Our 2014 Trip - #2

I have been remiss in writing (pick any reason to apply), so will try to catch up a little for now.

DAY 6: was an OK day, that means the good part canceled out the bad part and averaged to OK. While we were in Tucumcari, NM we ran into a good-ole-boy from Alabama, didn't get or can't remember his name, but that is my fault, a nice guy. He was big into NASCAR (didn't ask why), so that is what I call him. NASCAR asked where we were going, and when I told him he asked what route we were taking. I told him through Ft Worth and Dallas. He got a serious look on his face and said that he wouldn't want to drive a motor home through Dallas. We should have listened to him. Ft Worth was bad enough, but we made it through there. There was a miss communication between the pilot and the navigator and we relied to heavily on Helen (our electronic navigator) and the next thing I know we are driving through Dallas. Then one wrong turn and we are in the middle of Dallas. I swear if there was a telescopic site on Dallas from a satellite, we would have driven right through the laser beam. Anyway, we made it out of town, made pretty good time, and made it safely to Shreveport, Louisiana, an OK day.

Day 7: a good day. There are two things I have to say about Louisiana. First, I believe the freeway system through Shreveport was built during the Civil War and has only been repaired once since then. And second, I'm not sure that Louisiana drivers are used to operating a motor vehicle off of a dirt road. Just saying. But we made good time and arrived safely at Rob and Beth's house. We hadn't told Nick that we were coming and Rob sent him out to check the mailbox as we were driving up, so I think Nick was a little dumb founded when he saw the motor home and Jeep pulling into the driveway. Andrew wasn't sure what was going on. Oh yeah, Rob and Beth are doing OK too.

DAY 8 - 11: have all been good. We haven't done much but visit and run around town a little. For some reason my direction is messed up. I'm OK at Rob's house, but when we go out I'm 180 degrees out of whack. Slowly getting better as I drive around. Weather hasn't been too bad yet, a little warm (about 90) and the humidity has been moderate. So we are enjoying our time while we can because we know we will be leaving too soon, but still excited about the rest of our trip.