Franklinsanity
A crank's musings on family, drink, travel, food & life
Category: D-Day+7
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9:51 pm – Hard Hittin’ New Britain, CT. I cite the famous Stanley/Livingstone interchange because I felt as though I imagine Stanley must have felt having braved quite insane conditions to locate the lost doctor: satisfied, relieved, triumphant – and aware that it was as much accomplishment as publicity stunt. The lengths we go to…
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11:20 am – somewhere North of Lexington, Va. : solid progress, breakfast at Starbucks and McDonalds. Harry Potter beating our remaining time on the road so far. Lots of FedEx trucks. Gorgeous farms and farmland all around. 503 miles to go!
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7:30 am, Franklin Pike, Floyd, Virgina: the big question for today – which will come first, the end of the line in CT, or the conclusion of Goblet of Fire?? It’s a literal race. I think we have 10 hours left of GoF (fuck GOT; Potter is where it’s at in this car; take THAT,…
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7:01 am Saturday, Franklin Pike, Floyd, Va: woke up in another loft-style cabin. Always a bit surprising, despite a life full of some odd wake ups. Like Memphis, it’s an outbuilding on someone’s compound. It’s tiny, but quirky and nicely set up. But for a hot water issue – fixed with alacrity by the owner…
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6:56 am, somewhere near Fontana, KS: oh come on, people. You know this is a post about chickens, right? Glad we cleared that up. What I was going to write: this is a farm, there are roosters as well as chickens, and they DO crow at dawn. Not for the first time, I am thankful…
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