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"On the road again..."

Jun 25, 2009
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Sitting in a hotel somewhere in Birmingham and have had an interesting couple of days. Driving up to NC was a quick breeze-through, although I did have a tractor trailer blow a tire in front of me in South Carolina so that made for an adrenaline rush for a moment or two. The trailer was in the right lane, while I was behind it in the middle lane, and there was this douchebag who decided he was going to pass me on the right, behind the trailer, and then scoot in front of me. I feel bad calling them a douchebag since they got a windshield full of rubber and debris, but hey...at least it wasn't me.

Got to J's around time expected, which was awesome because I had left an hour late (see my procrastination post), but had swollen feet to show for it. I really need to make sure I stop and walk around more often.

We ended up skipping Charlotte for the night since J's friend was still in DC, but we did stop so she could grab

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something from the office she worked at when she attended UNC Charlotte. We took the scenic route through the Uwharrie National Park, which I've heard has soe fantastic camping and hiking. The road we were on was almost like a roller coaster, but so tree-lined, I couldn't see the hills. Oh well, it was pretty anyway...

So we got to roam around campus a little bit, and it seemed every piece of architecture was inspired by sexual organs. I don't feel the need to explain, merely show.

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There were some pretty parts, too, and if you go there, you'll soon have buns of steel with all those stairs...

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So we left Charlotte with the goal of making it through Atlanta before stopping for the evening. Driving through northern Georgia was a treat, and the kudzu! OMG! It covered whole stands of trees, took over grassy areas, and turned whatever it covered into some kind of shape...bears, old men, clowns (we're imaginative, what can we say?). J turned to me and said, "Who needs clouds? We've got kudzu!" We also had the most amazing sunset, but that might have been because of my sunglasses.

Well, we got through it with no problems, and decided, as we were having dinner at a Sonic, that we would press on to Birmingham. I didn't realize that we would be pasing right through Talladega and that there were so many mountains, or I would have waited to do the drive until morning so that we could see. Oh, well. It was midnight by the time we found a hotel after getting just a little turned around in Birmingham. A piece of advice...there are very few hotels off of the interstate. What's up with that?! I actually had to turn around and go back through the city with my GPS to find a hotel in a place that looked like we'd survive the night :-)

Here we are, though, bright and early...well, ok, it's 9:30, but we're off to go play!