MY LONGEST ROAD TRIP

 After driving to Colorado Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and flying back to Myrtle Beach on Sunday, I arrived to our empty house in Myrtle Beach and started packing up my car.  Driving my car was always going to be our back-up for anything that couldn't get in our pod and I needed every courier skill I've learned over the years to get everything in.  Below is the end result of fitting 14 large bags/items in my car and stuffing a bunch of other things in also.  I made sure I could see through the entire back window and my rear view mirrors too.

MATTRESS BATTLE: Getting a large air mattress into a laundry basket took all the patience I don't have. Here's a picture at the beginning with me hamming up my struggles and finally getting all the air out after maybe 20-25 minutes of squeezing and sweating it out.

After getting 5-6 hours of sleep I put some chocolate donuts, (ok it was a whole box), a bunch of snacks such as food bars and one large roast beef sub from Publix, cut in five.(If you have a sub cut in five, the fifth piece is actually the one that tastes best because you didn't expect it)

My plan was to drive 13-14  hours on Monday and 13 hours on Tuesday.  I took regular breaks, ate donuts, got a 30 minute nap in a rest stop and had a very easy drive through South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and into Kentucky/Missouri.  I did a lot of awful singing with Sirius X radio being a joy to listen to all day long.

Late in the afternoon Monday I picked up some healthy KFC chicken and pulled into a Quality Inn close to 5 pm.  I had a choice of several hotels and I picked the worst looking one from the outside and rolled the dice.  Everything worked in the room, it was clean and I was only awake two hours before going to sleep.

After 13 hours on Monday, I had another 13 to do on Tuesday.  Once again, I woke up early and was on the road between 1-1:30 am.  I'm still not exactly sure where I slept, but it was an hour before St. Louis.  The second day consists of driving mostly on Rt. 70 through Missouri, Kansas, and into Colorado.

I lucked out with no traffic delays for the second straight day.  I got a thirty minute nap and some exercise and enjoyed my KFC breakfast at 6:30 am. (More on that coming-I know you can't wait). I was tired when I pulled into our son and daughter-in-law's house after 4 pm., but I really enjoyed the drive.