I was home on leave about 6 months before I got out of the service. I had saved money and bought a short wheel base dodge van and fixed it up inside with a kickass stereo, small fridge and a bed in the back with storage space underneath. Anyway, it took days to get insurance so I could drive the damn thing because insurance companies considered me an itinerant since I was in the service. I made good use of a CB radio I installed in an overhead console with a pioneer supertuner while I drove the 1600 miles from Kansas City, MO to Camp Pendleton,CA in 22 hours. Heh... that included pulling over near Albuquerque, NM for 4 hours to sleep. I made it just in time. Before you start thinking I'm going off topic... Ryker probably took the same route I did when he and Jessy made the trip.