Mr. Wong Goes To Washington – 1521hrs

Started this week’s run yesterday late… the other driver and I were scheduled to meet the pre-loaded buses at the Kennebec Service Center at 2130 hours.  We got there at 2050hrs and they were already there!  Been there about ten minutes it turns out… apparently the kids got the bus loaded in like 3 minutes flat and off they went, but it really screwed me up as it didn’t give me a chance to check all the controls and switches of R6 even though I’d drove it before.  So we blasted outta there right away and drove stright through the night to Washington DC.  We stopped about every two hours which was nice, but it was still a long night!

Arrived in DC this morning right on schedule… stopping for breakfast about an hour out at a Mc Donalds (drivers eat free!), then took them into the “malls” of DC.  So far today I’ve seen the Washington Monument, The Jefferson Monument, The Licoln Monument, the WWII Monument, the Vietnam Monument, and the White House (from a slight distance).  How many pictures did Mr. Wong take?  Not a frickin’ one!  Was too busy being white-knuckled on the wheel, not to mention having 52 people staring at the back of my head!

Oh well… at least *I* got to see them right?  LOL

The other driver and I headed to the hotel about 0830 to check-in.  Of course the hotel had no clue we were coming that early, so they had to zig and zag to find us two rooms so we could get some sleep!  To their credit they did… and man what a room!

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So I crashed for a few hours to take the edge off… we have to pick the kids (all Jr. High Schoolers) at 1930hours tonight to bring them back here, then we’re off for the night, so I didn’t want to sleep too much today.

Tomorrow we have a full schedule… drive them here… drop them off for an hour… then drive them to the next place so I want to get a good night’s sleep tonight.

That’s about all for now… more later from the Nation’s capitol!