Hello, friends.
I am not sure if I posted an update or not. If I already did please excuse me. By the grace of God, we made it to Az. safe. The first part of the adventure was epic indeed. We picked up my daughter Valerie & her boys in Georgia. I got to see my son in laws shop (Hudson custom trailers) I left feeling confident the kids were doing good. From there we hit a Bucc-ees on the way to Orlando. Orlando was fantastic, with many memories that will last a lifetime made. Onward west to Palm Harbor Fl. What a great visit with my sister Chetty. She was so happy to see us all. It was a short visit, but I am glad I made the detour. We backtracked to Georgia and got Valerie and the boys home safely. It was only a four-hour drive, so I decided to push forward to I-10. At the Fl-AL border, we took a deer in the drill. Somehow the Jeep Grand Cherokee got us off the dark foggy stretch of I-10 without even stopping. A short way up the road at the first exit I determined it looked like the damage was extensive yet only body panels and the grill were involved. Somehow the plastic radiator reservoir was untouched. (small miracle) Long story short that night at the motel I made an appointment online for 10 AM at the Allstate appraiser (30 miles away in AL.) After I cleaned up some plastic rubbing on the wheel the jeep did her last service to me and got us there. Long story short All State totaled the jeep and gave me a great settlement. it only took 48 hr! We flew the rest of the way to Az. It was great spending time on the rod with Matt. I miss him even more now. Getting settled still so much to do! Enjoy the photo montage
I'm glad you got there in one piece, even if your Jeep didn't. After seeing the photo, I'm surprised that Allstate totaled it instead of having it repaired. My Toyota Tacoma had a lot more visible damage after a similar encounter and my insurer had it rebuilt. It's still plugging along just fine.
Hope you enjoy your new digs and that you start baking up a storm in no time.
Paul
and relieved that it was totaled. The visible damage was over 16,000 worth of damage. That was without the hidden damage to the suspension system that was causing the front left wheel to tilt in. The adjustor said the cost was right at the tipping point of totaled and repairable. It was have been a huge hassle to have to return to Alabama to retrieve the jeep, then drive it to Az. I guess I could have had it shipped though that would have been an expense. As it turned out AllState settled at just under 24,000 for the practically new, 2014 (25,000 miles) Hemi Grand Cherokee. That allowed me to get the Hyundai "pickup truck". The Black Widow is all the "Truck" this old fisherman/Pizziolo will ever need. All is well that ends well. I have already started on a few bakes. My observations so far, the water is a none issue. The softened filtered water I have is just fine. I will have to hunt down high-gluten flour.
Quite the epic trip, Will! I'm pleased to hear you made it out the other end OK.
Now you can get on with teaching the Arizonians how to make pizza.....
Lance
PS: that crack in the ground at AutoNation worries me a little....
Nice to hear from you Will!
Can't beat a good ol' road trip.
As for the Jeep, all I can say is.. Oh deer!! 😂
Thanks for all the photos. I myself have many fond memories of Orlando!