Hi Kiddies! Guess who's On the Road Again? That's right, Tia and Debi are off on Road Trip 2.0, headed for the Southeastern US as promised when they cut their earlier trip short. You Easterners wouldn't share last time, but this time I get to see them here in Florida.

Aaaand... I've restarted the tracking map! The original trip markers are orange, and the new ones are teal. Enjoy, y'all!!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KzZ1G8_P2AVdJlCvb5HPI1_SvePbAfuZ&usp=sharing

Stephanie

Woo-hoo!  I love reading about road trips!

Yay! Thank you Stephanie. Did they start a new thread or are they updating this one? I guess I had better look

Colorado misses them already.  Safe travels Tia & Debi.

Julie

Quote from: Donica on January 17, 2019, 02:00:32 PM
Yay! Thank you Stephanie. Did they start a new thread or are they updating this one? I guess I had better look

Tia said they might start a new one, but until then I thought I'd post the map link here.

Stephanie

Here we are and Here we go again. Thank you Stephanie for getting us back up and moving. Actually we are now three days in to this Honeymoon Travels Take Two or Tales of the Wandering Wives. Couldn't make up our minds on a new title. What would you all call it? Last night we spent our stay in Amarillo, Texas after passing through a bit of Oklahoma. So we are in state three and not much out of the ordinary happened until we were almost to our destination of Lewisville, Texas, yesterday afternoon when we suddenly found a lawn mower flying at us. It ran into our bumper and then we ran over it. Don't know how the mower faired but it tore up the faring on the wheel well on the passenger side of the car. Our friend Christine from this area spent some time this afternoon making the car drivable with tin snips and duct tape while I stood and watched and Tia was off dealing with her favorite hair torturer. Thank you Christine for helping us stay on track in our travels. We leave Lewisville in the morning and if all goes as planned will bed down tomorrow night in Mississippi. The state and not the river. Signing off for now. Hopefully will start adding pictures soon. Deb and Tia

Quote from: Debi on January 17, 2019, 07:37:14 PMwe suddenly found a lawn mower flying at us. It ran into our bumper and then we ran over it.

Holy crap!!!!   I am glad you are okay, and that your vehicle is still fit to drive. 

I know they have some weird stuff in Texas, but I never figured on flying lawn mowers!

Quote from: KathyLauren on January 17, 2019, 08:13:48 PM
Holy crap!!!!   I am glad you are okay, and that your vehicle is still fit to drive. 

I know they have some weird stuff in Texas, but I never figured on flying lawn mowers!

Video here:

I'm glad both the car and the travelers are still in good shape!

Stephanie

  Now, I have hit various small rodents, an owl, a pheasant a dog, a couple deer, a mule, But never a flying lawnmower. I am sure you killed that poor mower. Promise me you won't go hitting and running over any more strange things on your trip. They are dangerous. We want you two healthy and in good working order.

  Hugs,
  Laurie

Tia and Debi
Despite my current mental turmoil, I (and Lori of course) very much look forward to meeting you both. Don't let Steph coerce you into a longer stay on the way down. You can kick see her again on the way up.
Faith

Quote from: Faith on January 18, 2019, 06:27:01 AM
Tia and Debi
Despite my current mental turmoil, I (and Lori of course) very much look forward to meeting you both. Don't let Steph coerce you into a longer stay on the way down. You can kick see her again on the way up.
Faith

Is the top of your fridge clean?

OH MY!!! There seems to be a lot of things flying around these days. I have to agree with Laurie. I've never seen a flying mower until Stephanie posted her picture. BTW! I think I may know the fellow that built the mower in Steph's picture. If I am correct, he has built a lot of funny looking flying machines. From Snoopy and his doghouse to giant flying eyeballs (The freakiest thing I've ever seen).

I'm glad you two didn't get hurt. We want our wandering Honeymooners to make it back home safe as sound. Can't wait to see your pictures girls.

Hugs Tia and Debi!

Oh yes!!! A little Spic And Span oh those fridge tops ladies!!!

Tia & Debi,

  So glad you are OK.  Scary. 

Tia, I told you they don't use a mower to remove our facial hair.     But maybe in Texas they do everything bigger.

Safe Travels!!

