MLB and I enjoy our Search for America Tours. The extra time in driving is more than offset by the absence of dealing with poory trained, uncaring, and often surly TSA employees. We can pack as big a bottle of shampoo as we want, and no one cares. We also don’t have to deal [...]
We arrived back at tbbs WorldHQ yesterday afternoon, after yet another successful Search for America Tour. The Cadillac was a great car, traffic not too heavy, and the weather favorable, as least as far as the absence of severe weather was concerned.
As we were heading south down I-81 southbound last weekend, we observed a [...]
The second of this year’s Search for America Tours starts tomorrow: Destination Arkansas. I had the day off from work; from what I saw on the Weather Channel earlier, I’m thankful we’re not driving through Tennessee tonight. Tomorrow’s prospects seem much brighter.
We just got back from IAD, with our rental Cadillac. Again, it will be [...]
January 24, 2009 – 5:19 pm
Our TomTom 930 GO GPS is an amazing device; it has replaced Diane, our non-updateable “training wheels” GPS that we bought some time ago1. Diane convinced us that a GPS is a good thing to have, so we bought the TomTom prior to the Search for America Tour’s jaunt to Chicago last summer.
We [...]
January 23, 2009 – 3:58 pm
There’s no place like home, etc. Faithful Cat came up to meet the car as we drove up 2 hours or so ago, and now sleeps on his pillow on the washing machine.
The Cadillac Capitalist Car has been cleaned out and returned to Avis@IAD. We’re catching up on email, Atom feeds, and the like. Mark [...]
January 22, 2009 – 10:56 pm
We’re safely in Roanoke VA, 200+ miles from home. In RoVA1, not NoVA2
It’s amazing to me that one state can encompass salt-of-the-earth common folk, and the effetely pretentious ones to whom we drive tomorrow. Whatever. Faithful Cat will be glad to see us, when we get there.
On the Search for America Tour, Economy [...]
January 21, 2009 – 8:41 pm
Tonight finds us in Cookeville TN, at the Hampton Inn1. We’d originally planned to head back on Thursday, but I’m still fighting off a cold, and the trip down really beat me up. Nodding off at the wheel, as I nearly did a couple of times on the way out, is not a Good Thing. [...]
January 21, 2009 – 8:24 pm
The MLK Day racing card at Oaklawn was a reasonably easy one as far as ticket cashing was concerned. I cashed 3 wins and an exacta in the first 8 races. Problem was, favorites dominated the day, so payoffs were light. Combine this with my new-found love of boxing in a longer shot, and [...]
January 19, 2009 – 11:54 am
Brother-in-law and I ventured out to the investment bank known as Oaklawn on Saturday afternoon. We had modest results, so we may still both safely be numbered in the working stiffs category.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been to a live horse race, though we go to Oaklawn for simulcast wagering on nearly every [...]
January 17, 2009 – 10:38 am
We arrived safely at 3:30 PM local time yesterday. Still bitterly cold. Would have posted this yesterday, but brother-in-law’s beer was just way too handy.
Oh, and the car is a Cadillac DTS, not a CTS as previously documented. A sweet ride, whose lifetime fuel economy went up to 19.2 mpg on yesterday’s [...]
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