Today was to be the day of the epic 1300 mile drive from Chapel Hill, NC to Austin, TX for the fest. Our plan was to drive around 12 hours today and make it to around New Orleans, get a cheap motel room for the night, and do the rest of the drive the following day. Seemed tough, but could be worse for sure.
The next day,we wake up early, get our stuff together, load up the van and leave pretty much dead on 9:00am. So far, so good. Or at least for about ten minutes until we realize that the AC (that was fixed for a mere $700 a couple of days previously), isn't doing the best job of keeping us cooled down. It's in fact blowing really hot air out. No big deal. The mechanic probably just forgot to put the coolant in. We drop the van back off at the mechanics and pop to the local coffee place to get some breakfast. Three hours pass and we decide that it's probably a smart move to see what's going on. It turns out that the pipe is leaking and needs to be replaced. They may be able to get it from the next town over so we decide to wait it out.
A few more hours pass and we get a call saying they've found it and can put it in. Daniel drives the van back and drops us off at the local cinema to kill time. Me and Tim go watch 'The Hangover 2' in the most cold cinema ever. At one point I try and buy a small bottle of water. "That'll be $4.95 please sir." Yeah, good one mate.
Following that, a whole 8 hours after initally setting off, we leave for Austin. Now we've wasted the time we allotted for resting, we pretty much drive straight for 25 hours with Daniel and Tim taking the drive in shifts. We arrive in Austin the next afternoon with a whole 90 minutes to kill before the fest starts, so it's time to drink...
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