Day 1

The time has come! Yesterday (May 26th), we began our trek to Texas. We spent the evening of the 25th putting all of my stuff together so we could pack the car. I had a lot more stuff than I realized!  It all worked out, though. We were able to pack the car like Tetris with everything but our 2 duffle bags and the cat. I picked up sedation from the vet for Jack so he wouldn't stress out on the road. They worked pretty well, he basically looked/acted drunk all day, haha. 

We drove down I40 to the Tail of the Dragon so I could show Preston the mountains in North Carolina and Tennessee. They were breathtaking. We decided that we wanted to live somewhere like that eventually. The Tail of the Dragon is a super windy 11 mile stretch of road that lots of motorcycles like to ride.  It was awesome.  It only added about an hour to our trip so it wasn't entirely out of the way.  We stopped for pictures on the NC side and on the TN side. I wish my iPhone did these views justice. 

Sweet Carolina

Beautiful Tennessee

Those flowers were at the top of a hill overlooking that lake. Makes you feel reeeaalllll small and obsolete standing up there. 

Our end goal for day 1 was Nashville, or actually right outside of Nashville in a town called Old Hickory.  There is a lake with a houseboat out there that we rented for the evening through AirBNB.com (love this website! We've used it before to stay near Eglin AFB in Florida).  The houseboat was awesome. Very homey and comfortable! We ate dinner at a restaurant named Sam's that is on the lake, we just had to walk down the dock to get there. 

We sat on the top deck of the houseboat in the evening after we met the gentleman who owns it.  I took a picture of the sunset with Preston's phone but once again, no justice was done. The colors were phenomenal. 

The ONLY downside to the houseboat was all of our neighbors having 8 legs and basically mexi-packing every corner of the dock and boat. Otherwise it was a great experience! 

Day 2 consists of the rest of TN, all of Arkansas, and into Texas. I'll post more later about the rest of our trip!