Julie

Day 4 and just 1300 miles into the trip. Thanks to all our concerned commenters on the last post and thank you Stephanie for the pic of a flying lawn mower. Ours was also red but I didn't think about getting pictures. Since it was hitting my side of the car I was praying that it wouldn't  bounce into the windshield. Luckily once it touched down, we ran over it before it could take back off. I am very thankful for Tia's skillful driving as I am sure she saved our lives. End of the saga of the flying lawn mower but with that kind of excitement on the second day of the trip the rest of our posts could be rather mundane. Today we crossed the mighty Mississippi at Vicksburg and spent the day listening for Gargal to tell us where to go. Gargal is the name of our GPS. Sometimes we listen to her and sometimes we don't. I think tonight we had her frustrated because as we pulled into the hotel she informed us she was done and we would have to walk the rest of the way. We did change our destination for the night. We had planned to stay in Jackson, Mississippi but it just didn't feel like a safe destination. Instead we settled in Hattiesburg, Mississippi (next map point, Stephanie). It is still the deep South but at least when we checked in to the Hilton we were greeted by a couple of sweet young ladies with a "Welcome y'all" in a wonderful southern drawl and we have  high enough status with Hilton that they Will treat us nice. We are looking forward to seeing all you on our path of the south side of our honeymoon travels and as far as frig tops are concerned we don't expect to see any as we come bearing chocolate. Signing off for the evening Deb

Hi Debi, Tia,                        18 January 2019

Sure enjoyed meeting you Debi and seeing Tia again and being able to visit in person. Thanks for dinner and the enjoyable company. Looking forward to your return visit in February.

Glad you made the decision to stay in Hattiesburg, MS. Nice town, spent a couple of months there in 95 or 96.

Hope the Duck Tape is holding out. Have a safe and enjoyable Honeymoon Trip II.

Stay safe, have an enjoyable time, watch out for mowers, flying or otherwise.

God Bless, Best Always, Love

Christine

Hello All,
Sorry I missed yesterday's post. Ended up with a headache last night so took a night off from writing and went to sleep early. Yesterday, we spent the day driving though Mississippi in the rain. Actually through torrential rains. Tia said we spent a lot of time hydroplaning. The other part of the weather scenario was the look of the skies and winds. The skies were dark, with rolling banks of black clouds. We kept watching for possible tornedo funnels. We saw many that could have become tornedos but didn't. It was also very windy all day and some of the large sided vehicles were a bit scary to be around. We bedded down in Tallahassee, FL just before the swath of storms passed through. We heard this morning that a tornado did touch down in Montgomery shortly after we got off the road. Today's travels were less harrowing. We spent the day traveling south along the Gulf Coast of Florida. Today has been a great day of touching people. Had a great conversation at breakfast this morning with a retired couple from San Diego who are traveling around visiting all the state capitols, presidential libraries, and as many national parks as they can hit. It was fun comparing some of the places we have been. At the same time we were having a conversation with the breakfast hostess about her kids. Very enlightening and it always feels good to be able to lift someone's spirits and see them smile. It is also fun to be back in Florida. Saw my first flying pelican this morning and the live oaks are covered in Spanish moss which gives them the look of old men with long beards Yesterday we saw flowering trees in bright pink blossoms, which proved to us that we had made it to the deep South even if the temperature is not as warm as we would like. Tonight we are in Tarpon Springs, Florida. A town along the Gulf Coast that we have enjoyed in the past. We had dinner at Hallas Greek Restaurant and ate way too much but the food was just too good to stop. Hoping tomorrow is a little warmer or at least less windy as I'm looking forward to going down to the Sponge Dock and being a tourist.

Seeing a flying pelican is waaay better than hitting a flying lawnmower.  Have a great time in Florida!

Kendra, you sure got that right!

Tia Anne

We are currently down Florida way visiting with Stephanie. Need pictures for the proof. And yes Laurie @Laurie , Stephanie can really fly!







Tia Anne & Debi

Oh my Tia! It looks like you are white knuckling that support strut. Stephanie really know how to show a good time. Love the pictures.

Oh! and I don't think you'll have to worry about and flying mowers at that altitude. Ahhh, well, your never know.