Road Trip 2017
Well, we half slept last night. We woke up to the sound of huge, heavy raindrops. So, by 5:45am, we decided to just get up and get going. We had another long drive day, and we weren’t sleeping anyway, so we wanted to just get a head start and get into New Orleans a little earlier.
At one point, we needed to stop for gas, and since we were near Natchitoches, Scott decided we also needed to stop by Jim Croce’s crash site. The plaque affiliated with it was in a basketball gym, but Scott was lucky enough to find a door that wasn’t meant to be slightly cracked, and snuck into the building. That led us to hearing Jim Croce songs for the next several hours as we continued our drive.
The drive seemed to never end today. We made a stop at a rest stop to stretch our legs, and just had to take a picture of the Beware of Alligators sign. We noticed turtles along the road, and new kinds of roadkill – armadillos!
We pulled into our RV park at 7:00pm, and started cooking dinner. When the sun went down, it
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15 Apr 2020
Day 7 - New Orleans, LA
July 01, 2017
Well, we half slept last night. We woke up to the sound of huge, heavy raindrops. So, by 5:45am, we decided to just get up and get going. We had another long drive day, and we weren’t sleeping anyway, so we wanted to just get a head start and get into New Orleans a little earlier.
At one point, we needed to stop for gas, and since we were near Natchitoches, Scott decided we also needed to stop by Jim Croce’s crash site. The plaque affiliated with it was in a basketball gym, but Scott was lucky enough to find a door that wasn’t meant to be slightly cracked, and snuck into the building. That led us to hearing Jim Croce songs for the next several hours as we continued our drive.
The drive seemed to never end today. We made a stop at a rest stop to stretch our legs, and just had to take a picture of the Beware of Alligators sign. We noticed turtles along the road, and new kinds of roadkill – armadillos!
We pulled into our RV park at 7:00pm, and started cooking dinner. When the sun went down, it
was fun to see the old fashioned street lamps in the park lit up with white lights all around the pole. So cute!
1.
The Backstory
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We're Off!
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Day 1 - Las Vegas, NV
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Day 2 - Grand Canyon, AZ
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Day 3 - Albuquerque, NM
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Day 4 - Wichita Falls, TX
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Day 5 -Arlington, TX
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Day 6 - Dallas, TX
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Day 7 - New Orleans, LA
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Day 8 - First Full Day in New Orleans, LA
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Day 9 - Second Day in New Orleans, LA
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Day 10 - Little Rock, AR
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Day 11 - Memphis, TN
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Day 12 - Nashville, TN
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Day 13 - Full Day in Nashville
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Day 14 - Macon, GA
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Day 15 - Savannah, GA
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Day 16 - Louisa, VA
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Day 17 - Dumfries, VA
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Day 18 - Lancaster, PA
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Day 19 - Boston, MA
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Day 20 - Full Day in Boston
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Day 21 - Cooperstown, NY
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Day 22 - Niagara Falls, Canada
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Day 23 - Zanesville, OH
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Day 24 - Full Day in Zanesville, OH
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Day 25 - Springfield, IL
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Day 26 - Lawrence, KS
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Day 27 - Oakley, KS
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Day 28 - Castle Rock, CO
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Day 29 - Full day in Castle Rock, CO
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Day 30 - Moab, UT
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Day 31 - Back to Vegas!
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Day 32 - Morro Bay, CA
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Day 33 - Gilroy, CA
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