Well folks, it is officially day one of our caravan trip
from Florida to Arizona. That's right. One Snowbird location to
another. Here's what's going to happen. We're driving with
Keith and Raini because they're part of the caravan
trip too all the way to Alabama where we're going to rendezvous
with another couple, Devan and Jeanie. We've never done a
caravan trip this long with this many people and we don't
know how it's going to go. That's right. It's going to get
intense. We have 10 minutes til check out a gotta figure out if
Keith and Rainey are ready to go. They're like, they're
somewhere in a different loop like way over there. We gotta
go.
Tires are good or you do not check em? I check em. Okay, you
know it's getting serious when you're removing the chalks like
a real beal. Can't believe we're doing this.
Carl, you're on top of the world starting out this trip.
1054. That means nothing bad's going to happen during this
whole caravanning trip, right? Okay. Let's just follow him and
follow up on that. Uh did the final walk around and all looks
A okay with Solly and this is going to be a different dynamic
traveling with peeps because we can't just go whenever we want
or can't we? Why not? We just let her rip. We just do
whatever. Luckily, we are really flexible. I can only
imagine some people that are like plan, plan, plan, plan. It
would be a little intense but we're just go with the flow.
Let's give them a call because it's ten fifty-six. We're
really early. We're way too early for Hank's time. Hello.
Good morning, Sunshine. Good morning. What up? Are you guys
ready? Yeah, we're ready to pull out but we were just
going to go like to that unhitch area and just kind of
wait there. Yeah, do you want to give me like 10 minutes
and then we'll be ready I think. Yeah, that sounds good.
Okay, we'll call you. Okay, sounds good. Okay, bye. Bye.
Don't know what's happening but we're almost ready to do this.
There they are. Yo, yo, yo. Here we go. Hey, I don't
want to be like paranoid but I think these people are
following us. Alright, alright. We did it. We made it like a
half hour. We are rocking it and there they are right behind
us pulling in. I'm so proud of us. Ugh. Are we there yet? Oh
yeah, that's the move right there. Pulling behind an RV at
the truck stop is them. They don't take as long to fill up.
Way to go guys. I'll be here all month, I think. Lots of
driving over the next month, right? I kind of set it better
myself. The thing is last time we drove across the country. We
did it in like two weeks. Now, we're doing it over four weeks
could be longer. So far, what I'm learning is it's great that
we're leading the group because we drive slow. We drive slower
than most RVers. We don't like to take it over 64 miles per
hour. Keep it slow and steady. Going 80 miles an hour is not
going to do anything. It'll get you there like five minutes
faster. Also, the faster you go, the harder it is to stop.
I'm just throwing it out there. I'm like so prepared for
something to go wrong. My expectations is that it's not
all hunky dory and like there might be some hiccups. You
know, I actually might run in I can get some coffee. I'll get
us some coffees. Do you want black? Yeah. Okay. Yeah.
Alright. Alright. You know the best part about pulling over at
these truck stops is you get to kind of regroup a little now
there's only two of us which is okay but just wait until we add
a third rig I feel like it's going to get a little hectic
with everyone's different schedules who's gotta pee who's
gotta fuel up it's going to be a lot of moving parts as we go
along so I'm eager to check it out and see how things progress
and I'm glad you guys are here with us because you can kind of
get an idea what a van looks like if you know what I mean. I
was just confirming travel plans. We're good. That's the
thing is you gotta coordinate back and forth. What state of
mind are we in and what state are we in? What you always
gotta think and recycle in your head. Alright, we're going to
get on 7five north until we hit Ocala and then we're going
towards Williston. We're heading west. Our first bit
going west. Let's go.
Holy cow, this car's, sorry but I'm going to get going because
traffic's getting crazy. People are pulling out in front of us
trying to kill us. I'll let I'll let you know. I love you.
Okay, bye. Yeah, some guy just like pulled right out from us.
A lot of crazy people. A lot of mistakes to be made. I'm
surprised he did whale on the horn. I guess it doesn't solve
anything. Not really. It just makes them panic and if they
panic, it's just going to cause more of chaos so. Yeah. I don't
like intersections though because you really have to pay
attention. People usually just kind of skedaddle through and
be on guard. I was doing this. You know, other drivers are
definitely the concern. Because he can't really trust anybody.
I had to take a minute to step aside with you guys and clarify
more about the title of this video and the incident that we
just experienced. I come from a background of emergency
medicine working as an ER nurse and as a paramedic on the
ambulance for many years. One of the leading things that you
see as trauma is vehicular accidents. So many times you
cannot account for what other people do out on the road. The
only thing you can control is you and the actions you take in
situations like this. A recent study showed that over 50% of
vehicle accidents actually take place in intersections or
around intersections. Things happen very quick and very fast
and unfortunately, you're just never prepared for them.
Unfortunately, most accidents happen because other drivers
are not paying attention. Another great thing that you
can do is also invest in like a dash cam. Have something to
document the event so that you can look back on it and
hopefully protect yourself at a later after the event occurred.
Lastly, and most importantly, slow down. Slowing down allows
you to have the reaction time for when you get presented with
these situations. Trust me, this isn't meant to put fear in
you. It's just meant to bring awareness. It's just Carl
talking to you. I've just seen a lot of life on the uglier
side and I want to make sure you're aware of it. Okay, I
kind of feel like I killed the vibes of this video like things
got really down. Um okay, on a more positive note, something
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and yeah, keep doing you guys. That's a wrap. Look at how much
we've sunk in the mud. We leveled but it didn't matter.
