Today, Wednesday, October 1st, we’ll be slightly more than halfway to Bay St Louis, stopping later today in Knoxville, TN. We will arrive at our destination on Friday.
Minnie after a hard day driving.
We’ve been staying at Tru Hotels. They are part of Hilton, one of their newer brands. I highly recommend if you’ve never stayed. I brought food with us; usually I prepare pbj sandwiches for lunch on the road at rest stops, although today I made bagels with cream cheese from the breakfast buffet. Tonight, we’ll be having soup or tuna salad for dinner. We keep it very simple. After 6+hours on the road, we just want to relax. Little cats can get anxious in new surroundings so we don’t like to leave her.
It’s been an uneventful trip so far. Sounds a bit boring but always a positive. Basically just driving and overnighting in a hotel. While it is much easier driving without pulling the trailer and our gas mileage is about 6-7 mpg better, I do miss some of the good perks of having our house with us.
Sometimes, we encounter fun things while driving down the road that just make us smile.
As we drive from state to state, I am reminded of all the different areas we have stayed and visited over the past 4 years. While I am glad on this trip to “just get there”, I do miss taking our time and exploring a little along the way. It is difficult to do having Minnie with us. We’ve been sneaking her into the hotels. She’s very good but has been a little vocal in the mornings so we’ve had to sneak her out and put her in the truck, while we have breakfast and check out. She’s pretty chill while driving.
Driving
Charlie and I both started wearing compression socks during really long travel. While we’ve never had any circulation problems to date, we figure better safe then sorry. So many days in a row, so many hours. However, we do have various aches and pains from traveling and sitting so long. We’re getting to be a pair of old coots. At any rate, it won’t be long now! Gulf Coast see you soon!
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