Friday was my actual 26th birthday, so I took the day off work and spent the morning cleaning up the apartment and renewing my drivers license.
By the way, here's to another GORGEOUS license picture :)
We ended up leaving our apartment a little before 11am, and drove separate vehicles so that we could drop Micah's off at his parents' for his dad to look at his brake pads and replace them. We stopped in Salem to eat a birthday lunch at our favorite restaurant, Sakura. I invited Luke and he met us and we spent the next hour eating and talking. Then we stopped by to drop off his car and we made the three hour drive to Tennessee.
I drove most of the way, which was surprising for me. Usually Micah drives when we go somewhere but since it was my car, I felt like I should drive some. My parents made it to Clarksville on Thursday. Since they brought their greyhound, Heidi, we stayed at the La Quinta, which is a pet friendly hotel.
It is very nice! Our room is clean, the staff is wonderful, and the hotel, itself, is very nice. The breakfast is complimentary and they have a mixture of cereal, waffles, and hot food (scrambled eggs, sausage, biscuits, etc.) We got into Clarksville around 5:30pm, dropped off our things at the room and went to Rafferty's for dinner. I had never been to a Rafferty's before, they have burgers, sandwiches, soups, salads, etc. I got the house salad and a cup of black bean soup. At the end of our meal, I got a free scoop of ice cream for my birthday and we went back to the hotel and spent some time talking and catching up.
I slept really terribly the first night. Micah and I watched most of the Great and Powerful Oz, which was what was playing on TV that night. I don't think the movie had anything to do with me sleeping poorly, but for some reason I did.
Saturday morning I got up and had breakfast downstairs in the hotel lobby with my parents and by the time we were finished, Micah was up and we got ready to head to BeachHaven winery for a tour of the facility. It was very interesting! I had never toured a winery before and we learned about grapes and their process of making wines.
At the last end of the tour we got to see all of their barrels that were carved by a delightful 93 year old man. He makes them for the winery for all of their special events and then the winery stains and seals them and keeps them as decorations.
I slept really terribly the first night. Micah and I watched most of the Great and Powerful Oz, which was what was playing on TV that night. I don't think the movie had anything to do with me sleeping poorly, but for some reason I did.
Saturday morning I got up and had breakfast downstairs in the hotel lobby with my parents and by the time we were finished, Micah was up and we got ready to head to BeachHaven winery for a tour of the facility. It was very interesting! I had never toured a winery before and we learned about grapes and their process of making wines.
At the last end of the tour we got to see all of their barrels that were carved by a delightful 93 year old man. He makes them for the winery for all of their special events and then the winery stains and seals them and keeps them as decorations.
We were even able to get a decent picture of all four of us at the end of the tour!
From BeachHaven Winery, we stopped back at the hotel and checked on Heidi and went to Outback Steakhouse for lunch. I was still wearing my birthday ribbon from yesterday and I got a free cupcake from Outback after our lunch.
We were most excited to do the Escape Room, which mom had booked for us at 1:30pm. We did the Brother's Keeper room and without giving away any of their secrets, I can honestly say it was so much fun! Frustrating, but fun! I think if we had about 15 more minutes we would have escaped, we had one of the two final numbers we needed but in the end, we were caught and didn't save our friend Vlad.
From Excape Games, we headed back towards the hotel to the glow in the dark mini golf course. D&D Blacklight Mini-Golf was located a few buildings down from our hotel. We could have walked there but since we were on our way back anyways, we just stopped in. What makes this glow in the dark course unique is that they give you the option to put on 3D glasses. Micah wore his most of the time, and I wore mine for a couple of holes. I will say though, I wore the 3D glasses on the first hole and I got a hole-in- one! But after that, my winning streak was over.
After the 18th hole, you turn in your putter and golfball and they have a basket with flourescent markers that you can go sign their wall with. There was also a sign that said "climb other people at your own risk". I imagine they put that up because there was writing on the ceiling and people were standing on shoulders in order to do so. We were not that exciting, and we found a place on the regular wall to write our names.
That evening we went to the mall in search of new shoes for Micah, since his were falling apart. We did find some, but we had to order them because the store didn't have his size. We walked around for a little while longer and ended the evening by picking up a pizza from Old Chicago Pizza and ate it together in the lobby. The pizza was good, but it was soggy. The crust wasn't thick enough to support all of the toppings they put on, so it was hard to eat without a fork because everything was falling off. We all went to bed pretty early that night, and there wasn't anything on TV so Micah indulged me and let me watch Ghost Adventures.
It was a short trip, as we left the next morning after breakfast, but I had a wonderful time. I'm so glad that I have parents that are willing to travel and want to do fun things together even though we live 700 miles apart. I look forward to our next adventure together, the four of us!
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