No, not the fabric softener. The church I grew up in in Albany NY (Albany Baptist) has been trying to move out of their old building for several years, and finally got a sale on their current facilities to be able to buy a new building. However, before they could move, they had to have their closing on the old building.
It had been waiting in semi-limbo for a couple weeks, but a week ago Saturday the officers got a call saying that the buyers wanted to close the following Thursday, the 8th.
I decided Monday evening that I was going to head to Albany for the last prayer meeting in the old building. It’s the only reason I went up, and I knew it was going to be a very long, tiring trip. Fortunately, a couple friends, one of whom grew up in Albany the first half of her life, were able to come along to help split the driving.
Last Tuesday a little before 7p, we left Mebane and started driving. Got into Cohoes a little after 7a Wednesday morning, crashed for a bit, then popped around the capital district for a few hours before heading to church that night. After the service, we hung around for a while to say hi and visit for a couple hours with folks we know there, then got back in the car and headed south.
Unfortunately, we had a bit of a hiccup going south and lost about 1.5 hours of travel time due to my not giving full enough directions to my friend driving while I took a nap, but we made it back to Mebane safe (and tired) Thursday afternoon.
All told, we were gone for 46 hours, and spent all but 16 of those hours in the car (either sleeping at a rest stop or driving).
While not the most ambitious bounce trip I’ve ever pulled off, it was still fun. If you know me, and would like to know more about the trip, feel free to leave a message in the comments.