Day two and on we go. Sorta We didnt get to sleep till the end of the first day of our trip. Moving us up to not getting asleep till early November 4th 2007. We slept all day not waking up much till the night of Nov 4th. We got up and got Denny's. It was such a nice treat!
On November 5th we got up and began our journey again very early. We were off to Arizona at last. We left the little town of Needles CA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needles,_California
Now onto the real journey was Arizona. I have seen Arizona only from the airports so let me say it truly is desert Lots of it! Cactus no joke but its beautiful. Unfortunetly with our time problems we werent able to even glance at the Grand Canyon. Oh we knew it was there. Just off the freeway we saw the signs. But we couldnt look at it, no we had to keep going.
The trip through Arizona would have been quick and easy. Our plans were to keep going till New Mexico and then stop for the night. Well I am guessing here but I think God had other plans for us. Sadly our taillight went out on the trailer for the car, and with that problem we had to stop in a motel 6 and stay the night there. The U-Haul company would come out the next day so we HAD to stop the night.
Standing in the McDonald's waiting to find out the news and we had to stay, I looked at Mel and said " I am tired of being slapped around so much. We get up and get slapped down again!" At that time we didnt know if it was God telling us to stop going, or the devil dragging us down. We just knew we had to keep going. And we were stuck in AZ again! So we used that night to sleep and eat and try to relax. Best we could.
AZ is wonderful at night freezing actually or very cold. I recall pulling all our stuff out going here we go again. We had just 2 more stops for this credit card I had on me, it wouldnt go past 4 hotel stays so we werent happy doing a second one this far in!
The next day well...
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
The TN Diaries Day 3
November 3rd 2007. We didn’t sleep last night. But we wanted to. Who wants to actually move across the country on zero amounts of sleep? However we sadly spent our entire night before packing up Mels car with whatever we had left.
But I’m getting ahead of ourselves. After our money was put in our job possibilities fell apart. But we still left the state even with no jobs. While 2 weeks before my Barnes & Noble job fell through due to my mean soon to be ex-boss and Mel lost her because of whatever reason for Star Bucks we were very scared. We had friends come over and pack with us. The funniest thing was the horrible ordeal we went through to get our two bikes in the moving truck. On top of a chair mom said we could take I got stuck under my bike and Mels for almost 2hrs! Dad cried, mom couldn’t believe it but when the night before rolled around on the 2nd we chose to go. All was set anyways.
We left the lovely Oceanside around 10am on the 3rd. Mom and dad bought us one last thing, breakfast. I had a tiny credit card for our hotel stops (4 in total) and mom gave us $100 for food. And with hugs and tears we got in the car. I will never forget my dad looking at me and going “well you are moving now, just like you planned you would” and that was it.
Drove about an hour to a Del Taco. That is where Mel tried to sleep a little for like an hour. Mean time I got food at Del Taco and water for Rainbow. In our little front of the truck we had the cats each in a carrier, Tinkerbell in a tiny cage and I was always carrying my dog. Each stop we made for food included “water in a cup with no ice” for my baby. I cried a lot those first few hours. Me and Mel even said “maybe we should turn around” after we left. We knew what we were doing was scary and unsure and we didn’t know why we was doing it. Silly things could be fixed right. Why not go back? We never did!
After Mel finished her nap we started driving again. Our first stop including getting our first gas and realizing that we were in deep crap to think we could make it to TN on a $300 credit card! The tank with one filling was almost $100 and we were still in California. So with many prayers we continued on to Nevada. This was a side trip taking us a bit of our course but I had already promised Deborah we would be coming to see her that night.
Its so odd though. In 2006 I had dream that seemed so real. Mel and me in a moving truck with pets in front drove into Las Vegas. We were going to see Deborah. We could see Vegas far away and stopped at a Carl’s Jr. We called Deborah who said and I quote “You drove all the way to Vegas to eat at Carl’s Jr?” Then we drove to her place. We got a bit lost but found it and hung out for a little bit.
That above description is what exactly happened that first night. Yeah, freaky! I had NO idea I was having a future dream like that. After we left Debs house we continued onto Arizona our goal being stop there for our first night and get some sleep. But things got a bit crazy.
