Well, the plan yesterday was to rent a minivan for $80 and drive back home. We worked this all out via Enterprise Rentals 1-800 number. Things seemed great. Sure enough, everything fell apart. The guy from the local Enterprise called to tell me he can't rent me a van unless I'm 25, so we planned on 2 cars for $50 each. Well, we found out that this branch of Enterprise doesn't do "One Ways." We'd have to bring the car back to Columbia the next day...clearly not possible. He said that they could do it for $1 per mile--that would cost $350 per car. Hertz rental doesn't have a drop off fee, but it costs $240 to rent a car. Things were looking bad.
Eventually, the guy called to say he'd rent me one car for the $80 price but let me know he'd be risking his job in so doing this. I told him, "Thanks, but no thank you." Instead, 8 of us piled into David Ubben's Nissan Xterra. We drove an hour and a half to Whiteman Air Force Base where Hopwood's cousin Yuki (one of the 8) lives. Once to Whiteman, Yuki (in her car) and her friend Patel (in his car) drove us another hour and a half to a gas station in the middle of nowhere Missouri. At this point, Hopwood's dad was waiting with their family's suburban.
Our trip was 3 legs and long, and involved 4 days. We ended up leaving late (due to all the confusion). We had to wait an hour at the base. However, we made it home safely. We had a good time over the weekend (for the most part). It's all okay.
On a side note...HOGS ARE IN THE BIG DANCE!!!
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