerate was that!

Our drive to the U.S. was uneventful

The drive into the States was uneventful. We crossed the Rainbow Bridge  U.S. customs at around  6:30p.m. and arrived at the Red Roof Inn in Danville, PA, a little past 11:30p.m.

A hotel stay in the U.S. during the summer  peak season could be pricy. Computer and tech savvy,  Jessica looked up and compared hotel pricing on expedia during our trip planning dinner meeting at their house a week ago. 

She found the best price for our stopover night for less than Can.$ 80.00! ( With the Canadian dollar dipped below 80 cents against the U.S. dollar. This is a pretty price motel!)

Our stay at the Red Roof Inn in Danville, Pennsylvania, was satisfactory.  It provided us with a decent clean basic motel  room for an affordable price stay for travelers, especially for Canadian tourists. No continental breakfast nor was there a phone in the motel room where we could call the front desk.

But there was wi-fi and it was easy to log on for checking our emails.

R.T.

En route to Virginia, U.S.A.

July, 2015