The dash on the passenger side.
Making our way through Arizona. Some big bugs met an untimely end on our windshield.
Checking out the traffic behind us in the gargantuan side-view mirrors.
Such a good driver!
Watching a beautiful sunset ... in the side-view mirrors.
I love the reflected light off the side of the van.
Night-driving and cool squiggly lines.
We were soo hungry when we got to Albuquerque, NM, but it was past eleven p.m. and everything was closed. Fortunately we found a Sonic that was close enough to walk to. It was delicious for a late dinner, and delicious for breakfast. Mmmm Mmmm. There were some lovely white bushes there too.
Views of the enormous truck in Oklahoma.
More night driving. The way the truck was rhythmically bouncing, the dash lights look like spirographs.
A truck passing us in the dark.
I like these pics of the cars and the street lamps blurring.
Just so you know, Oklahoma has some of the crappiest roads EVER! We were bouncing all over the place. We thought something might be wrong with the truck or trailer and had to pull over to check it out. Nope! Nothing wrong, just crappy roads with seams everywhere creating bouncing over 40 mph. Oklahoma! Fix your roads!
The next day ... Near the OK and MO border, there is a McDonald's that is built on a bridge that covers both sides of the freeway. We made a pit stop there and Adam got us some Bluebell ice cream that many people rave about. It was good, but nothing to write home about. Adam says, and I quote, "Overrated." (The bridge McDonald's that semis were zooming under was REALLY cool, though.)
Inside the McDonalds looking down.
It was hard to get a picture of, but there were cars and semis zooming 'through' this building.
ARGH! We had finally crossed into Missouri, and then a driver going by gave us some big signals that we were in big trouble. I nodded and pulled the moving van and trailer over onto the shoulder right by a freeway on-ramp and got out to find the problem. One of the tires on the trailer had blown and was shredded. It's a good thing that there was a tire right next to that one on the same side, or else we might have been worse off. We called for assistance and we were told it would take about 90 minutes for help to arrive. Unfortunately, it took longer than that, but he found out that a tire on the other side of the trailer was going bald and replaced that too! I love problem prevention!
The annoyance of inconvenience. And waiting for help to come. And waiting... and waiting...
Adam's Archos is great! We listened to Michael Medved and then watched some Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law.
Pulling off at the first available spot.
Lovely fields nearby.
Being bored and playing with the Sepia feature on my camera.
We went back in time!
We could make old-timey Pioneer Village pictures, for a lot less! (Guess we'd just have to rent some costumes. haha, Adam would LOVE that... not really.)
Hooray! Help is here! And we don't even need to take the car off of the trailer!
So later on as we were nearing St. Louis, I found a place to fill up and then I saw this compatriot. Moving with a big van with a car attached. Except this guy put all of his house plants into his car. This just made me laugh. That's a lot of houseplants. He must be a collector ... of house plants.
We had been making excellent time before our flat... but then we still weren't doing too bad and we had almost reached St. Louis ... and then we hit TONS of traffic. Traffic that wasn't moving. It was VERY frustrating. Darn St. Louis freeway construction and stand-still traffic.
We finally got off the freeway and took an alternate route that Adam's mom gave us. :-) Finally safe and sound in St. Louis!
