Update #1:
The update isn't going to be too exciting because I'm not really site-seeing; just driving through to Colorado. Okay so day one the passenger side brakes weren't releasing so that kind of was like a dagger in the heart to almost get going and have that happen. Going through all the emotions of leaving and **** was a hell of a lot easier the second day in a row though lol. Luckily it happened right by the guy that did all the welding for me so he helped me out. I stopped by the scrap yard by his house too and weighed it, 10,000 lbs on the dot.
But after that we were off. The dog does really well in the van. After about 3 hours or so though he gets a bit antsy. My days basically revolve around him. Wake up, do my morning stuff, find a dog park, put down some miles, eat dinner, find a place to park for the night, walk him, pass out. I hate pictures of myself so you won't see many of these.
So the first dog park we went to was his normal one in cocoa beach. He was a bit cautious that all the other dogs were white.
Off to Georgia..
I stayed at my friends house close to Valdosta for the night.
Onward to the panhandle. I've never been there and I'm born and raised in FL so I wanted to check it out. Most of the drive was like this. Driving on the weekends is nice.
They have a ron jons. They're ************* everywhere!
Made it to PCB and found a beachfront bar that had a dog park on the beach in front of it. Pretty cool.
That night I stayed at the dave and busters parking lot across the street. Pro tip, while bars are a good place to park at because they are open late, they are also extremely loud lol. One person even rubbed the side of the van near where my head was at and woke me up. I hear bass pro shops allow you to sleep there so I might try something like that next time.
On the road westward.. Leaving Florida.
You can't really see it, but that's the Mississippi sign.
New Orleans.
Went to the blind pelican for some oysters and beer. Now I'm at a friend of the family's house in denham springs. It's currently pouring. The van was pulling to the left a bit and there was this rubbing type noise when i went over a bump on the highway that keeps happening. Yet it stops when I slow down so every time I stop to check it, i can't isolate where it's coming from. It usually happens randomly, but when I go over a dip. Kind of the same feeling/sound like the plastic wheel wells that get caught in the tire. I looked around and nothing looks like it's close to rubbing. Maybe a bearing somewhere? I got an alignment today in denham springs and they couldn't see anything out of the ordinary or replicate the issue on a test drive. It's pretty ****ty out right now, but moving over. I'm going to try to get to Houston today.
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