Monday, December 05, 2005

Flying J

We're at a Flying J in Jackson, MS. Flying J is our favorite truckstop. We have a frequent fueler card with them making it simpler to fuel up. They are usually clean, big, and have everything you would need on the road. The entire parking lot has wireless internet. They have an rv dump, and you can even check out books on cd and return them to any other Flying J. We've been to this particular one in Mississippi more than any other because the place where we get our oil changed in the big truck is right across the street.

One time after leaving the Flying J in Shreveport, people coming beside us in their cars were laughing and pointing. Some people tried to point out something on our truck. After driving about 30 miles and seeing several strange looks from passersby, we finally pulled over to see what was wrong. We had taken a little part of Flying J with us. The fuel pump was still in our tank! It had completely disconnected from its hose and just the handle was sticking out of our truck. I guess we were in a hurry that day!

4 comments:

Amber said...

What did you do with the fuel pump, did you return it? That's almost as bad as my Thanksgiving ham story!

AUNY said...

We were too far away and on too much of a time crunch to go back. We still have the pump. It makes for great decoration in Brock's shop!

Anonymous said...

Amazing story indeed! Once I watched some man was going by car with a pump too. It was so funny, really :D

Karen said...

A wonderful story indeed! There are so many funny situations happening while you travel by car :-)