22/11: On the Road
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
We had hoped to drive to Memphis in two days but we only managed Nashville, which is where I'm writing this.
The goal had been to leave home by 9:30 Monday morning and hurray!!! we did. The drive was uneventful till we approached the toll booth for the Bluewater bridge in Sarnia. The traffic was light on the highway but as we neared the toll booth it was suddenly jammed up. Think they were setting up some pylons as traffic began to move again once the pylons were in place. Another reason for the traffic jam was the entire bridge was full of vehicles waiting to get through the US border. As we neared the border we could see that just about every vehicle was having to open their trunk and it was searched, also a larger than normal number of vehicles were being pulled over for a thorough check. Lucky for us, Winter Texans were not on the list for the thorough checking. A couple of questions and a quick check of the trailer and we were on our way --- only a bit more than an hour. Troy, Ohio Walmart was our stop for the night.
As we were pulling out of the Walmart parking lot this morning the rain started. Not a happy light rain but a visibility obscuring heavy rain. After a couple of hours the rain let up but winds also picked up. We pulled into the Tennessee Welcome Center a little after 2pm to have lunch. Decision time, we could either drive half an hour and stop at a campground outside of Nashville that we've stayed in when we visited Nashville or we could drive another four hours. Ed opted for Nashville. The cold I gave him was wearing him down plus the drive had been very tiring. Tomorrow is suppose to be nice so it should be a better driving day.
We were busy hooking up the trailer when our neighbor came out to say hello and comment on our trailer. Neither Ed nor I noticed that the trailer we parked beside was a Titanium. Turned out our neighbors are from Flesherton and our taking their time driving out to Arizona.
The goal had been to leave home by 9:30 Monday morning and hurray!!! we did. The drive was uneventful till we approached the toll booth for the Bluewater bridge in Sarnia. The traffic was light on the highway but as we neared the toll booth it was suddenly jammed up. Think they were setting up some pylons as traffic began to move again once the pylons were in place. Another reason for the traffic jam was the entire bridge was full of vehicles waiting to get through the US border. As we neared the border we could see that just about every vehicle was having to open their trunk and it was searched, also a larger than normal number of vehicles were being pulled over for a thorough check. Lucky for us, Winter Texans were not on the list for the thorough checking. A couple of questions and a quick check of the trailer and we were on our way --- only a bit more than an hour. Troy, Ohio Walmart was our stop for the night.
As we were pulling out of the Walmart parking lot this morning the rain started. Not a happy light rain but a visibility obscuring heavy rain. After a couple of hours the rain let up but winds also picked up. We pulled into the Tennessee Welcome Center a little after 2pm to have lunch. Decision time, we could either drive half an hour and stop at a campground outside of Nashville that we've stayed in when we visited Nashville or we could drive another four hours. Ed opted for Nashville. The cold I gave him was wearing him down plus the drive had been very tiring. Tomorrow is suppose to be nice so it should be a better driving day.
We were busy hooking up the trailer when our neighbor came out to say hello and comment on our trailer. Neither Ed nor I noticed that the trailer we parked beside was a Titanium. Turned out our neighbors are from Flesherton and our taking their time driving out to Arizona.