I ordered a new trailer for the shop just after Thanksgiving and was hoping to pick it up before the new year.  Well, after many calls to the manufacturer checking up on the progress I finally got the call that it was ready to be picked up.  I was as anxious as a kid on Christmas morning to finally get to go and get my new toy.  ROAD TRIP!  Myself and friend Doug Dillon started our journey to Fitzgerald Georgia Friday the thirteenth, not realizing this till about Chattanooga Tennessee.  I probably would have waited a day . . . okay, maybe not.

What a journey it was starting out at 5 am slipping and sliding around on the icy roads on the cold January morning.  We knew it would be a long hall and decided to break up the time with a little site seeing.  Our first stop was Nashville, TN to check out Antique Archaeology (American Pickers Nashville, yea one of my TV shows).  We thought the old Marathon Motor Car building that Antique Archaeology is in was very cool.  They manufactured cars for less than a year in 1914 and continued making parts until 1918.  Back on the road we headed south thru Chattanooga into Atlanta where we missed the outer loop putting us thru the heart of Atlanta in the middle of rush hour on Friday night.  NOT a good move on our part.  After that mess we picked up 475 around Macon which gained us some time.  We traveled on to Ashburn Georgia where we spent the night.  Thought we were off the road at last, however, as we got off the ramp to our motel the state police had a sobriety check point set up only half a block away from our motel.   Being tired and a bit slap happy we had a little fun messing with the young troopers, but not disrespectful.  Doug mentioned that the troopers were so young looking and wondering where they had hidden they’re Big Wheels.  Lucky we didn’t tased!

After a good nights sleep, we headed over to Hurricane Cargo Trailers in Fitzgerald Georgia to pick up the trailer.  It did not go completely smoothly as I did not realize that we would have to take off the spoiler wing.  Luckily they had the tools that we needed to remove it.  Even with the proper tools it took a little cussing, fussing and sweat to remove the spoiler wing not to mention fishing the long ½” bolts from between the cab and bed that slipped out of hands.  Once this was accomplished we got the 38 foot trailer hooked up, paid for and down the road we went!

On the way back we decided to spend the night near Lynchburg Tennessee. Why Lynchburg you ask?  Why to tour the Jack Daniel’s Distillery of course!  If you are going to take a road trip you have to look for interesting stops along the way.  After the tour we started our 8 hour drive back home.   Thank goodness the temperatures had bounced back up and we had no severe weather on the way back.  All and all it was an interesting road trip to go and pick up my new toy!