Cruising along at night in Arkansas, somewhere around Hope:
20 minutes later, I am passing a semi, swerve to avoid what appears to be a large tarp covering something, right into the path of a ****ing driveshaft. Fubared the left front wheel:
Tire didn't make it either:
To make a long and beautiful story short and ugly, rolled into Little Rock on a donut spare at 3:30 am, hotel wanted $120, **** that, slept in my car (sort of) next to the Nissan dealer. $1100 for a new wheel, **** that. They found me a used one for $224 and had me back on the road around noon.
Eastern Arkansas weirdness:
Heading into Memphis:
Met with the owner of Optimum Polymer Technology (Dr. G), he bought me lunch at a nice Mexican restaurant in Memphis.
Saw this just outside of Memphis. Ugh.
Made it about 20 miles past Jackson, Tennessee. By now it was 6:30 PM and I had now been up 34 hours with maybe 1 hour of sleep (due to the wheel problem) so I stopped at a Days Inn. Woke up around 3 AM and got back on the road. I was so tired when I stopped, I didn't notice what was next to the hotel until I woke up:
Sunrise just after crossing over into Kentucky:
The Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY:
My trip computer's mileage estimate was optimistic, closer to 27 mpg. :sad2:
Cops were everywhere on the way to Kentucky:
Yes, this is a real sign in northern Kentucky (just south of Florence):
Detailed my younger son's Corolla:
Put a radiator in Chris' (Son of Scottwax) Accord so he washed and waxed it himself:
West into Arkansas through Memphis:
Mississippi Bridge:
Ugh
Driving west in east Texas:
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