First we just kept going towards the city. We stopped at a Motel 6 near the strip where it cost us $96 but we got it refunded when a guy told us it wasn’t safe there. So that was when we decided to go to AZ from there. Then we kept getting stuck driving to the city. It was like Vegas was pulling us in, we just wanted to live the state! Ugh.
At one point we went to the Hoover Dam. It was an accident. I had fallen asleep (not a good idea) and Mel didn’t mean to. We would have crossed had they not wanted us to unless we opened up our back and made sure that we only had stuff not bombs or something. Sure that’s understandable but at the same it was like are you kidding me? Our truck was so packed we had to leave stuff behind. I. Do. Not. Think. So.
After we turned around and found out that California and Nevada are so close to Arizona that in order to leave Nevada you have to go back into California then go to AZ. Well we freaked out and turned around. Where we ended up was still in California. A small town called “Needles”. It was around 5am by now we were exhausted and checked in.
As Mel pulled out stuff, we heard a wolf howl that freaked us out. We were so close to the desert. We got in our room quickly. Princess poor kitty had to pee so badly she peed on our blanket before we could get her in the litter box. Also that night while we slept someone pee’d on my bed, I think it was Rainbow. We didn’t leave that room pretty.
When the pets were settled that night, Mel got breakfast for us at the Denny’s across the street. Man that food tasted great. We slept a lot and called the freaked out parents. Then after a good nights sleep got up the next day to start driving again. We were both so out of it. Little sleep but still some we packed up to go the next day and on we would go to Arizona.
Good bye California at last…stay tuned to day 4 of our trip to TN from California.
But I’m getting ahead of ourselves. After our money was put in our job possibilities fell apart. But we still left the state even with no jobs. While 2 weeks before my Barnes & Noble job fell through due to my mean soon to be ex-boss and Mel lost her because of whatever reason for Star Bucks we were very scared. We had friends come over and pack with us. The funniest thing was the horrible ordeal we went through to get our two bikes in the moving truck. On top of a chair mom said we could take I got stuck under my bike and Mels for almost 2hrs! Dad cried, mom couldn’t believe it but when the night before rolled around on the 2nd we chose to go. All was set anyways.
We left the lovely Oceanside around 10am on the 3rd. Mom and dad bought us one last thing, breakfast. I had a tiny credit card for our hotel stops (4 in total) and mom gave us $100 for food. And with hugs and tears we got in the car. I will never forget my dad looking at me and going “well you are moving now, just like you planned you would” and that was it.
Drove about an hour to a Del Taco. That is where Mel tried to sleep a little for like an hour. Mean time I got food at Del Taco and water for Rainbow. In our little front of the truck we had the cats each in a carrier, Tinkerbell in a tiny cage and I was always carrying my dog. Each stop we made for food included “water in a cup with no ice” for my baby. I cried a lot those first few hours. Me and Mel even said “maybe we should turn around” after we left. We knew what we were doing was scary and unsure and we didn’t know why we was doing it. Silly things could be fixed right. Why not go back? We never did!
After Mel finished her nap we started driving again. Our first stop including getting our first gas and realizing that we were in deep crap to think we could make it to TN on a $300 credit card! The tank with one filling was almost $100 and we were still in California. So with many prayers we continued on to Nevada. This was a side trip taking us a bit of our course but I had already promised Deborah we would be coming to see her that night.
Its so odd though. In 2006 I had dream that seemed so real. Mel and me in a moving truck with pets in front drove into Las Vegas. We were going to see Deborah. We could see Vegas far away and stopped at a Carl’s Jr. We called Deborah who said and I quote “You drove all the way to Vegas to eat at Carl’s Jr?” Then we drove to her place. We got a bit lost but found it and hung out for a little bit.
That above description is what exactly happened that first night. Yeah, freaky! I had NO idea I was having a future dream like that. After we left Debs house we continued onto Arizona our goal being stop there for our first night and get some sleep. But things got a bit crazy.
