10 August, 2009

Texas? Texas! Texas.

timemileupdate
7:30?22.3Gas up in the exotic, foreign land called "Lakeville". I move on before I can be savaged by the natives.
7:41?33.0Exit 69: haha!
07:5745.0Heavy downpour. Losing reception of The Current.
08:0050.5Dark sky ahead. Lots of rain. I have no windshield wipers. Road construction.
08:0757.1The Current ends. Semis and dump trucks trying to kill me.
08:2270.1Exit 32: Hope.
08:4499.2No more rain! 8 miles to Iowa. Car in limp mode.
08:52108.7Iowa!
09:53169.0Be Aware (Careful?) of Crosswinds. Energy drink fading.
10:12205.2Lubbock is West Texas? Getting directions via text. Need a nap [map?].
10:19213.5Steering column starts smoking. Cruise control? Stops, eventually.
10:23218.4I don't like the noises that the highway makes.
13:19322.4Back on the road after short nap at rest stop.
13:24328.0Missouri! Also, $10,000 fine if I hit a worker.
15:43469.4Kansas turnpike.
16:10???After a little scare, decide I'm on the right track. No turnpike ticket?
18:03???Still on 35. Paved with new asphalt.
19:51749.5Gas, no nap. Push on!
20:33799.0Took the wrong exit, but it turned out to be the right one.
21:01830.7Still more road construction.
22:52954.8Screamed for eight minutes. It went well.
23:511006.9Bathroom break at nicest rest stop evAR! Car sounds terrible.
?0:0?1??8.0Voices...?!
0?:???1?e.eRoad turns into a river.
??:0*1?q9.@Shadowy blob sitting on overpasses keeps trying to kill me.
?1:*?11?!.9Someone is in the back seat.
*2:?!1207.6Exit 3 is closed!
?2:0r1208.3Find my way to the address. Sit outside for a bit wondering if it's the right house.
0?:2!1208.3Lizzy doesn't answer my text.
02:3*1208.3She does answer her phone though! I'm here! Alive! Thank Jebus!