The Fifth Day - Voltooid

Here I sit, in Enterprise Alabama. What a day. By the time I hit the open road headed south, I felt a lot better. I nearly OD’d on Pepto, however. While IL wasn’t much to look at, the landscape changed as I crossed into Kentucky. I started to see ‘pretty things’. Rolling hills, nice trees and landscapes. AND…Left Lane Campers. Yup. Most of the drive felt like a NASCAR race. Folk would tailgate as if their lives depended on it. Frustrating. But - my light at the end of the tunnel - one Tara from Nashville (area). I’d “met” Tara nearly a decade earlier on mIRC chat room #PGT! To finally get my arms around her neck and give her a hug was very cool. We three (Myself, Tara and her darling and energetic son) had Lunch at a Japanese place. Pretty darn Good. I never before thought Fried rice would go well with Cocoa Puffs. After lunch I boot-scoot-boogied towards Alabama. I crossed into the state pert-near 2pm, and checked in here at Enterprise about 5pm. Just walking in the door and saying “hey!” to the hotel staff sealed the deal for me. Enterprise Alabama will be a GOOD place. Based on the suggested of the Hotel Manager, I had dinner at some sort of placed named for a mushroom. BEST PART- I enjoyed not ONE but TWO Yuengling Black n’ Tans. OMG!!!! I can’t tell you the last time (because I don’t recall, not because it’s a secret) I had a Yuengling, but these two sweet-lovin’ bottles of beer were the proverbial cherries on top. I had a lot more ideas to write about, but I’ve sort of lost them. I don’t have any pics to speak of either. ONE frustration…on my S2 - my dash-came…somehow the size of the images got changed, so about 2 hours short of my destination my memory card filled up. Unbeknownst to me, since just-before Montomery, AL I stopped taking pics. Sometime soon, I’ll retrace my route and complete my project. My mind is furiously running through scenarios of how my life has changed forever. I’m imagining the folk I’ll meet. I’m thinking about where I’ll live, what my new job will be like, and how I’ll ever find my way around. I have song stuck in my head - and it’s ME singing to probably every short-ish, sweet-talkin’ country girl down here…and at least one a few hours north! this isn’t the real one - but it’s the same song:

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(sigh)… Signing off, from my NEW home town.