August 5 - Great Eastern Tour Day 20

Miles travelled: 414.6
CDs: 6
Cornhole games: 3

10:14 a.m. - Pack up the car. There is more stuff going back than came with me. That is the benefit of driving: lots of trunk space for things acquired en route.

10:28 a.m. - Watch roof shingles fall from the sky onto our deck. Thank God that roofers didn't show until well after my alarm went off, as they began with the piece of roof by my room.

11:23 a.m. - Pull off the curb, Mom and Dad behind me on their way to the lake. Wave the "I love you" sign out the window and wipe my eyes. Columbus here I come.

12:09 p.m. - Pit stop less than an hour into the drive. Seriously disappointing. Drinking 2 pints of water before leaving the house was obviously a bad maneuver.

5:37 p.m. - Pull up outside godparents' house. Grab oboe player's bagels so they don't get gooey in the hot car. Don't make it to the house before godfather comes out to greet me. Large elevated boards with a hole are laying in the garage. They are for "cornhole," a regional game that oboe player and her boyfriend have been working to build the equipment for all week. The finishing touches are being put on the bean bags. Once completed an inaugural game is planned. Catch up with oboe player while she finishes bean bag. Briefly meet her boyfriend on the stairs.

7:12 p.m. - The rookies win the first game of cornhole. Godfather must cook, and it's not a good 3 -person game, so practice ensues until dinner. Steak, baked potatoes, and salad are set out to eat. Thoroughly excited by the prospect of such an awesome meal. Manage not to splinter the toothpicks insterted in steak to hold bacon wrap in place. Eat well and get to chat while boyfriend silently cleans up. Determine there is enough light for a cornhole rematch before dark.

9:05 p.m. - Cornhole goes a lot faster once the throw is mastered. Manage to get in 2 games before the light is gone. Debate with oboe player whether or not we'll be sore tomorrow from the activity.

9:22 p.m. - Godfather puts Beethoven's 2nd on TV, more because it is in HD than he actually wants to watch it.

10:32 p.m. - Oboe player and I veto Beethoven's 4th. There is no more capacity for insipid child movies. Find Legally Blonde. Attempt to validate oboe player's claim that the movie is empowering.