Househunting Trip - Day 6

[more phone calls in morning - left BOQ at 0945L - looked for houses near base - lunch at MWR bowl - drove off Coronado Island again to look at houses - dinner at Jack in the Box - back to BOQ around (2000L) - calls]

Househunting Trip - Day 5

[made phone calls - departed BOQ at 0915L - looked for houses - lunch at Rallys - back to BOQ before 1800L - dinner at MWR bowling alley]

Househunting Trip - Day 4

[left BOQ at 0830 - breakfast at McDonalds - visited housing office for more ideas - looked for houses on CA-94 (La Mesa, Spring Valley, Lemon Grove, El Cajon) - ate lunch at Contreras Taco Shop (El Cajon) - noticed signs on windows with health rating letters - kept looking until late in the afternoon - gas fillup in Spring Valley - back to BOQ - snacks for dinner - made phone calls]

Househunting Trip - Day 3

[left Picacho at 0830L - drove to I-8 - ate breakfast at McDonalds in Gila Bend (0945L) - Nicky bought a movie with food ("Feivel Goes West") - stopped for gas in Yuma, Arizona (1130L) - into California - using some house-hunting research we brought, explored El Cajon, Spring Valley, Lemon Grove and La Mesa (beginning at 1300L, along I-8 and CA-94) - stopped looking by 1600L and drove to North Island - staying in BOQ - dinner at MWR pizza]

Househunting Trip - Day 2

[Long day (!!!) - left Weatherford at 0915AM after breakfast at our "hotel" - stopped for gas in Sweetwater (1130L) - visited Confederate Air Force Museum (1330L) in Midland (rode in aircraft simulator) - next gas stop in Van Horn (1640L) - we were able to drive all the way through El Paso and New Mexico without stopping - gas in San Simon, Arizona (2045L) - listened to Notre Dame (versus USC) game on radio - got off I-10 (AZ-84) near Picacho, Arizona, and found a hotel with Exxon station attached... (2345L)]

Househunting Trip - Day 1

[need to go do some househunting in California - also moving one of our three cars (Sentra) - left Marion at 1700L - filled up gas at BP in Meridian before leaving (1715L) - I-20 - dinner at Wendy's (1955L) - gas in Longview, Texas (2245) - stopped for night in Weatherford after midnight (truck stop room - "Bed and Bath")]

Pensacola, FL (USA)

[errands in the morning - Bumpers lunch (to-go) - left Meridian at 1145L - gas fillup in Quitman, Mississippi - arrived in Pensacola - stopped at bank to get Nicky set up with new accounts (1530L) - shopping at Exchange - dinner at O-Club - got on the road immediately afterwards - gas at Saraland, Alabama (2100L) - back in Meridian at 2330L]

Honeymoon Trip - Day 6

[imagine our surprise this morning when we discovered that last night was Six Flags' final night of the season (!) - it was like something out of a movie with the hotel front desk "you asked if Six Flags was open - yesterday it was and today it isn't..." - decided to head back to Meridian (funds getting low anyway...) - checked out of hotel and got some Dunkin Donuts for breakfast (1000L) - gas fillup soon after - drove all the way back (without stopping) - visited Nicky's parents (1300L) before heading to our new home!]

Honeymoon Trip - Day 5

[left hotel at 0930L - stopped for gas on the way out of Columbia (0950L) - used I-26, US-21, US-176, SC-6, US-601 and SC-48 to get to Congaree National Park (around 1100L) - it is a swamp, mostly, but there are lots of scenery and wildlife - weather was a little brisk, but the sun was shining and we had a nice time on the trails (including boardwarks through the swamplands) - left park after a nice time - used SC-48 to get back to I-77 - on I-26 for a short time and then US-378 - eventually got on US-178 and headed north - after taking SC-246 and SC-248, we reached Old Ninety Six National Historic Site (1500L) - the sun was very low in the sky, so we had to wear coats - very historic and interesting to me, but I think Nicky is "historied out"... - took SC-248 to US-178 - on SC-72, which turned into GA-72 (looked like something out of "Smokey and the Bandit"...) - now dark - on US-78 around Athens and all the way to I-285 - drove around to the west side of Atlanta and got on I-20 - our plan was to visit Six Flags tomorrow, so we got a hotel in Austell (the Mark Inn, with cheesy carpets and paint...) across the interstate from the park - we could see people on the rides but figured it was too late to pay a full day's entry fee - instead, did some shopping for groceries at a nearby Cub Foods store (a little scary...) - Nicky called her mom]