jacks'thunder
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Alright! Let me tell you about my Anniversary from HECK!!!! LOL!! What a crazy 48 hours! This is LONG!!!
I'll start at the beginning( good place hah!!). We have gone to Sanibel Island Florida twice now for our anniversary. First was in 2011 and next was a few days ago. It was hubby, me, our son, one of my nieces and both of our moms. We left on the 19th and got home on the 29th(which is our anniversary day). We bought a van last year in prep for this trip because we wanted every one to be comfy and enjoy the long ride. Nice Ford van with low miles, leather buckets, tv, all the bells and whistles for a 13 yr old van. From the beginning I told hubby I did not want to take and older vehicle that far, "oh it will be fine" "quit jinxing us" "what you don't trust me?" Seriously, I have no doubt in his mechanical skills, but old is old and things go. So I went with it, really no choice in the matter, I wanted to go, and that was what the van was for, so we went.
The ride down was great! Comfy and smooth just as planned! I thought AWESOME! I worried for nothing, that happens, I always try to think ahead and plan "just in case" stuff, you know what I mean?? LOL! Obviously so does hubby because he packed tools, jumper cables, small extra "get you through" kinda things. Like I said the trip down was great, the vacation time on the island was the best I have ever been on! Great people, lots of fun, super relaxing and oh my gosh the HOTTEST fish tacos ever!!! LOL! I had no clue that blackened + spicy sauce = burn your lips off and laugh the whole time! It was so fun!!! Beautiful weather! Awesome shells!!! It was so fun!
Ahhhhh here we go...... on the drive home the van started making this light humming noise. I look over at hubby and he shakes his head in a don't say anything yet way. So we stop at a rest area and talk about it. He thinks it has been doing it the whole time but we did not hear it with all the talking, Wii going and people laughing. I disagree fully but I'm just the co pilot! LOL! hum gets louder, and louder, and louder! We are just a few mile south of Atlanta Georgia( for any of you that drive that route it is where 475 and 75 split in Macon area). We are driving along at 70 miles and hour and BOOM we hear a loud bang and the van jerks to the right in a super scary like were going to flip kinda way! Hubby did great and kept in his lane and then we are smoking and stinking like crazy! we pull off at waffle house and check everything. Nothing obvious to be seen. Hubby thinks we may have hit a "gator"( a piece of blown out tire) and it got stuck for a few but all looks good. So off we go, right in to Atlanta! Just as we get in that huge city we get evil grinding and shaking! Now this city is HUGE and there is no where to stop! We are all hanging on for dear life! He's taking it slow with the 4 ways on and we are grinding and limping through this massive city, we head right into a crazy storm that is dumping all kinda of crazy blinding rain!! We head just out of Atlanta and he has to stop to look. The place we stopped was SOOOOOO scary! gas station, with bars on the windows and door and the man behind the counter was behind bullet proof glass!!! OMG!!! He found the problem, we have blown a wheel barring drivers side front. Now mind you all new wheel barring, breaks, rotors, pads, tires and wheels before we left! We get out of there and have to drive to an auto zone. Closed! it's Sunday and they close early! he's panic stricken and jacks the van up, shakes the wheel and tells me were are not going to make it! That tire is going to fall off!!! This cool tow truck driver happen to come along and tell us about a 24 hour auor zone up the road, so off we go! We limp grinding, growling, shaking 15 miles(and what felt like an hour and a half later) to the auto zone. Hubby starts tearing it down around 9pm and busts his rear to fix this thing! (i'm so proud of him but at the time I was soooo scared) It was so unnerving, the place was so crazy scary, the neighbor hood was BAD!!!! He fixed it the best he could with the tools he had and new parts. He got done at 3:30 in the morning!( at midnight everyone said happy anniversary to us!!! yeah.. I was not really in the mood!) We got back on the road and hit a rest area and slept for 2 hours. We got back on the road, all is decent, then the alternator takes a crap! We go all through Tennessee and half way in to Kentucky on battery only!!! We coast to a gas station just as the gauges stop working, and she dies right in the driveway!!! This cool farmer gave us a jump and told us about and auto salvage a few miles up the road. We attempted to make it but everything started to die again! I said pull into the fire station!!!! They will help us! And the chief and a guy in an orange shirt(that said inmate) let us borrow a charger, a cop pulls up and starts to yell at the guy in the orange shirt to get away from us! He really was an inmate!!!!
Cop was nice and told us this town has gone to heck, heroin(Spelling?). Hubby pushes it again and we barley make it through Cincinnati! Find another Auto Zone and coast there on a wing and a prayer!!!! He swaps out the alternator and we are off!!! We all almost scream in joy when we see a sign for Detroit!!!! Never in my life have I been happier to see Detroit!!! LOL!! We drop my niece off and on the way we start to hear a loud howl!!! I look at him and him at me and we just go!!!! We are about an hour and a half from home and just bust through it and keep going! We finally made it home and the second I see my drive way I start balling! I was so scared that entire time!!!! We made it by 11:45pm on the 29th of July, our anniversary....
Let me make perfectly clear that Hubby did OUTSTANDING under this pressure! And the waves of stress hit me so hard and I can only imagine how he felt and still feels! He had to work midnights last night and for the next 12 days! No time to play catch up or recover from that drive!! I feel bad for him, but no rest for the weary( or is that wicked!! LOL!!) We drove through Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan! Crazy!!!
