Oct. 8th, 2009
The Old Wolf Express - Day Two
Oct. 8th, 2009 07:51 pmI don't know which is worse... no connectivity, or connectivity that's supposed to be good and is so slow that I merely want to rip my fingernails out with a pliers.
Yarg!
Sitting in an Arby's connected to a Pilot truck stop. Full of a free cheese roast beef that I scored for filling out a survey. Thus, with my limited connectivity, I feed you:
The Old Wolf Express - Day Two
The day's driving was uneventful and I was blessed once again with good weather – El Shaddai is great, my prayers are being answered. Nebraska is long and flat – Just west of Omaha is what must be the straightest section of interstate in the nation. God bless our farmers.
As the freeway south of Omaha took me within 3 miles of Selden, a Freefall forumite whom I have visited in the past, I took the opportunity to pay him a brief call – paying $1.25 each way to cross a teeny tiny bridge across the Platte river, and have pleasant words with the ancient of days who guarded the tollbooth. Selden's family has a beautiful homestead in the hills outside of Plattsburgh – and two adorable Corgis. Haha! This time I was able to get through town without the evil officer Sloat giving me a ticket.
Made it to Kansas City at about 6:10 after navigating construction delays and stalled cars, where I met
dragonet2 at Chubby's diner for dinner – it was a delightful meeting, and I enjoyed meeting another virtual friend in RL. She is very knowledgeable about science fiction conventions, and I learned much. Dinner was your typical diner fare, but I had breakfast – french toast, scrambled eggs, bacon, and a huge biscuit with gravy that would have made a whole meal… *belch*.
After dinner I drove south to Olathe, where I had a brief but wonderful meeting with a cousin whom I have not seen for years and years. Also met her two pleasant sons, aged 12 and 15, who must be God's testosterone kings – these boys both look about 8 years older than they really are. By the hoary head of Mogg's grandfather, I have seen hyperpilosity, and it is frightening!
Found a Petro truck stop at N 39º 0'58", W 94º 7'57" – a huge affair with very nice facilities for truckers – showered up and then around midnight scooted down the road to a truck parking area with a dark corner. Slept like a stone and awoke the next morning at 9:00 to a beautiful, sunny fall morning. Who knows what the day will bring?

Sitting in an Arby's connected to a Pilot truck stop. Full of a free cheese roast beef that I scored for filling out a survey. Thus, with my limited connectivity, I feed you:
The Old Wolf Express - Day Two
The day's driving was uneventful and I was blessed once again with good weather – El Shaddai is great, my prayers are being answered. Nebraska is long and flat – Just west of Omaha is what must be the straightest section of interstate in the nation. God bless our farmers.
As the freeway south of Omaha took me within 3 miles of Selden, a Freefall forumite whom I have visited in the past, I took the opportunity to pay him a brief call – paying $1.25 each way to cross a teeny tiny bridge across the Platte river, and have pleasant words with the ancient of days who guarded the tollbooth. Selden's family has a beautiful homestead in the hills outside of Plattsburgh – and two adorable Corgis. Haha! This time I was able to get through town without the evil officer Sloat giving me a ticket.
Made it to Kansas City at about 6:10 after navigating construction delays and stalled cars, where I met
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After dinner I drove south to Olathe, where I had a brief but wonderful meeting with a cousin whom I have not seen for years and years. Also met her two pleasant sons, aged 12 and 15, who must be God's testosterone kings – these boys both look about 8 years older than they really are. By the hoary head of Mogg's grandfather, I have seen hyperpilosity, and it is frightening!
Found a Petro truck stop at N 39º 0'58", W 94º 7'57" – a huge affair with very nice facilities for truckers – showered up and then around midnight scooted down the road to a truck parking area with a dark corner. Slept like a stone and awoke the next morning at 9:00 to a beautiful, sunny fall morning. Who knows what the day will bring?
To all my LJ Friends
Oct. 8th, 2009 08:24 pmYes, I've been reading your posts. No, I don't have the patience to try to comment from my phone, or from a forbannet dritsekk slow-as-"mole asses" wireless connection. So I'm watching, and enjoying, and taking note of name changes and menus, and sympathizing with downed servers, power outages, and other hassles of life, and laughing at Monty Python clips, and other delightful things that you are sharing with me. Carry on, even if you don't see my usual witty repartee... 
