Daily Archives: November 8, 2011
Gain an hour, lose an hour, gain an hour . . .
or, Whipsawing through the time zones.
After a great Mexican meal at Tequila’s in Centralia, IL, and a great time with Jan’s sister, Debbie and her family last night, we wanted to get a early start this morning on a long day.
We had about 380 miles to travel, so we were up at 6:30 (OMG!) and on our way by 7am.
Since I had hooked up the toad last night after we got back, a quick walk-around and off we went.
Since we left Indian Lakes Thousand Trails Monday morning, and ended up here, we’ve taken a 170 miles trip and turned it into a 615 mile one by zig-zagging through four states and in and out of three time zones.
I think all my atomic clocks have just given up trying to set themselves.
We had light rain for the first couple of hours, but with the clearing, the winds came, and never left. Several times I thought I was going to change lanes without ever moving the steering wheel
About 10am, and 25 miles back into Indiana, we stopped at a Flying J / Denny’s for breakfast. One thing kind of funny here is, that despite Pilot and Flying J merging and combining their stations, this stop had a Pilot and a Flying J across the street from each other, and both very busy.
Right after we got back on I-64E we starting seeing signs saying I-64 was closed at Louisville, and we would have to take I-265N to I-65S back to I-64E. Turned out not to be a big problem and only added about 10 miles to our trip.
Found out that they had closed the I-64 bridge over the Ohio River going into Louisville about two weeks ago due to cracks being found in the bridge structure. They say it’ll be closed until March 2012 for repairs.
Coming through Lexington we got on I-75S, and about 50 miles later, we pulled into the RV park at the Renfro Valley Entertainment Center, home of the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame and Museum, about 4.
Started in 1939, the Center provides a home for great classic country, southern gospel, and mountain bluegrass music, along with shopping and a number of restaurants. But right now, they’re just running on weekends through Dec. 17th. This past weekend they had B. J. Thomas and Gary Puckett performing here. Sorry we missed them.
We’ve pretty much got the park to ourselves, except for maybe one other RV. But for $16 a night for 30amp full hookups, it can’t be beat.
After we got set up, we drove down the road a couple of miles to McDonalds for supper. I’d been wanting a McRib since they came back out, so tonight was my chance.
It was good, but it needs to be hotter. Maybe they need to offer jalapenos, or maybe next time I’ll take some of my Ghost Chilies with me to put on it. That would do it.
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Thought for the Day:
Question on College Ethics Exam:
Client comes in to pay an outstanding invoice of $100. He gives you a $100 bill. You flip it over and notice a $1,000 bill stuck to the back.
Question, do you report the $1,000 to the IRS?
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