The first true test of our marriage was met when our orders sent us packing across the country to Oregon. We decided to take the Southern route and explore but with any road trip, we hit plenty of rough patches.
The first half of our road trip was pretty boring as far stops. Most of our stops happened after Texas. We did enjoy the yummy food and sweet tea the south has to offer since the West Coast isn't quite there yet.
The first half of our road trip was pretty boring as far stops. Most of our stops happened after Texas. We did enjoy the yummy food and sweet tea the south has to offer since the West Coast isn't quite there yet.
Florida seemed to take forever. When we hit northern Florida it was my turn to drive. You can see how excited I look...not.
Before we knew it we hit Alabama. Fun fact - Alabama paid $75,000 for the rights to put "Sweet Home Alabama" on their welcome signs.
We only drove through Alabama for a short time before coming to Mississippi.
We drove across the state stopping only for a quick walk with Jack and enjoying our last few hours in the south. Louisiana was next and the last time we had Chick-fil-A and boy did we enjoy it. Jack even got to have some as well! We ate it before I could take pictures :)
Next stop was Texas, birthplace of my husband!
Lloyd's truck started to give us some problems and wouldn't go faster than 70 miles an hour and was losing power. Something was wrong and Lloyd did everything he could think of but we decided to stop for the night in Dallas. Fireworks are hard to get pictures of but I did get a good one of the city lit up for our countries birthday.
The next morning was July 4th and celebrations were everywhere. Celebrations and a national holiday meant everything was closed, so no shop to fix the truck. We decided to continue our journey, despite the truck problems, and when we did they only got worse.
Stay tuned for my next post to find out what happens next!
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