So here it is, we have started our journey with a drive across the USA to head to our new home in PA. We headed out late (go figure) on Monday, March 19th. It was not easy leaving Lemoore. Saying goodbye to Julie's parents was not easy for Julie.
Our first stop for the evening was Needles, CA. On our way as we passed through Tehachapi we saw a billboard that caught our eye. It was of our good friend Amanda, who is a lawyer, and was advertising her law firm. It really caught us by surprise, and Julie sent her a text message telling her how we saw her on the way.
We got into Needles around 8pm, had some dinner and spent the night. We have been taking lots of photos along the way, but don't have the right cord to upload them. Good job Julie! Oh well, we will have them up when we can.
Tuesday as we were going to head out for our day of 350 miles (what we have to drive according to the relocation package) when Ryan had a small accident and hit the boat trailer on a cement post. Banged it up a bit. We headed to a shop to see about getting it fixed and a guy there happened to be an iron worker and offered to help us out. We followed him to his house (yes you read that right, random guy, random house......Julie called her dad and gave him the guys address....and said "if you don't hear from me in awhile, he killed us and dumped our bodies, but at least you know where to start looking!") and had him start working on it. He turned out to be a very nice guy, even offering us a cold drink and told Julie she didn't have to sit in the truck, but could sit on his front porch and enjoy herself (um thanks but no, I gotta be ready to drive the truck away if he comes after us.....paranoid, probably, but better safe then sorry.....I might want to stop watching so much Dateline NBC!) After getting it fixed, we headed to Gallup, New Mexico. Yup, drove ALL THE WAY across Arizona. That was a LOONNNNGGG drive!
When we finally got into Gallup, in the dark, both hotels we went looking for from our trusty GPS were no longer in business. Great! Headed to another hotel and they were full. Finally got a place at 11pm (PST...12am MTN).....and the room was cold. Ryan cranked up the heat and left it that way all night....pretty much smoking us both we were so hot!
Today we headed from Gallup to Vega, Texas (about 30+ miles west of Amarillo.) We arrived here around 9pm Central time, checked into our hotel, had a great dinner and are now ready to settle into bed for the night. Tomorrow we hope to meet up with Julie's friend Stacey and Ryan's friend Clint in Oklahoma City for a short visit.
We really wish we could stop and visit places along the way, but getting those 350 miles in has been an all day event. We take many breaks along the way to stretch, and move around. We are packed nice and tight in the truck, so not much wiggle room.
We hope everyone is doing well. We hope to post pictures within the next few days. It has been a pretty nice drive so far, seeing snow in every state. The mountains in New Mexico were amazing! Next time we do this, we are taking our time and enjoying all that these cities/states have to offer!
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