....and Northward...aka..."Sweet Home Minn-e-sota"
Many people know that my girlfriend Marcie (JU: MarcieHelen) is headed up to MN as we are moving up there. She left early Tuesday with my car hauling my bike behind it in a Uhaul trailer.
Well...I figured I could make this a daily blog of how she is doing to keep everyone up to date because there seems to be some interest in how she is doing. Instead of making a new blog entry every day...I will just write replies to this particular blog article itself.
Tuesday...
She left around 7am here...and headed east to the Hoover Dam and then southeast to Albequerque. She had some problems with the car overheating but she made it to Santa Rosa, NM by the end of the day. 688 miles.
Wednesday...
She left Santa Rosa.....I think around 9am or so. She called to ask a question about the bikes straps as one of them was loose. I told her how to tighten it down and it was fine the rest of the day....I hope. Car was still overheating but not as bad as yesterday. She got a little mixed up with how the Kansas Turnpike works down there. Really tweaked as far as I can tell. I didnt know it went that far south or else I would have warned her had I remembered. Down there, you pay to get on the interstate and then its a toll road when you have to get off or something. Well she was running low on gas and had to get off. I think at first she didnt understand how it worked with there being gas stations and fast food joints inside the tollway....then figured it out. Stopped for the night in a dinky town just outside of wichita. 612 miles.
For tomorrow, she is going to try and get up to Austin which is 652 miles away. She has to take a detour to Cedar rapids and drop off the bike. I tried showing her how to do it..but I myself almost dropped the bike trying to get it up and then off the trailer. So...having her do it wasnt an option. My brother will be able to get off of work for a bit and meet her at his house (if she finds if with my directions) and then get it off. Ill have to head down there sometime to get the bike...its a 3 hour drive or so. But I figured he could have fun with it and take it for a spin if he wants. ......although he wrecked his last bike....hmmmm.
Im busy packing...took five xerox boxes from school today and packed up alot. Marcie reads alot of books...so lots of those are being put away. Im having a friend of ours come over and tell me if the truck we have is enough or not. If its not going to be big enough...Ill just cancel Uhaul and switch to Penske.