Hahaha this is so accurate. I got to mebane at 10 am & it was absolutely crazy. We only made it to 2 stores, but finally got full credit at Chattanooga!
Haha, I see our van parked as you are leaving! We stayed in Sevierville at the Wilderness at the Smokies waterpark hotel the day before. We got to our hotel in Burlington and heard the same as you that so many people were there, and that made us want to get there much earlier than we originally planned. We ended up getting in line at the Mebane store at 6:50am without any traffic, really... and were thankfully just ahead of the bell curve of people and lines the whole way. We waited about an hour at Mebane, starting at the end of the line wrapped only 1 time around the building. Waited maybe 30 min at Winston Salem, a little more than an hour at Knoxville. We were pulling out of the parking lot at Knoxville a firetruck was pulling in. Got to Chattanooga, and there was no line at all, but as we were leaving there, a small line had started forming up. Finally in Nashville we waited maybe 15 min. Wrapped the day up right at 6pm (1.5hrs earlier than my original planning estimate!), and then went shopping in Nashville, before heading home just south of Nashville. The whole experience was so much fun, but from what we heard, if we had taken 20-30 minutes longer to get to Mebane, we might have gotten stuck in Knoxville, and had to have waited many more hours throughout the trip, maybe not even finishing it!
we Arrived at mebane at 8 am and the line was already wrapped around the building and looped up in the parking lot. We waited for 3 hours in the hot sun. And they ran out of passports within the hour and started putting stamps on what seemed to be whatever they could find. We left straight for Knoxville and didn't even get to get off the interstate it was so backed up. We then went to directly to chattanooga and were in line for two more hours! They gave us all $800 thank god but yesterday was a nightmare.
I think I talked to you in Mebane standing in line. Was running on an Hr of sleep the night before & was in the stage of delirious when I'd finally got to Store #5, Mebane on my trip
I’m so jeallouuuussss. We got stuck in the horde T_T trust me, getting double stamps weren’t worth the line. We would have much preferred to drive merrily from store to store. Good job getting started early
100% agree 😂 not to mention, we didn't get any of the swag since they ran out super early on. We technically made it to 3 stores, but we only got stamped at 2. The moment we got in line in Knoxville, an employee was offering a sticker that would count as a stamp if you were willing to skip the $50 and just wanted to book it to Chatt. Luckily, Chattanooga gave us the credit for all 3 TN stores! I think we left Knoxville about 10 minutes before they officially closed it 😂
We got to Mebane at 8! Or, we got to the exit at 8 😂 I fully did not expect such a turnout! We didnt leave Mebane until 11:30, it was miserable! Finally made it back home in Nashville around 12:30am!
@@VooDooTennessee we didn't make it to Winston Salem or Nashville (even though we live there 😂 we would have gotten to the store around 11pm, so I'm really glad Chattanooga gave us the full credit!) the Knoxville stop only lasted about 15 minutes, they were offering a sticker to act as a stamp to those who were willing to forego the $50 we were supposed to get so that we could just book it on to Chattanooga. We took that option, but since the store was shut down about 10 minutes after we left, we didn't really beat the rush 😂 got to Chattanooga around 6pm, got our credit by 9:30. No swag at all though, not even the passport. I'm pretty sure they were out of those by 8am 😅
Even though you went to all 5 stores you were smarter and better off because you started so early. If it wasn't for central time we would never made it to Nashville
Man! We would have so done this!! Thanks for taking us along. Great play by play. Congrats on a great family memory!!
Thanks so much!
Hahaha this is so accurate. I got to mebane at 10 am & it was absolutely crazy. We only made it to 2 stores, but finally got full credit at Chattanooga!
I'm glad you ended up getting full credit! I must have been hell at Mebane at 10!
I can't think of a more wholesome video. I sure wish we had something even close to those large used book stores down here in Florida.
Thanks man that's a very nice think to say!
You can thank myself and Gentleman Jim’s for Warren Zevon. You’re welcome.
Great video, my friend. Ash and I were laughing hysterically.
You are not wrong brother, before Jim's and you I only knew "Werewolves of London", glad y'all liked it, impressed you spotted that!
