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My moving truck sits in Indianapolis while my family packs it completely full on July 31. The SUV on the trailer behind the moving truck made it hard to maneuver around the cars in the parking lot.

The reflection of the sunrise is seen in the mirror of the 16-foot moving truck on I-70 during the early morning of Aug. 1.

The second vehicle in the moving-truck-car-caravan fuels up in Effingham, Ill. during the first of six stops for gas during the 1,200-mile trip from Indiana to Texas.

The 16-foot moving truck that

Filling up the moving truck wasn

A giant cross is seen from road on I-70 near Effingham, Ill. and St. Louis.

The placemat of the Country Market Buffet and Restaurant is seen before our first meal. It was funny that you could get latex-covered gloves with a headline of

The bridge spanning the Mississippi River is a sight to behold.  Not only is it a very large and long structure, it minimizes how large the vehicles are that travel it.

This was my view for most of the trip.  Because I was also driving a large truck and pulling my car behind it, I felt like I fit right in with big-rigs.

A view of the sunrise behind the Comfort Inn on the morning of Aug. 2.  This is where we stayed just outside of Little Rock, Ark. in a town called Bryant.

The moving truck sits behind the Comfort Inn in Bryant, Ark the morning of Aug. 2, before we got on the road for the day.

My laptop sits on the nightstand in our hotel room.  The clock reads 5:55 a.m. because we were preparing to eat an early breakfast and get on the road.

The red-toned dirt is seen near the border of Texas and Arkansas somewhere just inside Texas.

The reflection of the Texas flag is seen in a condensation puddle from a vehicle

The Dallas skyline is seen behind a 55-mph speed limit sign.  This was a very tricky part of the driving experience.  It was exciting, but also a little nerve-wracking.

I drive the moving truck back to the rental place, this time with Logan in the passenger seat taking photos. Austin, I