So... Cross country in a Miata in 24 hrs...

[Echonova]

Some of you may know, most do not... My father's health has been failing. Got the call last Wed night that he had taken a drastic turn for the worse. Searched for plane tickets, but the only plane that had two seats (for me and my daughter) arrived at 10:30pm Friday night, I thought... "Damn I can drive there faster. I'll get a rental car.". Only to discover that since years ago, I shed any form of debt. While I owe no man a dollar, most rental car companies were reluctant to rent me a car once I told them my destination was Tucson with just a debit card... While waiting for some faceless GM's approval I said F*** it. I'll just take the Miata. This thread is more about the journey, than anything else.

Pre-trip maintenance meant I removed the sub-woofer so I would have room for a duffel bag and to put the spare tire back in.


But whatever. Halfway through Texas I figured "maybe I should document my journey". Didn't bring a camera so all the pics are i-Pod quality... Sorry.

So here I am driving through Texas.


5 hours later... Still in Texas


Still more hours later... Yep still in Texas. My father passed before I reached El Paso. Hence I wasn't in a picture taking mood. But I was determined to press on for mom's sake.


Many hours later I entered the great state of New Mexico


Started to approach Arizona


Yea!!!! Reached Arizona!!!


Reached my parents house 24.5 hours flat (many, many hours were spent @ 90mph+) after leaving Bethlehem, GA. Friday @ 6pm. Should have been a 27 hr drive according to Google. But Google is the perfect example of the difference between knowledge and wisdom. Google don't know shit about Miata power. Although I wished I had cruise control... The 19 year old car performed like a wizened porn star on a casting couch. It did everything asked of it and more with nary a complaint.


After settling in, I realized half the things I thought I packed... I didn't. So off to the store for mundane things like clothes, and toothpaste.


While I was off at the store my mom made a run to the Starbucks, that is literally .28 miles from her house. Got a nail, tire went flat after she pulled back in the garage. Never fear, the Miata in here.


Now I'm sitting in the backyard watching the sun go down whilst enjoying a tasty adult beverage.


Monday the real work begins for the short two weeks I am here...

So today (Sun) went to wash 2,000 miles of bugs off the car. Nice and shiny again for the trip home in a couple weeks.




Found this pic of me and my dad in the Miata.