The Carrie Underwood Show

I love Charlotte. That is my home visitation place. The fun for me is going to places that I didn't plan for. Charlotte is that town. Other places, you have to put in advance, organize, and plan accordingly. My issue with that is when something goes wrong (something small), it ruins the vacation. However, disorganization costs a lot of money if you are cost conscientious. But since I don't care, I went exploring.

Driving through I-85 is fun on a Saturday afternoon. It was warm without the slushy rainfall. Bit chilly at night but no cold mist or wind. I was just driving around in downtown when I noticed cars filled up at Time Warner Arena. I parked my car at a this lot. I first tried to put cash in this dispenser but it took all my money without giving me a receipt. I had to use my credit card for a 10 dollar parking lot.

After some debating, I decided to stay and go inside the arena. It was Halloween, you saw some kids going to clubs with a Halloween theme. They seemed to have fun. I preferred a basketball game since the Bobcats play there or so I thought. As I went to the arena, the ticket boxes were closed so I had to go find a ticket scalper as well as an ATM machine. Oh, I found both real quickly as well as a homeless guy talking about how he was done in.

The scalper saw me first and asked me to buy 40 dollars. I said I would think about. Then, he went 30 dollars and told him that I would go by the ATM machine to get my machine. When he noticed that I was talking with those homeless guy after I got my cash from the ATM, he went down 20 dollars. Bought the ticket and gave homeless man, 20 dollars. You should have seen the scalper's face. Oh, man.

The arena was pretty cool but I had to sit way up there next this curtain that was covering up the upper deck seats. Everybody was warm and fuzzy with their special someone. Looking down was okay except it wasn't a basketball game but a Carrie Underwood concert. Oh, great. Carrie just got married to a hockey player.

I have to say though, I enjoyed the show. Say, what you will, Carrie brings it. Sitting on the bed of a pickup truck being suspended in mid-air over the crowd by 40 feet high with this metal rail, moving the truck around in a circular motion. You should have seen the fans, moving away from the truck because it that sucker fell .... Oh, well. I like the the three layer, circular, jacuzzi-looking tile stage that she stood on. The middle circle would go down with Carrie and then, you would see her in a new costume every few minutes. She once popped up in a piano (she actually played it), and to start the show, in a love seat. But never in a jacuzzi. Damn!

I took pictures of her in my phone but too far up. Sat in my seat till everybody left and security told me to go home. Traffic wasn't too bad which is very unusual for Charlotte. Drove around and found this hotel that I discussed with the Rest Area person when I got into NC earlier that day. This lady was very nice and found me a coupon at this Days Inn in Woodlawn Road. Cost me 47 dollars per a day for two days. The place was good with a Mexican restaurant in the site. Nice bed and TV. Next day, NASCAR Hall.