Holiday Inn Express Suites Grenada

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During my three weeks on the road I managed to drive 5,152 miles using 135.3 gallons of gas. That means I averaged about 38 miles to the gallon on my Toyota Camry. Since the rating for the car is only 34, I think I did pretty good.

I saw some beautiful vistas. Visited some unique places and overall had a great time. I am already making plans for another trip in a year or so to see the sights in Utah and Colorado.

If anyone is ...

Miles today were 574.

Not too much to write for today. Just riding down the road, heading home. I Left Oklahoma City this morning, drove through Arkansas and then across the mighty Mississippi into Mississippi. Not far now. By the time I hit Greenwood I knew it wouldn't be long. And then I was home.

Sometime in the next few days I will be writing a final journey note. Just thoughts and trivia about the trip. Till then.

... problems with lack of water for the crops this season. Yesterday we commented on the number of large hog barns in AK along hwy 70 that appeared to be unused and wondered why. We continue to ponder this. There were many new homes in woodlot clearings (woodlots dominate that part of the state) and there was no evidence of corporate hog enterprises. Were the farms squeezed out by residential concerns, lack of market/profitability or were they ...

well, it's freking 8 in the mornin and i'm tired as all hell. i gotta get the airport and fly somewhere out in california. you know i've never been on a airplane before, heck i've never been out this damn state of mississppi. but you gotta do whacha gotta do about kicking some french behind.

(New Orleans > Holly Springs MS, Ash Wednesday, February 21, 2007)-A last round of breakfast and goodbyes in New Orleans in the morning and then on the road on I-55 to Grenada, then up Highway 7 to Holly Springs, stopping in Oxford to say hi to Chad Henson and enjoy a final shot of sushi at Two Stick. Dr D and I pull into Wallace Lester's ...

... in the river and this was the first vessel to be destroyed in that manner. A reb was watching from shore and when the Cairo got close enough to "his" bomb, he touched the two wires together and BOOM, down she went in 36 feet of water. It was raised in 1964... Cairo was 175' long and had a crew of 175 which sure seems like a crowd.. It weighed in at 888 tons!!! 2" thick iron on the sides.. As ...

... meeting. He was to call at 9:15 and I didn't hear so I called him at 9:35.. He said he was taking his kids to some lesson and he'd call me back in 15 minutes.. Waited an hour and no call.. I called him again and no answer, on a cell phone.. Called again in another hour and still no answer!! Strange.. My first people problem in AR... So I bought a newspaper and started looking ...

... Not my lucky day!! Cost would be somewhere between $1500 and $2000 depending on what they found when they got to the gears.. This bike, which I love, is now valued in the blue book at $2200.. Doesn't make sense to spend nearly that much to repair.. Thus I spent the day looking at used bikes and think I have found one that will work for me. I also found a used bike dealer that will buy my old bike as well. The Yamaha sales mgr sent me to the fore mentioned as he didn ...

... ills.. I got a big kick out of seeing some of the stuff and other people there were saying the same thing. I would guess there might be photos on the web and it might be worth checking out. Now for the bad news.. I took my bike to a diner last night about five miles from my camp. It was warm so I wore shorts and didn't ware my big helmet. When I got my speed up and shifted into 5th gear the bike made a terrible noise. I tried it several ...

This travelog is directly from my travel diary composed during our Scotland 2005 trip to Northern England and the Borders of Scotland. Words in italics are thoughts added during the transposing of that diary. Well, this is the day! After a long, hot summer working all the overtime I could to save for this trip - the day is finally here! I'm just a ...