First we just kept going towards the city. We stopped at a Motel 6 near the strip where it cost us $96 but we got it refunded when a guy told us it wasn’t safe there. So that was when we decided to go to AZ from there. Then we kept getting stuck driving to the city. It was like Vegas was pulling us in, we just wanted to live the state! Ugh.
At one point we went to the Hoover Dam. It was an accident. I had fallen asleep (not a good idea) and Mel didn’t mean to. We would have crossed had they not wanted us to unless we opened up our back and made sure that we only had stuff not bombs or something. Sure that’s understandable but at the same it was like are you kidding me? Our truck was so packed we had to leave stuff behind. I. Do. Not. Think. So.
After we turned around and found out that California and Nevada are so close to Arizona that in order to leave Nevada you have to go back into California then go to AZ. Well we freaked out and turned around. Where we ended up was still in California. A small town called “Needles”. It was around 5am by now we were exhausted and checked in.
As Mel pulled out stuff, we heard a wolf howl that freaked us out. We were so close to the desert. We got in our room quickly. Princess poor kitty had to pee so badly she peed on our blanket before we could get her in the litter box. Also that night while we slept someone pee’d on my bed, I think it was Rainbow. We didn’t leave that room pretty.
When the pets were settled that night, Mel got breakfast for us at the Denny’s across the street. Man that food tasted great. We slept a lot and called the freaked out parents. Then after a good nights sleep got up the next day to start driving again. We were both so out of it. Little sleep but still some we packed up to go the next day and on we would go to Arizona.
Good bye California at last…stay tuned to day 4 of our trip to TN from California.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
The Tennessee Diaries Part 2
Last we left off on the diaries of our trip to and final move to TN we had just gotten on a plane bound for California and not knowing when we would come back to TN again but we thought we might just once more...
Our first trip was unsuccessful. After writing the blog I talked to my sister who said "we only saw 3 apartments" and it was true. We spent the majority of the trip #1 getting lost and driving...
When we heard that there was a brand new Barnes & Noble opening at a new shopping center in Murfrreesboro, we thought hey why not. And so we did. But the timing was unbelievable. We had just gotten home and the next trip took place just about 3wks later.
September 3rd our trip was later in the day, we arrived in TN just before 11pm very late at night. The first thing was get our rental car but the place closed at 11pm. I still dont know how she did it but Mel managed to dash her behind through the plan and across the airport and still get there and get one! Go Mel! *L* Haha. In the mean time I shocked her when I showed up with our two "large" suitcases. Hum.
We went to our cheap little hotel. A 3 story place called "Thrifty Inn". The price wasnt that great for what we go, we should have just done motel 6 again. Oh well. And of course we were on the 3rd floor! Nice view of the ground below.
The funniest thing about this trip was being the weather. This time around we had a small chance of showers, and so when we heard a plane flying over the hotel Mel thought it was a tornado! It was hilarious. She looks at me and goes "is that a TORNADO?" we figured out soon enough being so close to the airport it was a plane not a big whirly storm. No we wouldnt get to experience that fun till the following Feb haha!!
We got up early to get the free breakfast. Which wasnt so great. I think I had a bowl of cereal. Then we took off for our trips around trying to find an apartment. This time sticking to stuff in the area near nashville, knowing that we wouldnt be doing the scary part of TN near Memphis.
In the 2 days we were there the two full days, we saw a few real 'winners' meaning not really winners. There was the low income place that was divided in half by a rail road track. How thrilling. This was one of the few places that would allow 3 pets but found out no its just 2 (the girl who told us 3 got fired go figure! she was wrong!).
The other was the crazy building made out of "concrete" which was great for tornados but not so great otherwise. Two reasons. We each had to be making $1,500 a month to get there (even though we never heard of that before or after come on!) and the apartments were SO TINY! The whole front of the apartment could fit in our current townhouses living room! Omg let me tell you not a good idea. Haha!!
Of course one of the last places we saw wasnt even available. But we still LOVED it. The manager was very funny, the beautiful trees around the whole place alone made us fall in love. We fell in LOVE with Northfield Lodge Apartments. But we didnt even get to see an apartment, time was short, so we filled out the application (or took it with us cant recall) and told them to call us if something came up. And we departed.
