Yes, we went from spending all day in one state yesterday to rolling along through five states today. We left Beaumont a little after seven and again had to try a couple of times to find a place for breakfast. Our first stop was in Orange, TX. Jerry took us on a nice tour of Orange where we saw a summer Santa Clause. A local resident was sitting on his front porch wearing a Santa Hat...pretty funny. We were touring Orange because the Boss Hogg didn't want to drive back about a 1/2 mile on the access road to dine at Gary's Cafe. So instead we drove around on local roads for 15 minutes. Its all about the story.
We ended up eating at the Cash Magic Grill. We talked to a couple of local gentlemen and one of them new someone with PD. During our meal we found a candy bar named ZERO and found a bigger one named KING SIZE ZERO. Jer said he loved those growing up.....hmmmm, pretty sure there is a sarcastic comment there but I'll let it go. He worked hard today.
After explaining what we were doing, we started heading east again. Jerry drove all morning and who was I to stop him. He drove through some very narrow construction lanes and heavy traffic. I was glad he was driving as we crossed some pretty large bridges over some bodies of water. At one point, we were on an 18 mile bridge crossing the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge over the Henderson Swamp. Impressive.
We have seen a lot of roadkill so far. Jer also spotted a wild turkey and another deer today. Last night, right before we parked he spotted four deer running across the road. I hope we never find out how they react with a Holiday Rambler!
We wasted about 45 minutes at a fuel stop because the station's fuel system had a catastrophic technical event which cleared the pump of what we had loaded. We stood their while they tried to figure out how to recapture our transaction. We finally explained we needed to roll so they took our information and we will see what happens. As of this point, we have not paid for approximately a 1/2 tank of diesel.
We ate dinner at Sonny's BBQ in Marianna, FL and are spending the night at Arrowhead Campsites in Marianna. Our waitress, Ms. Elaine, was really nice. She asked if we wanted corn bread or garlic toast with our meal. I asked which she suggested, she made a funny face and said the garlic bread. Jer and I laughed then I ordered the toast and he ordered the corn bread.
Jer is talking to Carole again and spinning fish stories about how he backed up the RV and trailer for like a 1/4 of a mile. In reality, it was about 100 feet inside of a KFC parking lot and he did a good job.
Oh yeah, when we were being held hostage at the fuel station I was walking around the trailer and noticed the front right strap on the Flex was laying on the side of the trailer...oops. Guess the bouncing road loosened the strap enough to allow it to fall off.
While I was driving the Safeway Director of Corporate Public Affairs called to interview about the ride. We spoke for about 20-30 minutes while I was dodging traffic. I'm pretty sure someone else was helping me drive and keeping us safe. Check out Safeway.com during the next few weeks and you may see some information about POP's Ride.
While we were parking tonight the cowboy parked next door was spraying off his white truck on the sandy, dirt driveway. As he drove around he stopped at us and asked (in his best southern drawl), "Are you guys BMX racers?" I explained what we were doing about our ride and he said, "You ridin' to San Diego?!. Wait here and I'll be your first donation." He never came back...not even with a beer. Oh well, he may leave an envelope at our door.
Today we replaced the pressure regulator on the inbound water feed and Jer played with the cable connections until he figured out how to get us a good cable picture. Maybe tomorrow I can get him to fix the passenger seat so my feet hit the floor.
Time for bed.
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