Arkansas to Texas
Saturday was moving day on the freeway; lots of overloaded pickups and U-Haul trailers and cars stuffed with clothing, pillows and blankets. Lucky us. We just move down the road in our house every day!
Twice today we came upon jam packed rest areas. We pull off into the truck/RV area only to find a back up of vehicles and no more space. Vehicles are stopped in the lanes where you're supposed to drive through. Once I had to wend my way through the trucks to find a space and finally pulled up behind someone who was getting ready to leave. The next rest stop I got stuck in a line of trucks that was blocked by one stupid trucker who parked on the wrong side of the road and there was no room for anyone to get through. Waited about 10 minutes until he got done in the potty.
We could have stayed at Jb's today because Glen had exciting things for us to do. He invited us to the goat auction. We passed on that opportunity.
In Arkansas we spotted gas for $1.99 but didn't need a fill. When we started to look for gas in Texas we had a tough time finding a station where we'd fit in. The exits off the freeway were designed by maniacs, not at all what we're used to. We could not see the advertised gas stations so we had to get off and take a look...4 times before we found one. And then we had to pay $2.29! It was a little four pump station on the frontage road but worth the price for easy off/on.
The Arkansas drive was very lovely with some autumn color and great roads. I started thinking about all the wonderful roads we have traveled in these three years. And then I think "How dare some fanatical terrorists attack and threaten our way of life and our wonderful, beautiful country?" We must do whatever it takes to protect our freedom and way of life.
Tomorrow Day 4 of our long journey. Less than 400 miles to go.