Our second trip was a bit more relaxing too. We got to spend time at Opry Mills and even played at the Aquairum Restaurant. The sting rays, what a crack up! Um not knowing Mel would work there the following year...what you dont know wont kill you at the time! Heehee!
Of course the main reason for our trip of course was Barnes & Noble. We went there and we missed it! After we dropped off my application we came back because they were supposed to be there longer and when we did they had left. But "Tiffany" was still there. She was helpful and told me to set up a phone interview with her next week and something might still work out.
Needless to say that never worked out after I got home between her and my current unfavorite boss (who didnt like me) at B&N I never got any job at B&N. This trip was for nothing really nothing at all!
Lifes not so funny that way...
Well our trip back home was hectic. I only put this here because I dont think it should have happened. First of all, our trip home was 3 stops, not 2. And that meant at one point changing not just planes but airlines! In AZ Mel almost lost her lego backpack she left it on the shuttle bus we had between the parts of the airport. Thank God she found it. Then we had to go through security again (I know how unfair that sounds!) and we almost missed our plane. We finally got home and found out that our luggage was LOST. We had our two carry on's but our actual suitcases were no where to be found.
It took ours to locate them, turns out as we did leave AZ they didnt come with us but had to be put on the NEXT plane. We had to go home, on my dads birthday and out to dinner thinking we might never see our clothes again. It recked our last dinner with our dad and everything.
When I got the call they were found we went down and got them. Needless to say I do not think you should EVER do 3 stops, its annoying, harsh and you might loose your stuff too!
We settled back into our life of packing and such...in a few weeks we would get a call that would change everything. Even with no jobs lined up a townhouse at Northfield Lodge Apartments opened up. With our deposite in the mail we were set to move to TN now at the end of October. Ready or not TN here we come!!
Stay tuned for day 3 aka the trip out here...hang on kids this one will be a bumpy ride for sure!!
Our first trip was unsuccessful. After writing the blog I talked to my sister who said "we only saw 3 apartments" and it was true. We spent the majority of the trip #1 getting lost and driving...
When we heard that there was a brand new Barnes & Noble opening at a new shopping center in Murfrreesboro, we thought hey why not. And so we did. But the timing was unbelievable. We had just gotten home and the next trip took place just about 3wks later.
September 3rd our trip was later in the day, we arrived in TN just before 11pm very late at night. The first thing was get our rental car but the place closed at 11pm. I still dont know how she did it but Mel managed to dash her behind through the plan and across the airport and still get there and get one! Go Mel! *L* Haha. In the mean time I shocked her when I showed up with our two "large" suitcases. Hum.
We went to our cheap little hotel. A 3 story place called "Thrifty Inn". The price wasnt that great for what we go, we should have just done motel 6 again. Oh well. And of course we were on the 3rd floor! Nice view of the ground below.
The funniest thing about this trip was being the weather. This time around we had a small chance of showers, and so when we heard a plane flying over the hotel Mel thought it was a tornado! It was hilarious. She looks at me and goes "is that a TORNADO?" we figured out soon enough being so close to the airport it was a plane not a big whirly storm. No we wouldnt get to experience that fun till the following Feb haha!!
We got up early to get the free breakfast. Which wasnt so great. I think I had a bowl of cereal. Then we took off for our trips around trying to find an apartment. This time sticking to stuff in the area near nashville, knowing that we wouldnt be doing the scary part of TN near Memphis.
In the 2 days we were there the two full days, we saw a few real 'winners' meaning not really winners. There was the low income place that was divided in half by a rail road track. How thrilling. This was one of the few places that would allow 3 pets but found out no its just 2 (the girl who told us 3 got fired go figure! she was wrong!).
The other was the crazy building made out of "concrete" which was great for tornados but not so great otherwise. Two reasons. We each had to be making $1,500 a month to get there (even though we never heard of that before or after come on!) and the apartments were SO TINY! The whole front of the apartment could fit in our current townhouses living room! Omg let me tell you not a good idea. Haha!!
