I am covering day 1-3 of the move. By now, I should be in Waco, TX. Instead, I am staying the night in Henrietta, TX. Why, you might be asking? Well, here's the story.....
Day 1: I got a late start on day 1. I left Sunnyvale, CA around 11:40 when the start time should have been around 9:00-10:00. When I started up the hills outside of Wasco, CA, my truck was lacking the "umph" to make it up the hills. I finally made it and landed in Needles, CA. The bad thing is that it was around 9:30 p.m. and I had a check engine light.
Day 2: I woke up a little after 7:00 a.m. and watched some TV. I needed to get that check engine light looked at, so I had some time. I called the local Uhaul place around 8:00 and was told that someone would be there around 8:30. I made it there around 8:40 and waited in the 90+ degrees for around 50 minutes. Finally, someone showed up and took a look at the engine error codes. Two of them popped up. The first is usually caused by some fuel issue like water in the line. No big problem. The second was something the guy told me could be an issue. A crank sensor went off. If this problem were to persist, he said it might be something to get looked at. I finally got on the road around 10:00 a.m. I drive about 1.5 hours and then I hear a giant "POP." Yep, I had a tire blow out. I called Uhaul and they said they'd send someone out to replace it. Also, when I was slowing down, the engine check light went off again when I was slowing down About 3 hours later, my tire was replaced and I was off on the road. Around 8:00 p.m. I ran into a thunderstorm that was a mess so I ended up in Grants, AZ. I couldn't get to sleep until 2:00-3:00. :(
Day 3: I popped up around 7:30 and was on the road by 8:00 a.m. I was hoping to make it to Fort Worth (or even Waco). Well, I started to yawn around 7:00 p.m. I ended up in Henrietta, TX. Tomorrow, I should end up in Waco a bit before noon.
