Louisiana
June 8, 2010 No CommentsTime: 5:35pm Mileage: 2924.7 Driver: Laura Song: Ride (Amanda Marshall) We crossed the Mighty Mississippi and are now offiicially in the western half of the country. Heading to Shreveport where we end our day.
Archive for State Lines
Mississippi
June 8, 2010 6 CommentsTime: 2:37pm EST Mileage: 2721.3 Driver: Laura Song: Candida (Tony Orlando & Dawn) Great driving roads! Really. Everyone else takes the 10 to go by the coast, but if you find yourself in a rush to get from Mobile, AL to Shreveport, LA we suggest starting the trip on US-98. Fresh peaches!
Florida
June 8, 2010 4 CommentsTime: 1:03pm EST Mileage: 2,664.6 Driver: Colleen Song: Waiting on the World to Change (John Mayer) Favorite small town of the trip…OK, only small town of the trip…Atmore, AL. Home of The Beans Store – Discover the Joy of Soy! Right next to the Rotary Club. Within walking distance of Florida, and riding distance of oil covered […]
Alabama
June 8, 2010 1 CommentTime: 10:38am Mileage: 2,444.1 Driver: Colleen Song: Let’s Go Crazy (Prince & The Revolution) A big shout out to Mama Graham – the only person we know in Alabama! So far .. The woman in the Rav4 doesn’t count – she didn’t know Colleen was that close to the back of her car. Colleen did […]
Georgia
June 8, 2010 2 CommentsTime: 7:28am Mileage: 265.0 Driver: Colleen Song: High on You (Survivor) Fresh peaches!
South Carolina
June 8, 2010 No CommentsTime: 6:28am Mileage: 2192.9 Driver: Colleen Song: Don’t Forget Me When I’m Gone (Glass Tiger) Note to self: Motion Sickness Patch = Good. Forgetting to put it one = Bad. Mountain roads in the dark = ridiculous.
North Carolina
June 8, 2010 1 CommentTime: 5:01 am Mileage: 2,110.4 Driver: Colleen Song: Green Tambourine (The Lemon Pipers) We did get a picture of the “Welcome to North Carolina” sign. To the uneducated eye, it looks a lot like a black square on a black background. But that’s what it looked like to us as well … neither Tennessee nor […]
Tennessee
June 7, 2010 2 CommentsTime: 9:03pm Mileage: 1,987.7 Driver: Laura Song: The dulcet voice of Julie on the telephone Kentucky and Tennessee are beautiful country .. met a couple of interesting folk at the gas station as we left Kentucky. First, there was Amin, the teeth (plural) impaired proprietor. Then, imagine a rasta dude in dirty clothes, sitting on the ground […]
Kentucky
June 7, 2010 No CommentsTime: 6:14pm Mileage: 1793.3 Driver: Colleen Song: What I Like About You (The Ramones) Kentucky is the home of the Bourbon Trail .. we got our first clue just 2 miles into the border when we were cut off by a woman holding a drink (yes, in a glass .. martini type glass) AND a […]
Wisconsin
June 7, 2010 5 CommentsTime: 11:23am Mileage: 1437.6 Driver: Laura Song: Laura and Colleen talking about Dan’s directions. In and out of Wisconsin in a flash. Sorry Wisconsin, but if we continued to drive through you in the direction we we’re going, we’d end up in Canada, and although lovely, wouldn’t get us any credit. We have named the GPS […]