State Signs

Here are a bunch of the state signs we saw in no particular order (I think maybe backward order). I always try to get all of them, but I never seem to be able to. I think I'm missing Alabama and Oklahoma due to lack of light and a lot of them aren't the greatest pics, but you get the point.

Tennessee!

Arkansas!

Mississippi!

This is just a road in the middle of Mississippi. There was so much of nothing most places we drove!

Georgia! Shortly after we crossed into Georgia we stopped for gas in Athens near University of Georgia. Matt went into the store to get some coffee and this is what some old guy said to him, "You lookin' fer sumpin' to jump start yer pace maker?"
That was one of the best lines of the trip!

South Carolina!

North Carolina!

When we finally got to Enid we had some trouble finding the road that went south to Vance AFB. When we got directions, we were told to just turn on x road and it would take us straight into the Base. Well that's what we did, except we drove straight up to an important looking gate. It was pitch black and the wind was howling. After about 1 minute of scratching our heads trying to figure out where we were supposed to go, 2 cop cars and the Military Police pull up to the gate inside the base! They spared no time getting to us! We explained our situation and they kindly (yelling because of the wind) told us where we were supposed to go. We somehow managed to turn our tank around (took about 5 minutes with the Mazda in tow) and headed to the main gate. Mind you it's about midnight, we'd been driving for 16 hours, Matt has an afro and a beard and I'm in desperate need of a shower! We stop for the security guys to check our Id's. The man is scrutinizing them and tells us to hold on and goes back to his little hut. He comes out about a minute later and hands me my ID. He looks at Matt, looks at the ID, looks at Matt again and says in a southern accent, "Sir, this doesn't look anythang like you!" Haha! We started rolling because in Matt's ID he's in uniform and clean shaven with a military haircut. What a mess! We just wanted to get to lodging and get some sleep! Needless to say they finally let us in after we assured them he just needed a haircut. We ended up making another wrong turn towards the flight line and the police stopped us again! The were very nice and understanding though, and they escorted us to lodging.
We'd finally made it! What a great way to start our journey in the Air Force. Exhausted, we showered and passed out til reveille at 0700...