@@VooDooTennesseea split second of Excitable Boy is all I caught! HAHA! Love it!
Haha, I see our van parked as you are leaving! We stayed in Sevierville at the Wilderness at the Smokies waterpark hotel the day before. We got to our hotel in Burlington and heard the same as you that so many people were there, and that made us want to get there much earlier than we originally planned. We ended up getting in line at the Mebane store at 6:50am without any traffic, really... and were thankfully just ahead of the bell curve of people and lines the whole way. We waited about an hour at Mebane, starting at the end of the line wrapped only 1 time around the building. Waited maybe 30 min at Winston Salem, a little more than an hour at Knoxville. We were pulling out of the parking lot at Knoxville a firetruck was pulling in. Got to Chattanooga, and there was no line at all, but as we were leaving there, a small line had started forming up. Finally in Nashville we waited maybe 15 min. Wrapped the day up right at 6pm (1.5hrs earlier than my original planning estimate!), and then went shopping in Nashville, before heading home just south of Nashville. The whole experience was so much fun, but from what we heard, if we had taken 20-30 minutes longer to get to Mebane, we might have gotten stuck in Knoxville, and had to have waited many more hours throughout the trip, maybe not even finishing it!
We also had coolers with food and that helped a ton. We ate in line at Knoxville to save some time.
Wow man it sounds like y'all were right on the edge of it! That footage of us leaving was at 7am so y'all really did good!
we Arrived at mebane at 8 am and the line was already wrapped around the building and looped up in the parking lot. We waited for 3 hours in the hot sun. And they ran out of passports within the hour and started putting stamps on what seemed to be whatever they could find. We left straight for Knoxville and didn't even get to get off the interstate it was so backed up. We then went to directly to chattanooga and were in line for two more hours! They gave us all $800 thank god but yesterday was a nightmare.
Well I'm glad you got the credit anyway! Thanks so much for watching!
Outstanding trip and vid! Not sorry for telling you about it 😂
Oh we had a blast man!
I think I talked to you in Mebane standing in line. Was running on an Hr of sleep the night before & was in the stage of delirious when I'd finally got to Store #5, Mebane on my trip
Could be, we got there about 6:15 am and were gone by 7:00 am, thanks for watching!
McKay’s death march fr 😭 I was one who started in Mebane 😔‼️
Us too! Thanks for watching
I saw a SUV the other day in Asheville that had a decal that said "#McKaysfirstfamilyRoadtrip".
Oh I don't doubt it !
I’m so jeallouuuussss. We got stuck in the horde T_T trust me, getting double stamps weren’t worth the line. We would have much preferred to drive merrily from store to store. Good job getting started early
Oh lord, how many did you end up getting to?
100% agree 😂 not to mention, we didn't get any of the swag since they ran out super early on. We technically made it to 3 stores, but we only got stamped at 2. The moment we got in line in Knoxville, an employee was offering a sticker that would count as a stamp if you were willing to skip the $50 and just wanted to book it to Chatt. Luckily, Chattanooga gave us the credit for all 3 TN stores! I think we left Knoxville about 10 minutes before they officially closed it 😂
We got to Mebane at 8! Or, we got to the exit at 8 😂 I fully did not expect such a turnout! We didnt leave Mebane until 11:30, it was miserable! Finally made it back home in Nashville around 12:30am!
Oh lord, did y'all hit all the stores?
@@VooDooTennessee we didn't make it to Winston Salem or Nashville (even though we live there 😂 we would have gotten to the store around 11pm, so I'm really glad Chattanooga gave us the full credit!) the Knoxville stop only lasted about 15 minutes, they were offering a sticker to act as a stamp to those who were willing to forego the $50 we were supposed to get so that we could just book it on to Chattanooga. We took that option, but since the store was shut down about 10 minutes after we left, we didn't really beat the rush 😂 got to Chattanooga around 6pm, got our credit by 9:30. No swag at all though, not even the passport. I'm pretty sure they were out of those by 8am 😅
Even though you went to all 5 stores you were smarter and better off because you started so early. If it wasn't for central time we would never made it to Nashville