Ice Land (day 3 of my travels)

Well today was interesting……

We woke up to a wonderful layer of ice on the road after leaving the one and only La Quinta! What a wonderful drive it was through that rock solid ice. Speeds increasing to nearly 20 miles an hour, I know what you’re thinking….”He is Hardcore!”. And thank you for thinking that because it takes a man to navigate your way through thick nasty ice on a MAIN highway. We stopped halfway through the ice mess because a dozen miles worth of trees had frozen solid and basically looked like glass wrapped trees. If you can imagine a winter wonderland that froze over, this was it! One of the most interesting sights I have ever seen in my whole life. Anyways, after about a couple miles it was time for gas. Like most Californians, I put the pump in and went into the mini-mart. Apparently Oklahoma hasn’t caught on to the gas regulator on the pump and therefore seven extra dollars flooded from my tank and out of my pocket. Gasoline rushed out of that tank with no holding back. As much of a problem that was, it got us 400 miles on one tank (that’s what I’m talking about!). Ice cleared up 60 miles down the highway and we entered into Arkansas which is a very beautiful state. We stopped in Little Rock and sat down for some lunch. I had the best rueben sandwich of my life and a little more to eat. We were able to see a couple cool “little” sights for a second and then bolted towards Tennessee. We drove past Memphis and onto good ol’ Jackson, TN. It’s good because we met up with my uncle who I haven’t seen in 8 years! We like to call him Tony Carboni. We met up at a place called Logans Roadhouse and talked for a good 2 hours. He’s got the best laugh in the world and it was a great time to spend with him. We ended that wonderful time and shot straight for about 2 hours to Nashville,TN where I sit now…typing…..in a SUPER 8 motel.....yikes!

All in all the day was long but full of fun and good sites and good times. The only crappy part of this road trip, so far, has been New Mexico; Which I still believe is crap! Sorry if that offends you New Mexico lovers. I’m off to sleep to get some rest for my big arrival into the city where I will spend the next 6 months of my life learning, growing, and updating you. Louisville here I come!

Thanks everyone for reading, I’m out!!!