the RATS of moose

The Random Access ThoughtS of a mid-west, approaching-middle-age, nurse starting the next phase of life.

Monday, January 15, 2007

Martin Luther King, Jr Day

Monday, January 15, 2007 Mileage 48754 at 8:45 am out of Warner-Robins.

Things that make you go hmmmm… a black guy speaking to a convention of rabbis at a resort in the Catskills in 1968. No, he wasn’t the opening act. He was the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., friend of one of the conventioneers, a rabbi who had marched with King from Selma to Montgomery. King was dead 10 days later. It was an interesting article in USA Today this morning. I wonder what would be different if John and Martin had lived?

Today’s theme is road construction. Lots and lots of road construction. And state patrol cars. Lots of people running radar. We have nothing to worry about.

Strange things along the road… the tallest interstate fence I have ever seen. Fence fence, not concrete and metal walls. Saw some guys erecting a portion, must be 10 feet tall. What in the world are they trying to keep out? Jumping alligators? Things that make you go hmmm.

Lily is still retching, but the vet seems comfortable with her recovery so will just wait some more. No signs of peritonitis.

Good billboards:
-Ladies and Gentlemen, start your blinkers – an ad for Starbucks 4 miles ahead. Kay’s driving. She says don’t even THINK about starting your blinker now.
-Chinese buffet with hot shower. That must be an interesting sight.

It is humid here. My head is really stuffy. But, we are in shorts. We seem to be just ahead of the weather. Tomorrow in Atlanta/Warner-Robins it’s supposed to be 50. Today’s high will be in the 70’s.

Just saw our first cotton… in the ‘Georgia Village Museum’. No, we didn’t stop. Saw it from the road. Saw the first Disney-related billboard just north of Warner-Robins last night. Have seen a bunch more this morning. Will be sick of them by the time we get to Ocala.

Did you know Porter Wagoner is still recording? And that some of his old stuff has been recorded by rock bands? Neither did I. Now I have a burning desire to look up who all has covered “The Rubber Room”. More info from USA Today. What can I say, the paper was free at the hotel. Kay grabbed one last night and the new one today. I love newspapers. I forgot to get a Sunday paper. I needed a newspaper fix.

I think when I get home I will have to go to the store and get a neck pillow like Kay’s. I’ll keep it in the truck for days when my sciatic nerve is bothering me.

Yee-ouch… when the sun comes out, it is BRIGHT and makes it devilishly hard to see the screen. Maybe I’ll go back to reading the paper.

There are all kinds of trees down around here. It looks like they have been pulled over to clear a field. Hmmmm…

Definitely time to quit writing… the road is very beriy bumpy now and can’t ytpe at all.

Well, we have reached the promised land. Or we did about 20 miles ago. The weigh station was closed and we failed to stop at the agricultural inspection station to declare our clementines. Oh, well. Come get us!! Hee hee hee
We are about 100 miles from Mom & Dad. It’s bright sunny and we have the air conditioner on. Quite a change from 20 and icy. I’ll take if for how ever long it lasts.


Ugh. We have over half the truck unloaded and we quit. We are all pooped and HUNGRY! and the pizza is here... Lator Gators!

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