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It seems I missed a milestone the other day – this is my 403rd post on this blog.

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Hey kids! It’s that time of the week again!

Fred is contemplating his choice for President on TexasFred’s.

My newest blogroll member, Richard, has some great photos of his corner of paradise on At The Water.

GuyK has some very good points about the income redistribution scheme currently fermenting in the congress.

Cube looks back fondly at the games of yesteryear on the BLOG.

Find a Thought for Today at the Loon‘s roost.

BZ has a questions for you: What about Newt? Give him your answer and thoughts on Bloviating Zeppelin.

Third Wave Dave marks the passing of two figures in history, Jimmy James and Easter Heathman.

Good Ole Doug dices up his libtard fans on Political Pistachio.

See some cheeky humor at Jenn’s place.

Scotwise posts words of encouragement, and points out again that God’s timetable is not our timetable.

Gawfer finally caves and accepts global warming as fact… hey, he’s got pictures to prove it!

Stuart on Seaspook has some pointers for skills needed in today’s workplace.

Kasee highlights this week’s Wednesday Hero on Supporting the Troops.

Other good reads:
Carried By Christ
Reality is Overrated(Fully Adult Rating)
Pitchpull
Fraud, Phishing, and Finacial Misdeeds
Long Live The Republic
Fire of Liberty
Bushwack
Our Sovereign Joy
Sugar Cat
prying1
Write on the Right

There are others in the blogrolls below on the left, tell them I said “Hi!” when you stop to chat…

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I ran into this over at GuyK‘s place. I couldn’t resist.

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After a delicious homemade breakfast (Thanks, GG!) I hit the road once again. Leaving Fort Worth was uneventful, as I think everyone else was headed into town:This is the merge from I-820 south to I-30 westbound.

Fort Worth in the morning:

Shortly after, I was at the end of I-30 and back on I-20:

Mile 420, I-20 westbound:Keep in mind that I-20 doesn’t go all the way to the end of Texas, after the 420 miles of I-20 I will still have quite a bit of I-10.

Saw a few of these:

Mile 320, I-20 westbound:Yes, I did say about seventy miles or one hour apart. You do the math.

Midland!

This helped:Can you see that top number? The one that starts with an eight and ends with a zero?

Since not everyone has a fast connection, and photos slow you down, I’ll skip ahead a few miles:This was at mile 70, I-20 westbound.

I-20 joins I-10:Jenn had mentioned, in our phone call last night, that she couldn’t imagine driving that far in one day. Wait ’til I talk to her tonight, and tell her how many miles…

Mile 140, I-10 westbound, near Van Horn:

Mile 70, I-10 westbound, near Fort Hancock:

Well, it was fun while it lasted:This was just inside El Paso County.

Oddly enough, I got better mileage in El Paso than I did anywhere else:Notice the higher bars to the right of the active mileage. This was even in the afternoon rush hour. By this time, I had set the clock for Pacific time, in order to call in to Jenn’s show on time.

New Mexico!Even though it wasn’t raining, I was now in the habit of taking the picture through the windshield. Why stop now?

And so, another day ends with the sun setting slowly in the west:Mile 106, I-10 west. About this time, I should have been talking to Jenn on her BlogTalk radio show. About this time, I didn’t have a cell phone signal. I stopped for gas in Savoy, New Mexico, and had just enough signal to let TMBWitW know where I was. Once back under way, I didn’t have a signal again until I got almost to Tucson.

I made an exception to the “stay in the car” pictures – because I was passing a big truck when I entered Arizona, and he was blocking the state line sign:This was in the first rest area inside Arizona on I-10.

I did manage to get a signal in time to tune in about a half hour late to Doug, to listen to the “Navy Stories” that were supposed to be on the air that night. Instead, since there were technical difficulties, we ended up just chatting.

I got to Phoenix about 2200, and pulled into my driveway about 2230.

Miles driven: about 1100 today. About 2340 total, including a few around Tampa and Clearwater. Money spent on gasoline, entire trip: $175.00 Not bad for this little car, and it was fairly comfortable, but I don’t know if I would take it on another long drive like this. Next time, I’m flying.

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I woke up Wednesday morning in Tallahassee (and, since that’s where I fell asleep, that’s a good thing) to rain.

Lots of rain.

After breakfast, I started out, with the lights on and wipers going, and killing the mpg on the Prius: Wet pavement, headwinds, idiots who think they know how to drive in water – my idea of STRESS!

Mile 141 I-10 westbound (still raining):Notice the rain didn’t slow me down very much (speaking of idiots).

Mile 70 I-10 westbound:Florida is finally coming to an end.

This is where I would have pulled over, set up the tripod, and snapped a picture of myself standing in front of the state line sign. Since it was raining, that plan was canned:If you like, you can imagine me standing in the rain in front of the sign, getting soaked every time a vehicle drove by and sent spray splashing my way.

On I-10, Alabama and Mississippi are only about an hour wide: Still raining here, too.

…and still raining as I cross into Louisiana:Still not stopping to get soaking wet.

Coming into Baton rouge, and crossing over the Mighty Mississippi:That sure is a bright bug. The rain seems to have let up, but there is a fine mist in the air and besides, I’m making really good time now.

Crossing the Basin Bridge – mile after mile of swamp below, still raining up here, and the wipers are working hard again. My timing is such that I managed to avoid getting the wipers in the pictures:

Off I-10, onto I-49:

Mile 70, I-49 northbound, near Alexandria:

Mile 140, I-49 northbound, near Natchitoches:I stopped in this area for gas and grub.

In Shreveport, merging off I-49 and on to I-20 westbound:

Texas!

I-20 westbound, someplace in Texas – I forgot to note the mile marker, dang it!

“Hey, Martha! Didja see that? That idjit took a flash picture in his car driving down the road!”Shortly after this, I talked with Jenn and promised I would call in the next evening on her show.

I arrived in Fort Worth at GG’s house, went to dinner, talked with Doug on his show that night, and then fell asleep.

Miles traveled: about 900

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