Day 1-Sunday, June 16, 2013
After a tearful goodbye with family, we hit the road at 11am. I promptly informed Michael that before embarking on our road trip, I needed to find both a mailbox to mail an envelope and a Starbucks for a much needed Venti Latte to be in a good place to begin the road trip. Michael just wanted to hit the road and put some miles behind us, so he took it upon himself to make an executive decision that the aforementioned pit stop would be just another delay and wasn't really necessary.
Boy. Was. He. Wrong. Yeah, I pretty much had an all out nuclear meltdown/spell.
Being a smart man, he knew to pick his battles, and with his lips pursed into a tight thin line, we detoured back for an attitude adjustment for me in the form of a mailbox and a large steaming cup of caffeine. Hey, we all have to make concessions in life and the little inconvenience of an extra stop is the least Michael can endure when you consider that I am traversing on a cross country move with my family, foraging for food and shelter along the way, much like a modern day Laura Ingalls Wilder-haha!
Once on the road, I drove the first shift up through East Texas and we decided to break for an early dinner around 5pm in Jefferson, TX, a cute little town that is known as the Bed & Breakfast Capital of Texas, and is adorned with many quaint little shops and restaurants. We found a cute little bistro and enjoyed dinner and live music on the patio.
Then it was time to head on up into Arkansas and set up camp at Crater of Diamonds State Park, dodging some wicked lightening storms along the way.
And of course according to the Murphy's Law of Camping, as soon as we pull into our camp site, it starts raining. We are all snug and dry in the camper now, and as I type this, it is absolutely pouring outside. I don't think a downpour will be very conducive to a successful diamond hunt in the mines tomorrow, but we will see..
Stay tuned for Part 2 tomorrow!
XOXO,
The Lost Texans💎
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