Of course one of the last places we saw wasnt even available. But we still LOVED it. The manager was very funny, the beautiful trees around the whole place alone made us fall in love. We fell in LOVE with Northfield Lodge Apartments. But we didnt even get to see an apartment, time was short, so we filled out the application (or took it with us cant recall) and told them to call us if something came up. And we departed.
Our second trip was a bit more relaxing too. We got to spend time at Opry Mills and even played at the Aquairum Restaurant. The sting rays, what a crack up! Um not knowing Mel would work there the following year...what you dont know wont kill you at the time! Heehee!
Of course the main reason for our trip of course was Barnes & Noble. We went there and we missed it! After we dropped off my application we came back because they were supposed to be there longer and when we did they had left. But "Tiffany" was still there. She was helpful and told me to set up a phone interview with her next week and something might still work out.
Needless to say that never worked out after I got home between her and my current unfavorite boss (who didnt like me) at B&N I never got any job at B&N. This trip was for nothing really nothing at all!
Lifes not so funny that way...
Well our trip back home was hectic. I only put this here because I dont think it should have happened. First of all, our trip home was 3 stops, not 2. And that meant at one point changing not just planes but airlines! In AZ Mel almost lost her lego backpack she left it on the shuttle bus we had between the parts of the airport. Thank God she found it. Then we had to go through security again (I know how unfair that sounds!) and we almost missed our plane. We finally got home and found out that our luggage was LOST. We had our two carry on's but our actual suitcases were no where to be found.
It took ours to locate them, turns out as we did leave AZ they didnt come with us but had to be put on the NEXT plane. We had to go home, on my dads birthday and out to dinner thinking we might never see our clothes again. It recked our last dinner with our dad and everything.
When I got the call they were found we went down and got them. Needless to say I do not think you should EVER do 3 stops, its annoying, harsh and you might loose your stuff too!
We settled back into our life of packing and such...in a few weeks we would get a call that would change everything. Even with no jobs lined up a townhouse at Northfield Lodge Apartments opened up. With our deposite in the mail we were set to move to TN now at the end of October. Ready or not TN here we come!!
Stay tuned for day 3 aka the trip out here...hang on kids this one will be a bumpy ride for sure!!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
The Tennessee Diaries Part 1
First stories are best when told first. So lets begin this blog with the very first time we visited Tennessee. When we decided to move out of our house in Oceanside, we were looking for a place that we could have afforded. I had never really traveled much, and even Mel’s limit was stuff mostly out of country. So we started looking, and really looking. We then debating between two states Texas & Tennessee. Why not Texas? It wasn’t just the weather (worse tornados & hurricanes are possible) but it was the area that we could live in. The state is not cheap! Unless you live towards the top and by New Mexico in areas that aren’t so safe. So we traveled to TN to see what it was about and see what we could find. And this is what we found our first trip.
It started at night, we were dropped off, our flight nice and early. The trip over was much storms. We flew over a storm in Arizona and the lightning itself was powerful enough to make any person go hum…then we landed.
As we landed in “Music City” and were walking to get our bags, what greets us more than a country band at the airport! We turned and looked at each other laughing. We had been on the phone with mom telling we landed okay and then that happened we both just laughed. How funny! Onto the car, which took a bit of time.
Our plan was get some food, then head to Jackson (not knowing how far that was!) but it was late in the day. We drove a little bit got food some place (I think it was Burger King) and noticed wow tax is high! Coming from 7.75 any tax higher is wow and I think at the time it was either 9.75 or 9.25. Still high!
I was too tired from the trip, I slept a lot sadly. I missed some great country side scenes while Mel drove around. We didn’t get much in the first day too exhausted. We started off for Jackson. It was getting to evening when we stopped in a small city called “Dickson” to find out how far to Jackson? It was a Motel 6 and when we heard how far it was still (about 2hrs I think) we just decided to stay there. What an adventure that was!
