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sff_corgi_lj) wrote2005-09-27 11:33 am
sff_corgi_lj) wrote2005-09-27 11:33 am
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The car has finally STOPPED.
I got to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
myfanwy's a couple hours after I'd expected to, but with all those traffic problems I had? I'm surprised I wasn't driving a full 24 hours instead of... what, 21ish? (1262 miles, no matter how long.) I didn't have to nap as often as I suspected I might; just the once, and a little Vivarin. What was somewhat surprising as to its effectiveness was just sucking on Hall's Defence drops. I think it was not as much the sugar, but the fact that moving the tongue is apparently linked to concentration somehow.
Something very odd spotted on I-65, still south of Indy by a good bit: A Publix truck. Publix?? Here? Last time I looked, they were all through Florida with a few incursions into Georgia. What the blazes is Publix driving around Indiana for?
Also saw various crews certainly headed south as either 'additional troops' or relief -- a squadron of electrical cherry-pickers, a flight of tree-trimmers... and actual 'additional troops'! A long, long convoy of military vehicles -- a few HumVees, verious equipment on flatbeds, some bigger trucks (deuces?) which looked designed to wade through large puddles, as they had large wheels and had very high undercarriages.
I found, serendipitously, while schlepping through the endlessness that is Tennessee on a horizontal axis, the Lodge Cast Iron Cookware Outlet shop in South Pittsburg (home of the Pirates and the National Cornbread Festival). O drool unmitigated. I was nowhere near as bad as I wanted to be, but the Powerball Lottery is at $148 million and I have tickets now. Then after getting back on the expressway (I-24), one of the most beautiful areas on the planet was revealed -- Nickajack Lake. Apparently it's artificial -- created as a result of damming. Still gorgeous, though.
D'Argo is still somewhat perplexed, and has an urpy tummy on top of that. He's not eating his nice late supper/breakfast/if-you-don't-eat-it-dog-it'll-be-lunch. Considering we didn't really stop for a meal yesterday, I'm kind of surprised (we did have snacks). Otherwise, he seems to be enjoying new smells and people to visit.
Hopefully, tonight Myfi and I will start our 'Serenity' marathoning, as she's never seen ANY of the original series, and I have eleven issues of 'The Signal' AND the comic trilogy for her instruction. ;)
myfanwy's a couple hours after I'd expected to, but with all those traffic problems I had? I'm surprised I wasn't driving a full 24 hours instead of... what, 21ish? (1262 miles, no matter how long.) I didn't have to nap as often as I suspected I might; just the once, and a little Vivarin. What was somewhat surprising as to its effectiveness was just sucking on Hall's Defence drops. I think it was not as much the sugar, but the fact that moving the tongue is apparently linked to concentration somehow.Something very odd spotted on I-65, still south of Indy by a good bit: A Publix truck. Publix?? Here? Last time I looked, they were all through Florida with a few incursions into Georgia. What the blazes is Publix driving around Indiana for?
Also saw various crews certainly headed south as either 'additional troops' or relief -- a squadron of electrical cherry-pickers, a flight of tree-trimmers... and actual 'additional troops'! A long, long convoy of military vehicles -- a few HumVees, verious equipment on flatbeds, some bigger trucks (deuces?) which looked designed to wade through large puddles, as they had large wheels and had very high undercarriages.
I found, serendipitously, while schlepping through the endlessness that is Tennessee on a horizontal axis, the Lodge Cast Iron Cookware Outlet shop in South Pittsburg (home of the Pirates and the National Cornbread Festival). O drool unmitigated. I was nowhere near as bad as I wanted to be, but the Powerball Lottery is at $148 million and I have tickets now. Then after getting back on the expressway (I-24), one of the most beautiful areas on the planet was revealed -- Nickajack Lake. Apparently it's artificial -- created as a result of damming. Still gorgeous, though.
- This is the official navigation map of the area (433Kb). If you load the image, you'll see that the Lake and its dam/lock complex are actually part of the Tennessee River.
- This is a photo which does not do the view I saw justice. Alas.
- This photo's a lot better, although it wasn't as 'atmospheric' when I passed by.
- One last photo, from the air. Still insufficient, but taking photos at 70-80mph? Not at all practical, especially since the camera was in one of my high-tops.
D'Argo is still somewhat perplexed, and has an urpy tummy on top of that. He's not eating his nice late supper/breakfast/if-you-don't-eat-it-dog-it'll-be-lunch. Considering we didn't really stop for a meal yesterday, I'm kind of surprised (we did have snacks). Otherwise, he seems to be enjoying new smells and people to visit.
Hopefully, tonight Myfi and I will start our 'Serenity' marathoning, as she's never seen ANY of the original series, and I have eleven issues of 'The Signal' AND the comic trilogy for her instruction. ;)