Road Trip 2010 – Day 2

We awoke after a good night’s sleep (aside from Hunter waking up at 4:00 am) in North Carolina.  We couldn’t have planned the North Carolina stay better being that we got to enjoy a mild first day of 101 degrees.  Didn’t think that we would leave Florida only to find warmer weather, but what can you do.

After a quick breakfast we headed to town to run a few errands.  Much to my surprise our first stop of the day was at this cute little coffee shop.  I think it was called Starbucks or something like that.  When Emily entered she was greeted by the staff who said “we were told you were coming!”  We took our drinks on the road and headed to downtown Raleigh so that Drew and Fran could visit the local camera store and take care of some business.  Emily was also in the market for a GorillaPod and we were able to locate one of those as well, so it was a successful camera adventure.

After we completed our shopping, which was surprisingly short being that Emily was in attendance, we headed off in search of  lunch.  We found a neat little restaurant in downtown Raleigh called Sunflowers which had really good sandwiches.  The highlight of lunch was when the Raleigh fire truck pulled up outside the restaurant and firefighter Courtney came in to order lunch.  Hunter did his usual questioning of everyone he meets these days:

Hunter: What’s your name?

Courtney: Courtney

Hunter: Do you have kids?

Courtney: Yes, I have two kids

Hunter: What are their names?

Courtney: Garrett & Elijah

Hunter: How old are Garrett and Elijah?

Courtney: 4 and 6

This happens often with Hunter, but Courtney seemed to enjoy the questioning.  She took a menu out of the restaurant so the rest of the fire crew could decide what they wanted to eat.  A few minutes later she returned and asked Hunter if he wanted to see the fire truck.  He was excited so we headed out and she let him climb all over the truck.  He got to sit in the driver’s seat and everything.  There are some great photos below.  As Hunter was sitting in the front seat of the fire truck they got a call, so we got to see the truck speed off to an emergency.  Pretty awesome experience.

After lunch we headed back to Drew and Fran’s to give Hunter a  much needed nap.  Emily and Fran headed out for some shopping, and Drew and I played some Tiger Woods ’11.  After our relaxing afternoon we headed out for a delicious Mexican dinner followed by some great ice cream and coffee.  As is always the case we had  a fun filled first day with Drew and Fran.