So, you could just roll forward off of them. Okay. Did you
sleep well with all those storms? Did I sleep well? I
woke up in the middle of the night a couple times. How about
yourself? Yeah, I was thinking about the trees. Yup, that's a
good concern there. Yeah, I wonder why we're concerned. I
don't know. I booked us a site that is 36 feet long. We're
thirty5 ish feet long and Carl doesn't really know that I
booked a site that small but that's all they had. We're just
going to surprise them when we get there and see if we fit
because it's going to be tight and it's going to rain all day
and there's flash flood warnings everywhere. What an
adventure already. What what? Back-to-back travel days are
for the birds. Well, we're going to get to Alabama.
Eventually. When we get out of Florida. That's what I want to
know. I want to say bye to Florida. We're done with
Florida. I'm done. I'm done.
That doesn't not do hickey. Look, I've done this before
once and twice. His knee Oh I forgot to tell you this
campground check in is not until four and it's only
two-hour drive. Awesome because it's only. Yeah. 11. Are we
going to pull a car on Nene and be like, can we please come in
early? Yup. Not just one rig but 2 rigs. I guess roll on
your window so you can hear me. Why would I want to do that? Uh
stop. Let's see if I can get them out. Oh wow. Okay. This is
interesting. Oh. Got one. Okay. The other one's stuck so
forward a little more. Fossy can't see that. Okay, stop.
Wow. Look at how much that was helping. Good. Okay. Oh, let's
check lights. Sweet deal. Okay, I'm really excited because we
just got a phone call from the ranger at the COE Landing
Campground and he was like, actually, there's somebody in
site 19 right now. Can I interest you guys in another
site and I was like, absolutely. The site I booked
us in nineteen. The length was 36. Nine nine. That's me this.
You told them before you. Yeah. I told them. You all supposed
to let me know when Nae Nae does this to me. It was really
going to be thirty. 36 feet and I just figured we'll fit but
the truck I don't know. We'll figure it out. It's part D out
in the woods somewhere.
This is great. So he's going to put us in site too and he said
that site is so big. This is exciting because he also said
that we can just come and check in now. Nobody's in those
sites. Come in whenever. So maybe we'll skip Walmart
because I was only going to go to Walmart to burn some time.
Damn. Hey I got a phone call from the campground. We're
going to go to site number two. You guys are still good at site
seventeen. He said that's a really long site. And then he
said we're good to check in whenever that it's open and
ready. Awesome. Do you guys need to like use a restroom or
anything because there is a rest stop maybe like 15 minutes
past that Walmart that we could take a break. Yeah that might
not be a bad idea to go pee. Yeah. Let's get it. Alright.
We made it. Well, we got into our site and it's raining but
we knew it was going to rain. So, it's like not that big of a
deal but it's wet. I just want to show you guys how long
this site is.
We're here. Bowser Gowser.
The rooster over here. Trying to stay out of the rain. Is
that real? Watch the rooster. Are you real? I don't know. I
don't know if it's real. It hasn't moved. I think it's
fake.
Morning. We're going to a campground in Mobile, Alabama.
I'm really excited about. Think the price was only like 20 or
30 a night. They full hookups and this is where we're
going to rendezvous with our other friends, Devin and
Jeannie. They're coming down in about two or three days. So,
we're going to be at this campground for five days. Are
you ready to roll? Yes. While you pull forward, I'll just
talk to them. Alright. So, the situation here is that we got
one dump station, two RVs. Now, we're not dumping dumping but
we all decided that we should empty our gray water before we
drive a couple hours and that's a helpful tip for you guys just
because you don't have to dump your black tanks doesn't mean
you can pull into the dump station and still dump your
gray water because for every gallon of water it's about
eight something pounds and you can only imagine if you have
like 30 gallons of gray water how much extra weight that is
that you're towing down the highway so we always figure if
we have the time do the crime that doesn't make sense we're
doing what I call a little dump dump station parade yeah Let's
get it. Gotta move. You want to run me over?
I guess we're going to let them pull in and we'll back up. Is
that instead of going around? Yeah. You don't want to go
around again? No. Okay. I'm tired for that. This is RV
light. Well, you gotta pull forward more. Okay. Alright,
what are we doing? He doesn't want to drive around. He wants
to back up. Okay, back up. He wants to just back up so we can
go that way and I'll have to go around. This might be a dumb
idea. Yup. Straight. We didn't want to go around. We didn't
want to we didn't want to wrap it around. I say we just sit
here and hold up anybody that could be trying to get through.
Yeah. It's cold. Yeah. Why is it that color? Caravan
nastiness. I know. That's kind of gross. Honey, don't
even. Sorry I asked. I mean, we have to sensor when we pull our
grey water so we don't even have room top. Color. The
morning let it rip. This is a beautiful Letter Rip morning.
It's a family ripping. Ripping. The new one. It's a family rip.
We're all getting it's so Dancing at the dump station.
Yeah. Dumping tanks with the Hanks. Whatever. Wow. Look how
fast they were. Honey, take notes. Okay, bye. She's going.
Getting her get in her Bebop car. Just backing up does not
exist. Brandy. I was going to get the car. I need you. Just
leave her. Oh, you guys have to back up a little. Okay, I'm
going to go. That's my cue. Bye. Here we go. Here we go.
Here we go. Here we go. Here we go. We're doing it. You gotta
get me directions to open. Speedway. Speedway. I got it
already. Are you ready? Look at that. Such intensity. We're
good. We're good. Here it comes. He comes to save the
day. And we're off. Day three, we're crossing a time zone and
we're getting out of Florida officially. Alabama, here we
come.