Goodbye Utah, Hello Tennessee Part 2

The drive wasn't bad at first. It was actually going really well. I drove from Blanding into New Mexico. I drove from 10 am till about 5 or 6 am. Brad drove an hour of it. Then we switched. While driving, I couldn't find my ipod ANYWHERE and my CD's were tucked under all of our stuff. When my dad called me later, I learned that I left my ipod at my parents house in Cedar City, UT...

REMINDER: ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU HAVE YOUR IPOD BEFORE YOU DRIVE 37 HOURS ACROSS THE US.

Luckily, my friend Jen gave me a CD with some stories on it from her husbands "adventures" all over the world so I listened to that a multiple times, a couple random CDs I had by change and spent A LOT of time flipping through the radio stations. You can find some really interesting stuff on the radio...

Texas was pretty exciting as you can tell from the picture to the left :)

The wind in Texas is ridiculous!

It killed the tarp on our trailer once again. We stopped in a town called Amarillo. The whole way to the city I couldn't get the song "Amarillo by morning" out of my head!

Never heard that song? Well, here's a link! It's an old country song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvEvplTE0VU

Nelly slept pretty much the whole way! 

She did really well which was 

a good thing for us!

Arkansas in the morning :)

Arkansas

My favorite state we drove through was Oklahoma. It's a different kind of pretty but I really liked it.  We stayed the night in Oklahoma City on the 16th. We woke up at 3 am so that we would make it to Jackson at 1 pm and we could sign our apartment lease. Brad drove through the first part of Oklahoma and then I finished driving through it. We got to drive by Checotah!!! I was so excited when we drove by it because that's where Carrie Underwood is from. Brad just laughed at me...

I ain't in Checotah anymore by Carrie Underwood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCHP99ESapc

 Soon enough, we made it to Arkansas! Everything was really green. Then... 50 miles outside of Memphis, TN the adventures began.

Our car started overheating. We were okay for a while. We could drive for a while, stop and then keep driving but then, it got worse. Brad called his brother who is a Mechanic and asked what we should do. We were driving in 90 degree weather, with 100% humidity and the heat on high. It was miserable. I thought I was going to die! Literally. 

We started having problems at about 10 or 11 am and finally a tow truck came and rescued us at 7 pm. THANK YOU MOM AND DAD FOR HELPING US! We got our apartment lease signed at 9 pm. We unpacked that night and crashed. I've NEVER been so happy to take a shower before. The humidity and no air conditioner for multiple houre, killed me. I was really gross...

Our Trailer...

Cedar City, UT

Attempt #1: Leaving my parents house in Cedar City, UT.

FAIL. We made it to Brad's parent's house in Blanding but the trailer had a rough time.

Attempt #2

Blanding, UT

FAIL. The wind was really bad in Texas and the wrapping around the trailer didn't make it. We had to stop at a Home Depot in Amarillo, TX and try to wrap it again. 

Attempt #3

Amarillo, TX

Attempt #4... Final Attempt...