After a nice long nap, we went to this place called “The Waffle House” and never seen anything like that. Sure people can smoke cigarettes in there (its changed since then) and the whole thing so odd but cool. Everyone was SO friendly it was almost scary. We come from California, in peace haha. They gave us tips about where to move, if Dickson was a good place to live (we asked), and we had waffles that were SO GOOD! The fact we sat at the counter not a table and all our food made and served for us. Waffle Houses are 24 hrs and are down right delicious! I highly recommend them should you ever happen upon a trip down to the South!
Then we slept nicely that night. We got up the next day to drive to Jackson. The trip was really long so long in fact we wondered how we thought we would make it with little sleep there the night before? And guess what we got for the first time. TN heat! The state was in a heat spell, it was well over 105 degrees when we came into Jackson. We loved the only place we saw there but found out that there isn’t a lot of places to WORK in Jackson. Great city, I still wish we could have stayed but nothing to do but drive 1.5hrs to Memphis is where the work is…
So we departed with happy thoughts and ponderings, and went onto Memphis (we would be back we had stopped at the Motel 6 and checked in, in Jackson!). And a little place called “Germantown”. That was fun. We got off the highway (freeway for those from Cali) and tried to find the cute mall. Cute as in it was adorable, but well later got hit by a tornado after we moved out here but its okay. I think. Okay Memphis wasn’t what we were in, we were in Germantown but we found pleasantly they had things like Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, and other things. After we had traveled back and fourth on the bridge. We found a Red Robin and ate there for dinner. We were SO happy they were so nice we gave them a huge tip! Then traveled back to the area, applied at B&N for me and headed back to Jackson.
There is something I can never describe best as the trip and road from Memphis to Jackson. I have traveled a lot of roads in this area since then, but none have what that road does. TREES, just tons of them! They line both sides of the “highway” and its BEAUTIFUL! I hear during the fall it’s a favorite to see them all change color (although we have found any trees doing this is great its so not like Cali!) I even saw a few deer along the road. I was like WOW deer! Mind you I have seen deer but my first experiences with real “wildlife” of this state always left me in awe from that place forward…
We slept well and got up our last day with a lot to do. First we heard that it was the day that Elvis had died so we wanted to go to Memphis just for a few minutes to see what happens. Oddly enough as I write this its August 13th almost 2 yrs to the day that we did this. We didn’t realize how popular it is. In fact we learned about this all from the guy at Red Robin who asked if we had come out FOR this event (that people come out and see, they also come in January for his birthday). Well it was a bit crowded (to say the least) to go into Memphis. So I guess you can say…we didn’t make it there! Oh well. Instead we had to turn back around after seeing the beginning of Memphis and a bad part of town (not fun). We went back not to Jackson but back home. Oh before we left we also stopped in at the train and Casey Jr. thing across the street which was fun train pictures and a souvenir each. Haha.
Our last thing before we left was a trip to the mall. We both wanted to apply at our jobs of choice. And good golly was it HOT! It was 107 that day and we had NO idea how big Opry Mills was. We parked on the end by Rainforest and if you have been there you know that the mall is huge and where I wanted to go (Barnes & Noble) was on the other end. Yeah lets just say I had to book it across a huge mall in 5 mint (I don’t know how I did that). Mel went to Rainforest to talk to them. Going into the mall and out I felt like my face was melting to my body it was so dang hot! Barely out of the mall we had to get to our flight home. Lets just say we were almost late. We got there as they were almost boarding, never again do that so late. Hello! Okay we going home…see you in September? Although we knew we would make another trip out we had a feeling it would be at least a month till it would happen again…or so we thought.
STAY TUNED FOR PART 2 of this of many of our trip & new lives in TN.
It started at night, we were dropped off, our flight nice and early. The trip over was much storms. We flew over a storm in Arizona and the lightning itself was powerful enough to make any person go hum…then we landed.
As we landed in “Music City” and were walking to get our bags, what greets us more than a country band at the airport! We turned and looked at each other laughing. We had been on the phone with mom telling we landed okay and then that happened we both just laughed. How funny! Onto the car, which took a bit of time.
Our plan was get some food, then head to Jackson (not knowing how far that was!) but it was late in the day. We drove a little bit got food some place (I think it was Burger King) and noticed wow tax is high! Coming from 7.75 any tax higher is wow and I think at the time it was either 9.75 or 9.25. Still high!
