Reflections of My Travel

Actually, we stayed the first night in Pensacola, but who’s counting? Anyway, We got up Monday and went on over to Sandestin because Randal was going to try to meet with some people to play golf before the MCFA (Mississippi Consumer Finance Association) Convention. It was our first time with this group and they were a little tough to get in with. We did have a gym though at our hotel so that was nice.

It’s been a while since we’ve gotten to see Randal’s family so we went a little out of our way to try to spend a little bit of time with them. Everyone is doing well. Anna Grace spent the night with us and was quite the cutie. Grandma Moore and Grandma Holloway were both doing well.

We left Orlando sometime after lunch on our way to Sea Island, GA. This trip came up at the last minute, as we weren’t actually supposed to leave until Sunday. But we crashed into the GILA (Georgia Industrial Loan Association) Convention. It was held at The Cloister. Talk about swanky. You just wouldn’t even believe it. A basic hotel room with two double beds starts at $506 a night. We had a vendor friend who runs the covention circuit with us and his reservation got messed up. When he complained to the front desk about it, they told him the hotel was full so they would have to put him in the lodge for the night. He was astonished to walk in and be appointed his own butler! The butler ironed all of his clothes for him, drew his girlfriend a rose-petal bath, and did whatever buttling was to be done. When he was checking out, he asked the butler how much that room usually was — $1500 a night!