December 11, 2018
Leave Columbia, SC 8:17am, 31°, finally no rain and the sun is shining!
Rte. 20W
Across the Savannah River and at 9:51am GA Welcomes us - We didn't stop but at Exit 183 there is a Laurel & Hardy Museum..who knew? Perhaps next time
►285S►85S►65S
1:40pm/12:40pm (time change) AL Welcomes Us
Gas - Hope Hull, AL Shell $1.99/gal $1.94 w/card (exit 57)
Arrive Atmore, AL Fairfield Inn & Suites (paid in points) 5:29pm/4:29pm (our first casino camping experience was across the way at Wind Creek back in 2016)
Miles traveled: 491.4
RADIO - 102.3 Columbia
RADIO - 97.1 Atlanta
December 12, 2018
Leave Atmore, AL 8:30am, 38°, sunny
Rte. 65S►10W
9:41am AL Welcomes Us - Once again we stop at the visitor center to see Elvis. This time Elvis is wearing a Santa's hat and he talks....thank you very much :)
Gas - LePlace, LA Marathon Gas $1.99 - This was not a quick and easy off and on location
We pass Lake Charles and the Isle of Capri Casino....makes me a little sad because we've spent the night there the last three times we traveled through the area
3:28pm TX Welcomes Us
Arrive Beaumont, TX Fairfield Inn & Suites (paid in points) 4:09pm
Miles traveled: 458.7
*Note - Next time through here we need to eat at Joe's Crab Shack, it looks interesting
December 13, 2018
Leave Beaumont, TX 8:53am, 62°, break in rain but very overcast and high winds (up to 50mph), rain, sleet, and snow scheduled for various area of TX...we'll only encounter high winds
Rte. 10W►610N (around Houston)►10W
Gas - Katy, TX - Buc-ees (exit 739?) $1.87/gal - this store is a cross between Love's Travel Center and WaWa on steroids
Arrive Quality Inn, Sonora, TX 4:20pm
Miles traveled 450.4
RADIO - 106.9 Houston
December 14, 2018
Leave Sonora, TX 10:40am, sunny & windy
Gas - Sonora, TX Alon $2.49/gal
Rte. 10W - If you ever follow this path make sure you have enough gas as Texas is a big state and there is a lot of miles between exits
Gas - 1st exit for Van Horn, TX , Love's $2.75/gal....we only pumped a little due to the high price (lol)
Gas - exit 49? before hitting the suburbs of El Paso, Shell $1.99/gal $1.94 w/card
Arrive El Paso, TX TownePlace Suites 5:20pm/4:20pm - Along The 10 in El Paso there are lots of choices to stay. We'd find one then see another, then another...finally we had to pick. We used points again.
apparently we hit a time change as we entered the El Paso area. I didn't realize that until I called my sister later in the evening.
Miles traveled 372.8
RADIO - 102.7 & 106.7 San Antonio
December 15, 2018
Big News! We've been selected to go to LA for Family Feud...of course if I didn't see you this summer you may not know it, but my three sisters, one brother-in-law, my son and I tried out for the show.
Leave El Paso, TX 9:59am, 47° cool & sunny....the good thing is that the wind has diminished
I left my travel mug on the back cover of the truck when we left. We drove nearly a mile before I realized it, to my surprise it was still there...luckily I realized it just before we got on the interstate.
Rte. 10W
10:28am NM Welcomes us
1:09pm AZ Welcomes us
Arrive Comfort Inn, Casa Grande, NM 4:27pm
Miles traveled 382.6
RADIO - 92.3 El Paso
*Travel Note - I've forgotten what it was like driving through this landscape...it's beautiful to me. It can be a bit desolate but the rocky mountain outcrops that you see in the distance makes the drive beautiful. The mountains appear like cardboard cutouts in a movie scene....awe inspiring
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