Sunday, April 26, 2009

A Trip to UT and then to Bubba Gumps.

On Saturday, Jim, Maci and I headed out at about 7:30am to go to the University of Tennessee to visit Morgan and to bring back one load of her belongings for the summer. She has already brought home one load of "things", has rented a storage unit in TN to store some "things" over the summer, and by the looks of her dorm room, has at least a couple more loads of "things" that need to be taken care of. After we met Morgan, and got to meet a couple of her good friends, Austin and Ben, we headed to Gatlinburg to eat at Bubba Gumps. Maci is a huge fan of Forrest Gump! She has wanted to eat at Bubba Gumps in TN for a while now. She did get to eat at Bubba Gumps in Orlando, FL a couple of weeks ago, and now wants to eat at ALL of the Bubba Gump restaurants in the USA. She is collecting a T-shirt from each restaurant and a golf ball from each for Jim. We had a such a good time, although most of it was spent in the car.
Here is a picture of Jim driving....it seems like I get a lot of these shots. Maci, Morgan and Ben at Bubba Gumps.
Maci and Morgan with the appetizer.
Maci, Morgan, and I got a hamburger. Jim and Ben got fish. No one ordered shrimp ... Imagine that? The food was delicious though.
Maci with her dessert. Yes, that is all for her!
Everyone helped a little. Jim, Ben, and I used a spoon before this happened.

A good shot of Morgan and Ben.
We had such a good time together. The drive was worth it! It was so nice to meet Austin in person, and to get to meet and spend some time with Ben. After we got back to UT and Morgan and Ben loaded up the car, it was once again time to say goodbyes. I hate when this time comes around. It never seems to get easier, except I did know that she'll be back home in less than two weeks. We arrived home to WV at about 1:30am. What a fun trip!

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