World Sojourner : 3760

Starting last night, I’ve had trouble with the default layout of my blog.  For some reason it drops the right column to the bottom.   So, until I find a fix for it this layout will have to do.

The Rolling Wagon with the Martine’s has arrived in Memphis Tennessee roughly two days after leaving Morgantown, West Virginia.  For those abroad, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and those other states are the ones sitting between New York City and San Francisco. 

Last night we stayed in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.  A nice little place, but we didn’t really do much sightseeing.  This morning, in honor of our drive to Memphis, we spun a few Elvis tunes until the Ipod ran out of gas.

Thankfully that’s the only thing that has run out of gas or overheated.  My luck with moving vans in the US isn’t really good, but now that I’ve sworn off U-haul all is well.  Our little budget rental truck is doing pretty well.  We have around one more day of hard driving (10 hrs or so) or two if we continue at our current pace.  Good money says two days before rolling into Dallas.

Tomorrow, Mrs M and I are heading to Graceland to see the sights.  Opened in 1982, Graceland is the epicenter of Elvis fan-dome and recently named as a National Historic Landmark.  I’m looking forward to the morning.  While not my favorite musician of all time, it’s hard to dislike Elvis and one has to respect the Elvis legend. 

Once we’re done shaking our hips, and a few quick pictures of the Mississippi River the Rolling Wagon is on the road again.

East West bound and down, loaded up and truckin’,
we’re gonna do what they say can’t be done.
We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
I’m east bound, just watch ol’ “Bandit” run.

I’d prefer a black Trans-Am and an 18-wheeler looking for some Coors beer, but our Budget rental truck will do for now.  Thanks to Married Man and Mrs M loading only took three hours. 

Keep your foot hard on the pedal. Son, never mind them brakes. Let it all hang out ’cause we got a run to make.
The boys are thirsty in Atlanta and there’s beer in Texarcana Plano, TX.
And we’ll bring it back no matter what it takes.

Of course it only took two days to get us into that position.

Mrs. M and I have about three to four days of driving in front of us; then a search for an apartment, car, TV, washing machine, and a damn good coffee maker.  It’s nice to be making a long trip that does require us loading up on US junk food and going through a security screening.

East West bound and down, loaded up and truckin’,
we’re gonna do what they say can’t be done.
We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
I’m east bound, just watch ol’ “Bandit” run.

The blog may go radio-silent for a while.  It really depends on which hotels have WI-FI access and which do not.

Since I’m back in the south, it’s okay to sign off

We’ll see ya, when we see ya