Sunday, August 16, 2009

On the Road

The trip today has been very smooth. Maggie said we should roll into the hotel around 10:30 without stops, so we are shooting for midnight.

We are using Tad’s collection of King of the Hill DVDs as entertainment on the road. He’s keeping them at school, so we have to get through 6 seasons.

Two stops before hitting the road, lunch and Office Depot. I have no idea what the Office Depot stop was for, but I think Tina’s sprint through the store looking for whatever it was proved to be unsuccessful.

Today it’s the other side of the rode that got the interstate closure. An overturned 18-wheeler blocking the way. Yikes!

A stop at Cracker Barrel 3 hours down the road made for a good bathroom break, then Tina has taken over the driving, while I blog this with Hank Hill in the background.

We just passed through Chunky, Mississippi, and felt a little sorrow for the winner of their beauty pageant, Miss Chunky.

Just checked Tad’s facebook status: Tad Daniels is starting to abhor driving. Ha

Tad just called and asked if they had camera’s that take a picture if you are speeding. He saw what he thought was one, and it flashed as Tina drove passed it, doing, well, just a little over the speed limit. I guess we’ll have to wait for that one in the mail.

We are between Jackson and Vicksburg, Mississippi. The plan is to stop in Vicksburg for dinner and Target, and to rotate drivers. I’ll drive Tad’s car, Tina will continue to drive the van and Tad will get a much needed break.

I just took a picture of a high school football practice, out my window. I’m not sure why.

Evidently, Vicksburg doesn’t have a Target.

Just hit a very hard shower. We got through it in about 5 minutes, not too bad. (especially since I wasn’t driving).

More later.

2 comments:

Mindy said...

You know Maggie will tell you where the closest Target is...right? What about Teal? Can she drive? Y'all be safe! ~Mindy

Tim said...

Teal has a learner's permit, but we haven't started the learning process, so no, she can't drive.