I am sitting at my favorite truck stop -- Iowa-80 at Walcott, Iowa. It has 2 truck museums, 8 restaurants, a free theater for truckers, dentist, barbershop, etc. and free internet service. The last four days have been quite gruelling.
We are happy to announce that Stephanie finally had her child. Go to her blog "Today We Love" and you can see lots of pictures of S. David Brown. I will post one of them here but if anyone wants to e-mail me pictures of kids, grandkids, etc. I will be happy to post them here.
Okay, I have a new Lawrence Knows. You would think that I am making these up but they are true. Wednesday, we left New Orleans to take a HAZMAT load to Los Angeles. I was driving late at night on I-10 and approached San Antonio. Earlier, Lawrence told me to stay on I-10 the whole way until my time for driving was up and he would take over.
As it turns out, HAZMAT loads are not allowed in San Antonio unless you are delivering there. You have to take I-210, the belt route around San Antonio. I proceded to do so and Lawrence, who was sleeping in the berth behind a zippered curtain wanted to know what I was doing. I told him I was taking I-210 around San Antonio because HAZMAT was not allowed through (Sheesh, he should have known this with his superpowers). As it turns out, I-35 goes from San Antonio to Dallas and piggybacks I-210 for 4 miles. Too late, I saw the exit for I-210 and I was driving on I-35. Immediately from behind the curtain, I hear "That doesn't sound good. Did you miss the exit?" WHAT??? I never left the road -- it sounded exactly the same! I realize that I-210 might sound differently from I-35 (not to we regular mortals) but this meant that Lawrence had to know the difference in sound between the two roads and within a couple of seconds when that change in sound should have occurred.
It's like I am being trained by a super hero.
Lawrence Knows.
This week, I got to see a brown pelican on Lake Pontchartrain, LA and a road runner crossing I-10 in western Arizona. I also got to city the city cemetary in New Orleans. Talk about weird. Because the city is below sea level, nobody is buried underground. Everyone in this cemetary is buried in a crypt. These crypts are all little buildings and this truly looks like a city of the dead. It was quite creepy. Hopefully, when Jonathan and I drive together, I will have a camera and will be able to take a few pictures to post on the blog.
Since my last posting, I have gone from:
Alexandria, LA to New Orleans, LA to Phoenix, AZ to Los Angeles, CA (2125 miles)
Los Angeles, CA to Denver, CO to Walcott, IA (1850 miles )
Total mileage: 26,350 miles.
I can also add California, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah to the states I have driven in. After dropping this load in Neenah, WI, we are supposed to go to Minnesota. We will keep our fingers crossed that this will end sometime. More later, when I get the chance.
