Foto Friday: Moving to Michigan

The story actually starts last Thursday as I got the hitch put on my car. What should have taken an hour at the U-Haul store took 4. That should've been my first clue that things weren't going to go as expected...
Friday I went back, picked up the trailer, loaded it up, cleaned up my apartment, locked it up and headed over to Kimmy's for my Goodbye Toga Party... but I made a stop at Goodwill first to drop off the last of stuff I wanted to donate. When I got back in the car it wouldn't come out of park. I freaked. I shut it off, turned it back on and tried again. I did this a few times... Nothing. I call Spike, I call Mr. Beaker Luv and consult my owner's manual. By the time Mr. Beaker Luv came to my rescue I had found the shift override button and had moved the car and trailer from behind the alley way to the front of the shopping complex. He had contacted the Toyota dealership on his way and they suggested wiring issues. Spike had Googled it and consulted family members in the auto industry and they confirmed the same. I called U-Haul and spoke with them, they told me there was no way possible that they could be responsible for this, that it must be something with my transmission. I was able to convince them to send out a tech anyway...
3 hours later, complete rewiring of the trailer, one nervous breakdown on my part and replacement of all the lighting fuses in my car that had blown out thanks to faulty wiring on the trailer, they had me fixed up and ready to go... Oh and one more thing, to add insult to injury I managed to step in a pile of Fire Ants (to which I'm highly allergic) that had made its home in the parking lot. FML!
After I had (mostly) collected myself, I finally arrived late to my own Goodbye Party...
After a late night of adult beverages, group hugging and crying it was up and at 'em. Rixy and I were on our way. Peace out O-town!

Lola the Little Engine that Could.

Alligator Heads... still in Florida.
What usually takes just over 2 hours took us 5 thanks to a HUGE traffic jam just outside of Gainesville. At one point we pulled off and took a nap just to eat some time.

Goodbye Florida...

Hello Georgia! Yee Haw!

These are Coon Skin Caps but kinda just look like Russian Fur Hats.

Sign Capture FAIL. Tennessee! We ended up stopping for the night in Knoxville.

Where's this blue grass you speak of?

What a great Navigator! Aren't you supposed to be looking out for falling rocks?!?! LOL!

Florence Y'all! After seeing this, we kept shouting this the rest of the trip.

We had quite the religious experience in Ohio...

O.M.G.

Rixy was SOOO excited to have White Castle. *Barf*

Destination Complete.

21± Hours, 1,231 Miles and numerous bathroom stops later we finally arrived in Spikeville; Safe, Sound and sent straight to get massages courtesy of the best boyfriend ever...

And before I sent her back to the Sunshine State we made a quick stop at Meijer.
The Holy Grail of Grocery.

Have a great weekend everyone! Catch ya'll on the flipside with real running content! :)