Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Day 4 - Oklahoma City to Nashville 678 Miles

Waking up to Day 4 on the road in Oklahoma City at the Residence Inn "Penthouse Suite" again and it was hot.. real hot, damn hot.   whew!    We needed to hit the road soon because our goal was to get to Nashville.  Today was the biggest leg of our journey clocking in at 678 miles today.  But, we seem to poke around in the morning hours with repacking the car and of course a trip to Target!
The kids and I had some fruit loops in the lobby followed by a cheers of apple and orange juice shooters.  Mom was back at the room finding the last kids blankets, packing the cooler.

Off we were running to Target to grab a few items.  Kids needed some new jammies and some food.  I think I scored some new undies.   Next door to Target was Tinker Airforce Base.  Huge base with a lot of cool planes parked outside.  We found a park as well to run Cali and the kids for a bit.  Cash managed to hit his head on the only jet parked in the park.
Across I40 is Tinker AFB with the old war planes and what I believe is also a retired Air Force 1


Cash playing with Superman in the park with the jet he manage to hit his head on

During the trip, we tried our best to grab the state signs as we pass them.  Its quite comical to have the driver holler at the passenger to grab the camera, point and shoot quickly to grab the sign as we pass it.  Hence, the passing of Arkansas.



Cash making some fun with Saylor with cups.  You can only watch so many movies.   Surprisingly, this kid has yet to sleep in the car.  Not a single nap and no complaining at all.  He has been a rockstar.

Saylor has been our comic relief.  She seems to say and do the funniest stuff in the car.  You can quite see Cali, but she is back there in her bed napping the day away.

The family truckster spun to 50k I think before Memphis.

Heather had a great idea and to try www.airbnb.com.  She found a place and when it was her time to drive, I had to take over the booking.  Well, its somewhat of a long process to get signed up.  The verify who you are with all sorts of data, including wanting a profile picture.

We used the laptop webcam to capture Heather in her driving glory for her profile picture.

 We rolled through Memphis and I took over driving.  Memphis was loaded with cops on both sides of town shooting radar and being sneaky everywhere.  One dude was shooting laser at night, which defeats the entire purpose of laser.  We finally rolled into Nashville around 10:30pm to this cute little house just outside downtown.  The district was called Maxwell Heights.  The owner left the keys in the mailbox and we were in.   It was an older home, with no TV, but had air conditioning.  Everyone was exhausted.  The kids read a few books and the parents fell fast asleep.   In the morning we snapped a quick of the home and off we were running again, but this time to Fort Mill, SC!

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