Vacation - What I did this summer

[Trevor]

Drove from Richmond, Virginia to Austin, TX with my 3 kids, 1 wife, and a Mother-in-law. Stops along the way: Atlanta-GA, Vicksburg-MS, Shreveport-LA....ate shrimps and alligator saw a lot of pretty country. Bought a paperweight model of a Civil war ironclad battleship.

 

In TX saw LBJ's ranch state park with Lady Bird Johnson's grave 2 days after she was buried. The tour now stops at the ranch house since she's gone and the secret service has moved out. 2 Low mileage mid-1960's Lincolns in the garage.

 

Went to the Alamo. Whilst reading the names on the "Wall of Heroes" I am surprised at how many Texan volunteers were from the UK.

 

Drove around and took pictures of the Dallas Cowboy's stadium in Irving, TX at about midnight. There was a (real) circus in the parking lot so they had lights on and the gates open.

 

Somewhere between Dallas and Texarkana at about 2:00 a.m. all traffic stopped on a highway bridge for a wreck being cleaned up. Watched a Medical helicopter fly in and land. My wife decides to get out and video the helicopter. The wind blast nearly blew her off the runnning board and I thought the door would be torn off the van.

 

Went to Memphis, TN for the V.I.P. Entourage Tour of Graceland. Saw Elvis' pink Cadillac, Ferrari Dino, MGA, Benz 280SL, and a grassmobile. Bought an Elvis refrigerator magnet.

 

Thinking about MIKelly's shindig I was missing (again). Time to head home.

 

Leaving Knoxville, TN on Sunday morning a tractor-trailer load of vinyl siding went off the road and wiped out one of those huge signs that spans acorss 5 lanes of hiway. Made a mess for about 3 miles in front of us, but they had some lanes cleared pretty quickly.

 

Regular Gas prices ranged from $2.71 to $3.06. I put Premium in for the climb through the Appalachians, didn't want to ping burn up valves or pistons. It's a 1994 with 212,000 miles, and I guess no "knock" sensor in the EFI brains.

 

One week, 2 days, 3,600 miles later, got home and ready to go back to work Monday morning.

 

Guys, I am exhausted.