Road Trip Day 1 - On The Road Again. Again.

140408 - 09:34

First day out was uneventful; got all the gear loaded, attended two separate birthday parties (both in the opposite direction of where the road trip would be taking us) got on the road around 20:00 and actually got about 3 hours in before we had to look for a hotel, which we hadn't bothered to do beforehand (a minor adventure in itself, although, admittedly, and very minor one since it was Sunday night and the city we were stopping in wasn't likely to be hosting any major conventions).

Ended up at a Courtyard which boasted Free Low Speed WiFi (and it was about the lowest speed connection I've used since 1998 - which is why I didn't post anything last evening). Uneventful overnight stay, except for one very confused drunk guy.

Currently on I75 heading north. We just passed Lake City, Florida. Lots of purple wildflowers already in bloom.

More soon.

140408 - 22:04

The rest of the day was just about as uneventful as the initial part; no craziness, no big delays, nothing too far out of the ordinary (although we did see a pretty large fire southeast of Atlanta). The crew stayed happy, traffic was good (lots of road work all along I75, kept us around 55 for far more of the trip than we would have liked), the weather was not extreme; all in all very manageable for the 'long haul' portion of the trip.

For today I can easily recommend Buck's BBQ and Catfish, both the BBQ and the catfish (since I had enough of both to know that they are excellent). The food's great, the prices are reasonable, and the people are friendly; what else do you want.

Tomorrow we will be out and about and hopefully we'll get some photos and video of things other than sad billboards and bad coffee.

(Thinking seriously of a new segment called 'Bad Coffee Journal'. I would never run out of topics. ;-) ) Here's the rough cut video from today:


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