Kannapolis,
North Carolina,
United States
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
This is a quick flight, only 2 hours. If you have not been to Charlotte before, their airport is about this size of John Wayne. I depart from the plane, hit the restroom, and grab my bags. I am glad that they both arrived. Now I am supposed to meet the production manager of our tour at the Avis rental counter, but he is not there. I am not sure what he looks like, but he did leave me a message saying that he was wearing a stripped shirt and cacky shorts. After looking around and finding no one matching that description, I head over to the Avis lot on their shuttle. I did forget to mention that as soon as I stepped outside to catch the shuttle, it hit me, THE AIR! Blow dryer against the face! Hot, 89 degrees and humid 90%. DAMN!!! Welcome to the South, "God's Country." I wait around for the stripped shirt, cacky shorts Whitney Wilcoxson, and do not see him arrive. So, I text and call him after getting his number from our Crew Manager, Jason hart. As I am waiting, I get a text message from Jason saying, "8am tail light tomorrow from the hotel...Will do T3 at the site before open. Hope all is well, Jason." I then go to the counter and ask if Whitney has picked up his car yet, and just as I am asking he arrives in the minivan. You can tell he got a little sun after his 2 week fishing trip in Florida, Gulfside. It takes us about 30 minutes to drive to the hotel in Kannapolis (suburb of Charlotte, and yes, I have not heard of it before either). During the drive I ask Whitney what Jason's text message means. He explains to me that you must be in the trucks at 8am and ready to go. The T3 is a brief meeting with our crew before the actual tour begins. We arrive at the hotel and check in. I go up to my room 322 and unpack. After I unpack, I call Jason to let him know that I am unpacked and ask if anyone is getting together for dinner tonight. I do not hear back. So I head downstairs to check my email in the front lobby. As I am checking my electronic mail, I see Whitney and he gives me the keys to the minivan so I can head to Walmart. I pick up some "Tour Shorts" aka Dickies shorts in Dark Navy Blue, some snacks for my room, decaf tea, and some honey. I head back to the Fairfield Inn and turn in for the night. Tomorrow it begins. THE TOUR.
