Effingham....

Is a lovely place. Actually, we haven't really seen much of it. We arrived in town around 7:30pm and checked in to our hotel (Comfort Inn). Our bus drivers took us over into the restaurant area and everyone split up to grab some eats.

After returning to the hotel and getting our luggage off the bus, almost our entire group went down to enjoy the pool. We got a couple wicked whirpools going and simply relaxed.

The Kingsford crew has devotions tonight, then it's off to bed and up early. Too early. Meet at the bus at 5:45 early, for a full 12 hour day's worth of driving.

Big shout out to the staff at the Comfort Inn, who not only agreed to keep the pool open for us until 11pm, but are also setting out their continental breakfast at 5:15am to accommodate our early departure. GREAT STUFF!

The bus trip was a mix of fun, heat and boredom. Things were very fun, loud and exciting early on in the trip. However, as the bus filled up, the day warmed up, our A/C started to struggle. The bus company is sending over a repair man tonight...they think they know what the problem is (low freon). Say a little prayer (or a big one, actually) for that to get worked out!

The kids are all doing well. Everyone hung out with each other today - lots of laughs! Tomorrow, we're excited for Westward Ho! (The Dollar Store DVD we purchased), Disney movies, Transformers and getting to New Orleans!

-Phil