It's as I feared: the excitement and impetus to really dig deep into everything that's going on begins to wane. The 24-hour drive back into Texas, while just as beautiful as the drive into California in the opposite direction, didn't leave me with the same urgent sense of its significance. I'm led to wonder if this relates at all to whether or ( Read more... )

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck yes ( Read more... )

I don't think I've mentioned replacing all the cables in my rig while in San Antonio, and it resulting in of all of my signal problems completely disappearing. But I did, and it did. So there's that ( Read more... )

So you remember the flat, yes? The one we changed in the rain after dark back when we were still in a part of the country that recognized the concept of autumn? Well of course we were responsible and had a new (to us) tire put on and checked. Problem is, wherever Andy had taken it apparently didn't think tightening the lug nuts was much of a ( Read more... )

Last night in San Antonio. Tomorrow morning (a few hours, really) we drive eight hours through the heart of Texan desert to El Paso, the parts of Texas I've been most waiting to see. Though I'm sure it won't differ too much from what I've seen so far. Despite the arid atmosphere chapping my lips and drying out my nose, the Texas I've seen is ( Read more... )

In an email from my boss, just now: "Kevin also spilled the beans yesterday in a meeting as to your whereabouts, and seeing as how Kathy S____ and Karen W____ were there, I am sure that the entire Darden community knows now! They'll all be beating my door down wanting their "get well" cards back ( Read more... )

(note: this and the last one come from San Antonio, on day one of some excellent R&R. I've slept 11 hours and am fed and washed and life is good.)Now here's a city to whom we owe a favor, big time ( Read more... )

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(note: this [La Salle Hotel, Bryan TX] is the first reliable connection I've had in a few days, so I'll hopefully be up to date before we bust up outs...)Damn you Chicago, for being so damn cold. Were you just a little farther south ( Read more... )

Flint had hooked us up pretty nicely hotel-wise, so we hung out as late as possible the next morning, when I finally got a chance to take a driving shift. Four hours of counting eviscerated deer and raccoon corpses later, we were in Chicago.


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