And we’re finally off – Alaska or bust!

And we’re finally off – Alaska or bust!

53312 - milage..

After a wonderful weekend of wedding activities and time with family and friends, I am getting ready to go!  Ran by and gave mom, dad Connie, and Dee a proper hug goodbye, said goodbye to other family members as they left the wedding to go back home, and then went home to do the last few things that needed attending to.  I emptied the fridge, loaded what we would be taking, took last minute items over to Jan and Buz, argued with Bank of America about getting me my credit card ( now they will have to overnight it to Hannah’s house – since over-nighting it to Buz’s didn’t work) tried to get the T-mobile card activated and working ( um, no….)  and then deciding that all that could be done from somewhere else, I unplugged everything in the house except the fridge, freezer and stove, and headed off to meet Charlie in the Hardee’s parking lot. 

We loaded DiDi on her carriage for the next several weeks, loaded my pillows and bags in Bessie, put the food in the fridge, and headed off! It was about 10:45 p.m. but we were making tracks!  Charlie had never pulled DiDi in the dark with Bessie before, but both he and Bessie did very well, and traffic was light, so we made good time.  There was a lot of road work in Tennessee with many “dropped shoulders” that made it difficult to drive, but again, Charlie was a trooper and got us thru it all.

We made it to Knoxville around 2:15 and pulled into a strip mall only to see a “no overnight parking – violators will be towed at their own expense” so we wisely moved on.  We did not think it a good idea to start this trip off with being towed on our first night  - and while we were in Bessie no less…

So we moved down to another strip mall that did not have a sign, turn her off, pulled the blinds, and were asleep almost immediately.  The first leg of our journey had started off well so we slept peacefully.