Well...it's early morning, I'm up and awake here in a Motel 6 in Tifton, Georgia....about 90 miles north of the Florida State Line....and Opal's conked out in a bed beside me...Patches is hiding under the sheets behind the laptop here while I'm typing...and I've got to go take a shit really quick...
I'm back...that was a really good shit.
It feels really good to be back on the road. It's the first time I've had a chance to be on the road since we took the road trip last year to Park City for THE OUTHOUSE at Slamdance. Being on the road makes me want to make a move...who knows? We'll see what happens in Orlando this week....
I'm going to try to write a blog every day on this trip....whether it's short or lengthy...just at least a few lines to try to get on a writing routine online here....
Yesterday was something....over 1000 miles driven on the road trip yesterday alone. Here's a quick breakdown of what happened yesterday:
We woke up in Milford about 2:30 a.m.; brewed the coffee for the themos, and left Milford at 3:15 a.m.
My eyes were really hurting. I'm not an early morning person. Opal had to start driving.
30 miles on our way, on a country road...around 4 a.m....Patches threw up and shit in the pet cage. It was really stinking up the car. So we had to drive about 20 more miles with the shit smell, until we got to a truck stop a little before Springfield. Opal hosed out and wiped down the pet cage at the truck stop while I held Patches and wiped her down, taking the shit and vomit off of her.
When we got to Springfield, we gassed up, got a little groceries at the Wal-mart Supercenter, drove through the McDick's drive thru for some coffee for the road (the thermos was already drank by this time), and hit the road again around 5:30 a.m.
Around 7 a.m., Opal started really zapping out; so I took over. I started playing Wille's Super Hits CD to keep me company on the road.
We hit Memphis around 1 p.m.; got on 78 to Tupelo (same at Lamar Avenue)....hmmm...it seemed like we never left Lamar!
Got to Birmingham around 5 p.m.....looked pretty rough....I was zapping....so we stopped at a Pilot truck stop for Opal to take over...cops were all over that truck stop, and they were looking at us funny too...
Got through Montgomery around 7 p.m.....that town was looking pretty spooky....
Then went for about 150 miles on back country roads....
Finally got to I-75 here in Tifton, Georgia around 1 a.m. last night....Opal got the Motel 6 room....and we were beat to hell by the time we got in the room! Slept good....
A thousand miles behind us yesterday....and right now, we're about 200-300 miles from Orlando. We should be getting there by 4 or 5. I'll make notes of the drive, take some more pics of us on the way, then when we get there, we might check into the room first, then head over to the fest. We'll see.
Glad I was able to take the time to write all of this today! Will try to be back tomorrow!
Looking forward to getting to the Florida Film Festival today....
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