Made it to Mobile

[fbhjr]

We made amazing time. It usually takes 22-24 hours depending on traffic, where we stop, who we have to drag out of the rest areas and stuff back in the car.
This year 19 hours.
Not that events didn’t try and slow us down.
15 minutes into the drive I said “Why is that guy ahead of me hitting his breaks and dodging into the center median?”
The armchair in the high speed lane answered that question.

Also, you find the strangest things for rest area food in the little shops open at 3 in the morning:


About an hour out of Mobile, the highway system took it’s last shot at us. Route 65 isn’t very crowded. But, two cars ahead of us decided to share a lane. One bounced off into the breakdown lane.
The other turned sideways while doing about 80 and rolled down the highway, making a left into the center.
The guy hopped out and started running around. We got through the broken glass and debris and pulled over. About 6 other cars did too. So many people were calling 911, that the line was busy and we couldn’t get through.
As others had a much better look at what happened, lots of folks had stopped to help, no one needed any immediate help, and we couldn’t even call 911, we decided to press on.

The rental car did a very good job. It only had 450 miles on it when we got it. It now has almost 2000. It is very smooth. There were several points I said “90 is just too fast for a red car with Yankee plates”. (Note to anyone in the law profession reading this, I am not saying we were going that fast. Just that 90 is too fast for a car from up north while down south. That’s some generic car, not me...)

Anyhow, folks were happy to get here:


This year it is in the baseball stadium. We’ve never been there before.


It is always good to see the folks we don’t see often, even if it is just to take a sword to them.


As the sun set over Mobile, I went off to sleep for 11 hours. I’m told other folks did other things.


As a bonus picture: give my nickname for my wife, I think this is very funny:

Comments

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

19 Hours!!! Fantastic!

Despite witnessing a car rollover and an armchair...Um, WOW.

I hope you all have a great time and a fast but uneventful drive back up

[saeble.livejournal.com]

last image is too small for me to read the funneh sign :)

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

It says "Bear Island off limits"