Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June, in a Kenworth pullin’ logs

In my haste to get yesterday’s post published, I forgot to give you yesterday’s vital statistics.

Yesterday we travelled from Waco down through Austin and onwards to San Antonio, covering about 228 miles (370km). Not particularly astonishing, but we had expected it to be a relatively short driving day.

I mentioned yesterday that we went down to the river walk last night. What I forgot to mention was that we “happened” to end up in Macy’s department store with time for a look around before heading home for a light dinner.

All of the stores here have their “Black Friday” sales on (the day after Thanksgiving) and Macy’s were getting ready for it.

I found a nice jacket – $75 with 40% off – but MBW said it didn’t suit me 🙁

Last night we stayed at Lisa’s AirBnB in San Antonio. It is in a unit complex quite near the hospital so it was a bit noisier than usual for us. Because Lisa is working afternoon shift, she only got in very early this morning so we didn’t get to meet her.

Today started a little warmer – a balmy 16 deg C – so it was short sleeves today.

I went out to load up the car to find two things: it was very foggy, and The Don was covered in autumn leaves. Covered is a relative term.

Now the more observant of you may have noticed something about The Don … he’s a different colour to The Don I introduced you to a couple of days ago. You can look here to see the original Don.

So here is the story. The Don had a bad rattle under the dash. We rented a luxury car for a 3 week trip around the Deep South and we thought it reasonable that The Don wouldn’t rattle – and believe me it was playing havoc with my OCD.

So we called the rental company and had a discussion about it, and I am now pleased to introduce you to Don The Second AKA The Don II. I am extremely pleased to advise that The Don II does not have a rattle and my OCD is intact.

So today we got an early start by heading down to see The Alamo (as in “Remember the Alamo”). It was the site of an historic battle and is quite unusual in that it is right in the middle of the city of San Antonio.

After we left the Alamo, we headed off towards Lafayette LA – tonight’s stop.

Now I may have mentioned in previous posts how confusing it can be on the interstates when presented with multiple exits and multiple lanes.

Notwithstanding all of that, we had a pretty good run on the interstates today and I continue to be impressed with their road/transport infrastructure.

Hence the significance of today’s song title – we felt like we were in a convoy of trucks all day sitting at around 80mph for hours on end.

I’m not sure what CB handle that MBW would give to me, but I’d have to say – given that we are driving around in The Don II – that hers would be “The Godmother”, or just “The GM” for short. (You may need to listed to today’s song to understand the significance of that …)

Somewhere around 1.00pm we were getting peckish and MBW identified that there was a good place in Houston to stop for lunch – The Turkey Hut – so we detoured off the interstate and found our way to Houston TX downtown and TTH.

By the time we got to The Turkey Hut it was about 1.30pm and a late lunch … but that didn’t stop all of the locals from still waiting in line for a feed.

20 minutes to get a table, another 10 minutes to get served … how long should it take to get a feed? About an hour later, lunch turned up.

Vegetarians look away!

Yes i know – another display of a lack of control! Smoked turkey leg with sauce, spinach, shrimp, and red onion in a bowl and the waffle fries can’t be seen. We did share though … and it was gooood 🙂

You know that you are in Texas when you see signs like this posted at a restaurant…

After lunch we got The Don II back on the I-10 pointed east, and back up to 80mph.

They say that age is just a number, and I’d argue that the speed limit is just a number too. At one point overtaking a truck, I think that The Don II hit a top speed of about 91mph … I’m not sure if MBW noticed, but she didn’t say anything …

We had a short break to stretch our legs, use the facilities and top up our caffeine at the Chambers County Safety Rest Area.

I have to say that they were the cleanest public facilities I have ever seen and fully air-conditioned. They put Australian facilities to shame!

So back to today’s song and the title of the post. This one is an absolute classic trucking song and one that you will simply have to add to your Spotify playlist … enjoy … Convoy (CW McCall)

Ciao

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