The drive to Virginia was certainly exciting to say the least. After leaving Dallas on Saturday, February 28th at 1:25pm, we began the journey to our new life. About 8 hours in we hit the snow in Arkansas and it go so dangerous on the highway we had to pull off and find a place to crash that night. It was a little challenging because we had Tex but luckily we found an Econo Lodge that took pets and had a warm room available. The best part; there was a Waffle House out front so I was excited because I was HUNGRY!! After staying the night we started out early Sunday morning, hoping we could make it to Virginia by the time the snow hit there. It took us 3 hours just to get out of Memphis and halfway to Nashville. The DOT in AR and TN did not do a good job of clearing anything on the roads. It was a little scary at times, a big truck, packed full, towing a car, packed full, icy roads..you get my drift right... : ) We drove as long as we could and finally crossed the Virginia border..Yay!! We were trying to make it to Roanoke, but the snow hit us again and the roads started to ice so we had to stop again for the night. This time we found the first hotel off the road and prayed they took pets. They did, and so we camped there for the night. The snow was so beautiful but it was soooo cold. We started out Monday morning and actually had smooth sailing. The Virginia DOT did an AMAZING job clearing the roads, it was like there was nothing on the road at all. We ended up pulling up to the house at 2:45pm on Monday, March 2nd. We were so glad to be home, a 20 hour trip that took 48 hours was exhausting. So what do you do after you've driven across half of the country; unpack the car, take the trailer back, grab some Chick-Fil-A and enjoy your new home : )
Here's some pics from our trip across half of America...
Tex enjoying the ride..
You would have thought we were in Colorado or something!
Day 3
Day 2
Day 1
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