Damn Can't believe I did that :-)

Went to bed early last night and had most things ready for an early departure this morning. Rig was hooked up things put away I set my small little alarm clock for 6am. woke up in the dark looked at the clock and it was 6am sooooo proceeded to get up eat, wash up, close everything up and get on the road after dropping my card and name tag off at the main gate. Was concentrating on my driving as there are a few tight turns getting out to the highway. Finally on the road home again light traffic and I was breezing on quite nicely, then............... looked at the clock on the truck radio and damn it was 2am. What the .......... then realized that in setting up the alarm clock I forgot to push the little knobby thingy over to read the actual time so it sat there showing the time I set for it to alarm....... the sound that woke me was my cell phone beeping that the batteries were almost dead. What to do What to do.... go back and sleep for 4 more hours or keep on going....well I knew I would never get back to sleep so ploughed on towards home. Up I went by Corpus Christi past Victoria then over towards Galveston. watched the sun come up driving along the coast. Took the ferry from Galveston Island over to Port bolivar then along the coast again and on up into Louisiana yes got all the way through Texas (which is a big state) and ended up after 525 mi. (that's miles not kilometres) at the Coushatta casino and RV park at around 3:30 pm basically 2 days driving in one. Wasn't sure I would make it there as about 10 minutes from the park I hit a road block, about 10 police had blocked off the hightway and were questioning everyone.........I saw a few of them writing tickets. I finally found out what it was for when I hit the front of the line and was asked to produce my insurance papers. I guess it is illegal to drive in Louisiana without insurance and they do these ride programs looking for anyone who doesn't have insurance. I was able to produce my insurance for the truck and tailer and showed him the car insurance for good measure. I will post pics I took later. Needless to say tomorrow will be a short drive day.
Doug.