First of all, two apologies. The first goes to everyone looking for an update when there wasn’t one here. I made two abortive attempts to write one yesterday, but hated them. We’ll talk more about this later. Secondly, I’d like to publicly apologize to New Mexico for callously clumping it with Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas…
In what seems to be shaping up as a trend, I gave a mechanic a fistful of money today and he failed to actually fix the problem. I mean, it’s nominally better than it was. Now the roaring and being limited to 45mph is interspersed with short stretches where I can go as fast as…
Roberta Verona’s (RV, get it? Hey, don’t blame me, Susie and Bill did it. Susie mostly, I’m betting) health status is still unknown, and that has caused some serious changes in my plans. First of all, my main goal is now to get to San Diego on time, because I’m meeting Jonathan’s plane out there…
I’m tired. I didn’t get a particular lot of sleep last night. Kind of a stressful drive, too. The longest one I’ve had yet (but read on for dire tidings in that department), and out in the middle of it, as far from anything as I was all day, the RV starts acting strange. It…
Well, I’m in Memphis doing a little laundry before I leave town, and you can’t leave the machines unattended. Well, I mean, you _can_, but the signs are written in a manner that suggests possible gunplay if you try it. So I brought along the laptop and I’m getting updates done. Late late late last…
Graceland. How do I start with Graceland? Elvis was always on the periphery of my musical tastes. I was more likely to enjoy an album by someone who was influenced by Elvis then by the real thing. Then again, he was responsible for songs like Suspicious Minds and His Latest Flame and Kentucky Rain and…
I’m talking _really_ late night. I’m talking well into tomorrow morning late night. Today was a wonderful but exhausting day, and tomorrow I’ve got the longest single-day drive of my trip so far. And I don’t know if it’s just me (my size makes an awful lot of life physically uncomfortable for me) or if…
Just a quick note before the office shuts down. Graceland and Memphis today. Great day. I’ll be writing more tonight, but it won’t go in until tomorrow morning. Thanks to everyone who’s been reading, and particularly to those who’ve been emailing me, it’s wonderful to hear from you. By the way, it’s hotter than hell…
What a generally excellent day. I mean, considering I had to get up at six in the morning (did anyone catch that I was completed screwed up with regard to the time change when I complained about having to get up at 5 “my time?” I left my watch set to EDT, but set the…
Yes, I’m walking in Memphis. The RV seems much happier now, thank you very much. It did set me back an alternator, a starter, and the labor to put them in, but, as I mentioned in my last report, better there than in the middle of the desert somewhere. When planning the trip, I had…