An 8-hour slog on I-10 brought us to Jacksonville without incident. Now, originally, I'd thought we'd trailer our motorcycles to Jacksonville, ride to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, then ride back to Jacksonville. Well, I came to my senses, and we drove (no trailer) straight to Louisiana, and a good thing too. I-10 is the most boring soul-sucking road ever. We could practically have bungeed the steering wheel to something solid, set the cruise control and taken a nap. Riding 500 miles on that road on 2 motorcycles would have murdered us both. Car is better. And I never thought I'd say this, but +automatic transmission+ has its advantages, boy howdy.
We did get some pictures of the USS Alabama on the way here ("HOLY CRAP LOOK AT THAT ENORMOUS BOAT! AND THE GUNS ON IT! WOW!")
At any rate, we made it to Jacksonville and checked into our lovely hotel, and then went to dinner with my family (Uncle Tom & Aunt Linda, and Aunt Janet) at Blue Bamboo, and the food was beyond spectacular. The chef came out and chatted with us (Hi Tom, Tom's a regular, my goodness) and we bought a copy of his book (_Hip Asian Comfort Food_) and he signed it for us (!!) and everything! And Linda took the pictures for the book (WOW!) and so we made her sign it too! :-D Two gorgeous bottles of wine later and I gave the keys to Misty so that she could drive the (um ok 2 blocks) back to the hotel, with a stopoff at CVS...
We bought Chloraseptic throat spray and some tylenol. I have no voice, and it hurts to talk; Misty has a sore throat but is doing a little better than I am. Hopefully tomorrow, after a good night's sleep and more drugs, we'll be ok. Or at least better. Or at least vocal, and not sounding like Janis Joplin. :-/
I've driven across Nebraska twice (once was on the GSX-R), and it was the same way. *ZZZZZ*
ReplyDeleteI think I'm just used to that stretch of I-10, but yeah, snooze city. Plus having to ride that with a head cold would be major suck right now.
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