Now just a side note. When we went down in 2011 I got hit by an Edison truck and went to the hospital on our anniversary, the 29th of July 2011! I think I may just stay home next year!!!! LOL!! I'm not sure what else I can take!!
Anyone else have a crazy anniversary? or crazy road trip?? I'd love to hear!! LOL!
I'll start at the beginning( good place hah!!). We have gone to Sanibel Island Florida twice now for our anniversary. First was in 2011 and next was a few days ago. It was hubby, me, our son, one of my nieces and both of our moms. We left on the 19th and got home on the 29th(which is our anniversary day). We bought a van last year in prep for this trip because we wanted every one to be comfy and enjoy the long ride. Nice Ford van with low miles, leather buckets, tv, all the bells and whistles for a 13 yr old van. From the beginning I told hubby I did not want to take and older vehicle that far, "oh it will be fine" "quit jinxing us" "what you don't trust me?" Seriously, I have no doubt in his mechanical skills, but old is old and things go. So I went with it, really no choice in the matter, I wanted to go, and that was what the van was for, so we went.
The ride down was great! Comfy and smooth just as planned! I thought AWESOME! I worried for nothing, that happens, I always try to think ahead and plan "just in case" stuff, you know what I mean?? LOL! Obviously so does hubby because he packed tools, jumper cables, small extra "get you through" kinda things. Like I said the trip down was great, the vacation time on the island was the best I have ever been on! Great people, lots of fun, super relaxing and oh my gosh the HOTTEST fish tacos ever!!! LOL! I had no clue that blackened + spicy sauce = burn your lips off and laugh the whole time! It was so fun!!! Beautiful weather! Awesome shells!!! It was so fun!
Ahhhhh here we go...... on the drive home the van started making this light humming noise. I look over at hubby and he shakes his head in a don't say anything yet way. So we stop at a rest area and talk about it. He thinks it has been doing it the whole time but we did not hear it with all the talking, Wii going and people laughing. I disagree fully but I'm just the co pilot! LOL! hum gets louder, and louder, and louder! We are just a few mile south of Atlanta Georgia( for any of you that drive that route it is where 475 and 75 split in Macon area). We are driving along at 70 miles and hour and BOOM we hear a loud bang and the van jerks to the right in a super scary like were going to flip kinda way! Hubby did great and kept in his lane and then we are smoking and stinking like crazy! we pull off at waffle house and check everything. Nothing obvious to be seen. Hubby thinks we may have hit a "gator"( a piece of blown out tire) and it got stuck for a few but all looks good. So off we go, right in to Atlanta! Just as we get in that huge city we get evil grinding and shaking! Now this city is HUGE and there is no where to stop! We are all hanging on for dear life! He's taking it slow with the 4 ways on and we are grinding and limping through this massive city, we head right into a crazy storm that is dumping all kinda of crazy blinding rain!! We head just out of Atlanta and he has to stop to look. The place we stopped was SOOOOOO scary! gas station, with bars on the windows and door and the man behind the counter was behind bullet proof glass!!! OMG!!! He found the problem, we have blown a wheel barring drivers side front. Now mind you all new wheel barring, breaks, rotors, pads, tires and wheels before we left! We get out of there and have to drive to an auto zone. Closed! it's Sunday and they close early! he's panic stricken and jacks the van up, shakes the wheel and tells me were are not going to make it! That tire is going to fall off!!! This cool tow truck driver happen to come along and tell us about a 24 hour auor zone up the road, so off we go! We limp grinding, growling, shaking 15 miles(and what felt like an hour and a half later) to the auto zone. Hubby starts tearing it down around 9pm and busts his rear to fix this thing! (i'm so proud of him but at the time I was soooo scared) It was so unnerving, the place was so crazy scary, the neighbor hood was BAD!!!! He fixed it the best he could with the tools he had and new parts. He got done at 3:30 in the morning!( at midnight everyone said happy anniversary to us!!! yeah.. I was not really in the mood!) We got back on the road and hit a rest area and slept for 2 hours. We got back on the road, all is decent, then the alternator takes a crap! We go all through Tennessee and half way in to Kentucky on battery only!!! We coast to a gas station just as the gauges stop working, and she dies right in the driveway!!! This cool farmer gave us a jump and told us about and auto salvage a few miles up the road. We attempted to make it but everything started to die again! I said pull into the fire station!!!! They will help us! And the chief and a guy in an orange shirt(that said inmate) let us borrow a charger, a cop pulls up and starts to yell at the guy in the orange shirt to get away from us! He really was an inmate!!!!

Let me make perfectly clear that Hubby did OUTSTANDING under this pressure! And the waves of stress hit me so hard and I can only imagine how he felt and still feels! He had to work midnights last night and for the next 12 days! No time to play catch up or recover from that drive!! I feel bad for him, but no rest for the weary( or is that wicked!! LOL!!) We drove through Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan! Crazy!!!
Now just a side note. When we went down in 2011 I got hit by an Edison truck and went to the hospital on our anniversary, the 29th of July 2011! I think I may just stay home next year!!!! LOL!! I'm not sure what else I can take!!
Anyone else have a crazy anniversary? or crazy road trip?? I'd love to hear!! LOL!
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