I was too tired from the trip, I slept a lot sadly. I missed some great country side scenes while Mel drove around. We didn’t get much in the first day too exhausted. We started off for Jackson. It was getting to evening when we stopped in a small city called “Dickson” to find out how far to Jackson? It was a Motel 6 and when we heard how far it was still (about 2hrs I think) we just decided to stay there. What an adventure that was!
After a nice long nap, we went to this place called “The Waffle House” and never seen anything like that. Sure people can smoke cigarettes in there (its changed since then) and the whole thing so odd but cool. Everyone was SO friendly it was almost scary. We come from California, in peace haha. They gave us tips about where to move, if Dickson was a good place to live (we asked), and we had waffles that were SO GOOD! The fact we sat at the counter not a table and all our food made and served for us. Waffle Houses are 24 hrs and are down right delicious! I highly recommend them should you ever happen upon a trip down to the South!
Then we slept nicely that night. We got up the next day to drive to Jackson. The trip was really long so long in fact we wondered how we thought we would make it with little sleep there the night before? And guess what we got for the first time. TN heat! The state was in a heat spell, it was well over 105 degrees when we came into Jackson. We loved the only place we saw there but found out that there isn’t a lot of places to WORK in Jackson. Great city, I still wish we could have stayed but nothing to do but drive 1.5hrs to Memphis is where the work is…
So we departed with happy thoughts and ponderings, and went onto Memphis (we would be back we had stopped at the Motel 6 and checked in, in Jackson!). And a little place called “Germantown”. That was fun. We got off the highway (freeway for those from Cali) and tried to find the cute mall. Cute as in it was adorable, but well later got hit by a tornado after we moved out here but its okay. I think. Okay Memphis wasn’t what we were in, we were in Germantown but we found pleasantly they had things like Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, and other things. After we had traveled back and fourth on the bridge. We found a Red Robin and ate there for dinner. We were SO happy they were so nice we gave them a huge tip! Then traveled back to the area, applied at B&N for me and headed back to Jackson.
There is something I can never describe best as the trip and road from Memphis to Jackson. I have traveled a lot of roads in this area since then, but none have what that road does. TREES, just tons of them! They line both sides of the “highway” and its BEAUTIFUL! I hear during the fall it’s a favorite to see them all change color (although we have found any trees doing this is great its so not like Cali!) I even saw a few deer along the road. I was like WOW deer! Mind you I have seen deer but my first experiences with real “wildlife” of this state always left me in awe from that place forward…
We slept well and got up our last day with a lot to do. First we heard that it was the day that Elvis had died so we wanted to go to Memphis just for a few minutes to see what happens. Oddly enough as I write this its August 13th almost 2 yrs to the day that we did this. We didn’t realize how popular it is. In fact we learned about this all from the guy at Red Robin who asked if we had come out FOR this event (that people come out and see, they also come in January for his birthday). Well it was a bit crowded (to say the least) to go into Memphis. So I guess you can say…we didn’t make it there! Oh well. Instead we had to turn back around after seeing the beginning of Memphis and a bad part of town (not fun). We went back not to Jackson but back home. Oh before we left we also stopped in at the train and Casey Jr. thing across the street which was fun train pictures and a souvenir each. Haha.
Our last thing before we left was a trip to the mall. We both wanted to apply at our jobs of choice. And good golly was it HOT! It was 107 that day and we had NO idea how big Opry Mills was. We parked on the end by Rainforest and if you have been there you know that the mall is huge and where I wanted to go (Barnes & Noble) was on the other end. Yeah lets just say I had to book it across a huge mall in 5 mint (I don’t know how I did that). Mel went to Rainforest to talk to them. Going into the mall and out I felt like my face was melting to my body it was so dang hot! Barely out of the mall we had to get to our flight home. Lets just say we were almost late. We got there as they were almost boarding, never again do that so late. Hello! Okay we going home…see you in September? Although we knew we would make another trip out we had a feeling it would be at least a month till it would happen again…or so we thought.
STAY TUNED FOR PART 2 of this of many of our trip & new lives in TN.
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