Thanksgiving Adventure 2017

Thanksgiving is the perfect opportunity to hit the road and start the holiday season with family and relax. For Jenny, our 2008 Fleetwood Jamboree and Forest our 1987 Jeep Wrangler that meant getting all loaded up for the long drive from Texas to North Carolina.

Jenny

Forest

The travels started off late in the day, final preparation was completed after a long day at work for both of us but we were ready.

Pull out of the driveway and realize the tow straps holding Forest to the car dolly are the wrong set...return gather the new, larger, more secure set but decide to wait and put them one later...throw them in the floorboard of Forest.

First, stop gas...$100 later tank full time to really get Jenny & Forest moving down the road...

Wait...Sonic...okay one more stop and then hit the road....

Okay now we are ready....over the last set of railroad tracks before the highway...oh good gravy what is that noise....pull into a gravel parking lot....the pin holding the tilt on Forest's dolly is not secured right...okay might as well change the straps now... all fixed and secure....now we can really start the adventure.

The sleep drive rotation starts....I, Wendy drive....Dan sleeps...or tries to sleep....

Goodness gracious what is this traffic...where are all these people going....get off the road...why is the wind blowing so hard....why does it get so dark so early....

Find a radio station...High school football playoffs have started in Texas....listen to a local trio call a small town football game and they are hoot...okay things are better.

Make it all the way to outside Monroe Louisana and decide it is time to get more gas and switch drivers.

My time to sleep...Good Lord...is that a tire gone out....Thank goodness we are near an exit...TA stop...yes!...Tire repair at 2:05 in the morning....okay...

Thank you, Preston!...the truck repair guy at the TA! You Rock Man! He had one truck in the bay but when he finished that he changed the tire! Thank goodness for spares and Preston!

Tire changed 3:45AM...time for us to nap...we pull into the parking lot of the TA...set the alarm for 6:30 and try to sleep...

Have you ever tried to sleep in a parking lot...at a truck stop...I would not recommend it...by the time I fell asleep the alarm went off....oh well time to get up....

Dan slept and I drove...watching the sun come up is beautiful...it doesn't matter where you are....the start of a new day....new possibilities is just amazing.

This is my current view...

Be safe out there and enjoy the view!