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Showing posts with label road travel. Show all posts

Mar 15, 2020

We Have Found What We've Been Looking For - Subaru Outback SUV

Well what do you know? Dear husband found the SUV that he's been shopping around online for.  It has the color and the features that we've been looking for.  Guess where he found it? It's in Oklahoma City. :)

Call us crazy but we drove up to Oklahoma City from Dallas this weekend to look and buy it.  We talked about this and our decision was final. We drove up there and bought the Subaru Outback SUV (pre-owned). We traded our Hyundai Elantra and finance the balance.  Our credit score came out to be in excellent standing so the interest rate is very low. 

It was a one-day eight-hour trip to and from Oklahoma City on a rainy day weekend, and coming home with a newly-bought pre-owned Subaru Outback SUV.  



Mar 1, 2020

Shopping For A Sport Utility Van (SUV)

Hello everyone! It is March already. How's your weekend been? Mine? I had a great weekend.  My family and I went to the Subaru dealer in McKinney to check a Subaru Forester we saw on their website on Friday. Unfortunately, it was not there anymore Saturday.  It has been sold already. :( Oh well.  We just have to wait for the right time and the right price for us to get a new vehicle. 

Our sedan needs to be replaced by an SUV soon. So we are looking for the perfect SUV for the family.  We love traveling and we bring lots of stuff with us whenever we go on vacation. So an SUV would be awesome and we are eyeing for a Subaru SUV right now.



Nov 11, 2014

Access Your Remote Worksite With Temporary Roadways

Don’t let any terrain keep you from where you need to be. Even the most inaccessible working areas can be reached with temporary roadways from Quality Mat Company. When you’re looking for a suitable surface, temporary access roads made from interlocking ground protection mats are an ideal solution. 

Before the 1970s, when Quality Mat Company introduced this method of road building, site operators were forced to take drastic measures to arrive at their construction location. Using aggregate road material or fill was one option, while some contractors chose to use a more labor-intensive process of laying individual timber boards alongside one another until a surface was created. Work schedules for projects continued to grow larger and longer.

Once interlocking mats were used to build temporary roadways, everything changed for the better. East to install and remove, these temporary access roads allowed not only shorter set up and removal of job sites, but also faster travel time for heavy machinery.
Distributing weight across the network of mats allowed the mats to provide a more stable base without damaging the ground beneath. With their laminated finish, these interlocking mats will stand up to years of heavy use on any type of job site.

To order your mats and create a temporary roadway to your next construction site, contact Quality Mat Company today at 800-227-8159.

Nov 26, 2010

Unique Home Address Signs

I went to visit a friend two weeks ago. It was my very first time to be in the town where she lives. I drove in the back roads because that's the route my gadget guided me. The drive was pretty smooth except in the areas where road works are on going.

Looking for her house did not took me so long. Their address sign is very clear to see from hundreds of feet away. While I was looking around to find a parking spot, I noticed that her neighbors' home have the same wall address plaque as hers. Uniformed. Which, I think, is cool.

I saw her husband walking towards me and teased, "I see, looks like you have a big basketball in there," pointing at my big belly. "She's waiting for you," and he led me to their house. We were laughing because I told my friend that her husband teased me about my baby bump. I also complimented about how unique their home address plaques are.

It was a nice visit. My friend gave me a bag full of infant clothing. She has a little girl too. I think that's sweet.

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Jun 26, 2009

Off To SeaWorld

Our trip to San Antonio to visit SeaWorld started last night. We arrived Best Western hotel past two o'clock in the morning. That was a very smooth drive from Fort Worth (which took as just 4.5 hours of driving). Pretty amazing. We only had three stops at rest areas.

Traveling at night makes you feel bored because of the darkness around you. But you should keep your focus on the road if you want to arrive to your destination safely.

This is my first summer getaway here in the USA. I am very happy that I will experience the fun at SeaWorld. One of my dream vacation destinations. Thank God we had a safe travel last night.

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Apr 19, 2009

Supposed To Be A Stormy Weekend?

Due to bad weather, we were not able to go to Tyler this weekend. There was a thunderstorm with heavy rains Friday morning. The rest of the day was cloudy and cold. Also, I am expecting my monthly visitor any time soon so that is the second reason why the trip was postponed. I have bad cramps.

Instead, we just run errands yesterday. We went to the bank, post office, and electronic store in Plano. After the tasks were done, we agreed stopping by car dealers that we saw along the way back to Fort Worth. It was another fun and wonderful day for us.


Apr 7, 2009

Relaxing From The Trip

'Have nothing much to do. The house is tidy and I still have food in the fridge. My honey told me to relax because we were tired from our two-day trip.

Road travel is fun but tiring. You will drive for hours to the place you are heading. Your back and butt hurts if you do not adjust your seats properly. Plus, you will have to stop somewhere convenient to ease the uncomfortable feeling. But when you arrive to the destination, you feel the relief and you want to relax a bit to prepare for the fun that awaits.

Anyway, now I am just going to iron our work clothes for the week.